NESCAC Men’s Soccer Player of the Week
Will Sawin – Middlebury – Sr. – F – Stonington, Conn.
Sawin broke a 0-0 tie in the 71st minute with his conference-leading 10th goal of the season to seal a 1-0 victory at Bates and clinch the No. 1 seed in the upcoming NESCAC Men’s Soccer Tournament for the Panthers. The golden tally was his sixth of the campaign, tying him for the most in Division III.
 
NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Rookie Edward Wilkey (New York, N.Y.) scored twice in the Mammoths' 4-0 win over Husson last week and leads the team with five goals.
 
Bates – Isaac Kolaczkowski (Beavercreek, Ohio) recorded four saves and held No. 1-ranked Middlebury to just one goal on Saturday. The rookie ranks second in the NESCAC in save percentage (.850) and second in goals against average (0.63).
 
Bowdoin – Senior midfielder Alden Mehta (Southborough, Mass.) netted his third goal of the season to help the Polar Bears earn a 1-1 tie at No. 13 Connecticut College on Saturday.
 
Colby – At Hamilton, goalkeeper Jackson Magee (Brookline, Mass.) faced 17 total shots and nine corner kicks. Magee stood strong in net by recording four crucial saves, including key stops on high-quality chances.
 
Conn. College – Senior midfielder Max Weiss (Weston, Conn.) led Conn. College to a 1-1 draw against Bowdoin in the Camels' only game of the week. Trailing with under 20 minutes left, the Camels earned a free kick on the edge of the Bowdoin box. Weiss stepped up and curled the ball to the near post, and it snuck in to secure the draw.
 
Hamilton – Tobin Walsh (Glastonbury, Conn.) posted five saves in a 3-0 win over Colby, and the sophomore recorded his third clean sheet this season. William Fauth (Keene, N.H.) and Abe Cavalieri (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) scored their first collegiate goals in the victory against the Mules.
 
Tufts – The Jumbos went 2-0 last week, beating Westfield State and Williams. Graduate student Ben Pensky (Tallahassee, Fla.) contributed four points on two goals. In a dominant 9-1 victory over Westfield State, Pensky scored the Jumbos' fifth goal of the game in the 59th minute. In a nail-biting 1-0 NESCAC win over No. 7 Williams, the midfielder buried the eventual game-winner in the 22nd minute to help Tufts grab three points.
 
Wesleyan – Dylan Clack (Montreal, Quebec) scored his first career brace in a 3-0 win over Trinity on Tuesday. The senior followed with a strong defensive effort in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Amherst. 
 
Williams – Junior goalkeeper Kai Darrell (New York, N.Y.) made four saves for the No. 7-ranked Williams and allowed one goal against No. 20 Tufts on Saturday.