Men's Soccer

NESCAC Men's Soccer Weekly Release - Oct. 30, 2023

NESCAC Men's Soccer Player of the Week
Elliot Spatz - Conn. College - So. - F - Bellevue, Wash.
Spatz scored a pair of goals to lead third-seeded Conn College past sixth-seeded Hamilton in the NESCAC Quarterfinals. His first goal came in the 34th minute and gave the Camels a 1-0 lead that they nearly nursed to the finish. However, the Continentals tied the game with two minutes remaining in regulation, forcing the match into extra time. Spatz provided the game-winner just over six minutes into the first overtime period, as Conn. College went on to win by a 3-1 margin.

NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
AmherstNiall Murphy (Cambridge, Mass.) scored off a header in the ninth minute of action to lift Amherst over Wesleyan, 1-0, in the NESCAC Quarterfinals. It was the junior’s fourth goal of the season. 

Bates – While he didn't find the back of the net in the season finale Tuesday against Colby, Tife Agunloye (Monroe, Conn.) paced the Bobcats with a pair of shots, one on goal. The junior finished the season leading the team with nine points (4 goals, 1 assist).

Bowdoin – Polar Bear sophomore Felipe Rueda Duran (Beaverton, Ore.) scored in the second half on Saturday in Bowdoin’s NESCAC Quarterfinal loss at Tufts. Rueda Duran leads Bowdoin with 10 goals and six assists this season.

Colby - Eduardo Casanova (Barcelona, Spain) tallied the first goal in a 2-0 victory at Bates on Tuesday.  The sophomore ended the season with five goals and one assist, ranking third on the team in goals and points. 

Hamilton – Junior Luke Peplowski (Pittsfield, Mass.) scored the Continentals' goal in a 1-1 tie against SUNY Oneonta. The junior also sent a centering pass into the box that was redirected into the Connecticut College net by a Camels defender for an own goal in the 88th minute to force overtime in Hamilton's 3-1 loss in a NESCAC Quarterfinal.

Middlebury – Sophomore Gavin Randolph (Boston, Mass.) tallied the game-winning goal against Williams in a 2-0 NESCAC Quarterfinal contest on Saturday. The Panther has scored in four of the last six games and is second on the squad in points (18) and goals (7). 

Tufts - Daniel Yanez (Short Hills, N.J.) helped Tufts earn a 2-1 NESCAC Quarterfinal win over Bowdoin, as the sophomore tallied the game-winning goal in the second half to put the Jumbos up 2-0. Earlier in the week, Yanez tallied two shots in a 1-0 win over Bowdoin and then took two more Saturday against the Polar Bears including a second-half attempt that ended up being the game-winning goal. 

Williams – Senior goalkeeper Ben Diffley (Summerville, S.C.) made a combined nine saves during two games against Middlebury last week.