Sami Smith, Wesleyan Athletics

Men's Soccer

NESCAC Men's Soccer Weekly Release - Sept. 29, 2025

Every Monday during the season, one NESCAC Player of the Week will be selected based on information submitted by the athletic communications offices at member institutions.

NESCAC Men's Soccer Player of the Week 
Mathis Blanc - Wesleyan - Sr. - Goalkeeper - Mountain View, Calif.
Blanc was the key piece in the Cardinals' 1-0 victory at Middlebury on Sunday, giving Wesleyan its first road win over the Panthers since 2009. The senior goalkeeper made a career-high eight saves, including five in the second half alone to preserve the clean sheet. Blanc also made one save on Saturday as the Cardinals held Tufts to a 1-1 draw in Medford, Mass.
 
NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst
Mohammed Nuhu (Accra, Ghana) scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Colby on Sunday while scoring the opening goal and handing out an assist on the game-winning marker in a 2-1 win over No. 12 Babson last week. The junior had two of the Mammoths' three goals in a 2-1-0 week. Nuhu leads the Mammoths with nine points (4G, 1A). 

BatesGeorge Nassar (Newtonville, Mass.) recorded a clean sheet Saturday in a 3-0 win for Bates on the road over No. 13 nationally ranked Amherst. With the Bobcats up 1-0, Nassar’s save in the 50th minute helped preserve the lead. The sophomore finished the afternoon with four saves, to raise his season total to 21 a save percentage of .913. Nassar’s save percentage ranks second in the NESCAC and is one of the top 15 save percentages in all of NCAA Division III this season. The shutout against Amherst marked Bates' first win (and shutout) against the Mammoths since a 2-0 win in 2004 and the Bobcats’ first victory at Amherst since a 5-0 win in 1992.

Bowdoin - Senior Tyler Huck (Ross, Calif.) scored all three Bowdoin goals, including the game-tying score with 1:58 remaining, to force a 3-3 tie at Williams on Sunday.

Colby - Rookie Jude Gussen (Fairfield, Conn.) scored the eventual game-winner just four minutes into play on Tuesday at Endicott. The goal was Gussen's second game-winner of the season.

Conn. College - Junior forward Gavin Mpiana (Cape Town, South Africa) led Conn. College in its only game of the week, as the Camels defeated No. 7 Middlebury, 1-0, on Saturday to hand the Panthers their first loss of the year. With just under five minutes remaining in the contest, Mpiana poked home a rebound on the back post, to score the first goal that Middlebury has conceded all season.

Hamilton – Senior Griffin Weidner (Charlotte, N.C.) scored in the 71st minute and lifted the Continentals to a 1-0 win against Bowdoin. Junior Peter Montesano Scheibe (Groton, Mass.) needed to make just one save for the junior's second career shutout.

Middlebury - Sophomore Leon Brody (Candiac, Quebec) stopped a career-high six shots against Connecticut College. 

Tufts - Junior forward Henry Brown’s (Winter Park, Fla.) header off a cross from junior Xavier Canfin (Tarrytown, N.Y.) gave the Jumbos a 1-0 lead in an eventual 1-1 draw versus Wesleyan. Brown leads Tufts with four goals this season. 

Williams – Senior Mohamed Keussom (New York, N.Y.) scored the game-winning goal in the third minute in the No. 4-ranked Ephs’ 2-0 triumph against Colby on Saturday.