Every Monday during the season, a 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
Will Sawin – Middlebury – Sr. – F – Stonington, Conn.
In Middlebury’s lone contest of the week at No. 15 Tufts, Sawin had a hand in both goals in the 2-1 victory over the Jumbos. The forward assisted on the Panthers’ first goal in the opening minutes of the second half and added the eventual game-winner in the 67th minute to seal the win. Sawin's performance secured Middlebury’s first road win in Medford since a 1-0 triumph on September 11, 2010 and keeps the Panthers as the lone unbeaten squad in NESCAC action. Sawin is tied with three others in Division III with five golden goals.
 
NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Trey Sheppard (Columbus, Ohio) posted two 90-minute shutouts last week, with eight saves. In a 0-0 tie with conference foe Hamilton, Sheppard made a season-high six saves to keep Amherst level. In a 3-0 win over No. 9 Babson, the junior made two saves. 
 
Bates – Rookie Isaac Kolaczkowski (Beavercreek, Ohio) recorded a career-high seven saves against Bowdoin on Wednesday and followed up with six saves against No. 23 Conn. College on Saturday. Kolaczkowski picked up his third shutout of the season as Bates and the Camels battled to a 0-0 draw. It's the first time the Bobcats have shut out the Camels in men's soccer since 2012.
 
Bowdoin – Sophomore goalkeeper Oliver King (Hyattsville, Md.) totaled eight saves facing 29 shots for a 1-0 win at Bates on Wednesday and a 1-1 tie at Trinity on Saturday. King has four shutouts for the season, and the Polar Bears sit at 5-1-4 overall. 
 
Colby – Junior Jackson Magee (Brookline, Mass.) put forth a resilient 90-minute effort in goal for Colby against NESCAC foe Wesleyan. Under relentless pressure throughout the road contest, Magee faced 13 total shots, six on target, and turned away four saves to keep the Mules within reach. 
 
Conn. College – Senior goalkeeper Casey Shea (Hawroth, N.J.) led Conn to a 1-0-1 week. On Tuesday night against Trinity, Shea recorded a career-high eight saves as the Camels beat the Bantams 1-0. On Saturday against Bates, the senior was calm in goal, helping the Camels keep another clean sheet. Shea played all 180 minutes in goal, finishing with eight saves on 19 shots and conceding no goals.
 
Hamilton – In the Continentals' lone match of the week, Tobin Walsh (Glastonbury, Conn.) made one save and posted a shutout in a 0-0 draw with Amherst. Walsh has two clean sheets this season, and four in the sophomore's eight career starts at Hamilton.
 
Tufts – The Jumbos fell 2-1 at home to No. 2 Middlebury on Saturday in their lone match of the week. Ellis Denby (North Andover, Mass.) halved the Panthers' lead in the 81st with his second goal of the season, giving Tufts a chance to chase an equalizer in the waning minutes. The junior provided a spark off the bench in 59 minutes.
 
Wesleyan – Sophomore Ford Cash (Jupiter, Fla.) netted his third game-winning goal of the season to break a scoreless deadlock in a 2-0 home win over Colby on Saturday. Three of Cash's four goals this season have been game-winners.
 
Williams – Junior forward Alex Bethencourt (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) of the 11th-ranked Williams College men's soccer team recorded two assists, including one on the game-winning goal, in a 3-2 win over Wheaton in the only game of the week for the Ephs.