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 Co-Players of the Week
Finn Hoefer – Amherst – So. – F – New York, N.Y.
Hoefer scored twice in a 2-0 week for the Mammoths. Both goals came as the eighth-seeded Mammoths knocked off top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Middlebury in the NESCAC Quarterfinals. Hoefer scored the opening goal of the game and added the game-winner with 22:17 remaining on a diving header. Hoefer is tied for the team lead in goals with six. 
 
Troy Miller – Hamilton – Jr. – F – Marlborough, Conn.
The Continentals trailed Bowdoin with 15 minutes left in the second half of their NESCAC Quarterfinal in Brunswick, but Miller scored goals in the 76th and 88th minutes and lifted Hamilton into the semifinals for the first time since 2018. Miller's game-winner came on a free kick from about 25 yards out with 2:15 left.
 
NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Sophomore Finn Hoefer (New York, N.Y.) scored twice in a 2-0 week for the Mammoths. Both goals came as the eighth-seeded Mammoths knocked off top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Middlebury in the NESCAC Quarterfinals. Hoefer scored the opening goal of the game and added the game-winner with 22:17 remaining on a diving header. Hoefer is tied for the team lead in goals with six. 
 
Bates – Senior Antonio Mesa (Bogotá, Colombia) scored the game-winning goal in the Bates’ 1-0 win over Colby on Tuesday. It was his second tally of the season and Mesa's first career goal against a NESCAC opponent.
 
Bowdoin – Senior Jack Banks (Brunswick, Maine) recorded a goal and an assist for the Polar Bears for a split week, netting the game-winner to close the regular season with a 1-0 win at Tufts on Tuesday before tallying an assist in the 2-1 loss to Hamilton in the NESCAC Quarterfinals on Saturday. Banks leads the team with six assists on the year and is in a three-way tie for the team lead in points with 10.
 
Colby – Jackson Magee (Brookline, Mass.) turned away six shots on target to keep Colby within striking distance throughout the rivalry match against Bates in the regular-season finale. Highlighting his performance was a penalty-kick save late in the first half, one of five saves he made in the opening period that kept the game within reach.
 
Conn. College – Senior midfielder Marco Perugini (Medway, Mass.) led Conn. College to a 1-0-1 week. On Tuesday night against Wesleyan in the regular season finale, Perugini recorded his first career hat trick. 25 minutes in, Perugini curled home a free kick in the 26th minute before scoring twice in the first seven and a half minutes of the second half to complete the hat trick and lead the Camels to a 3-0 win. On Saturday against Tufts in the NESCAC Tournament, Perugini scored with three and a half minutes remaining in regulation to even the score and force overtime.
 
Hamilton – The Continentals trailed Bowdoin with 15 minutes left in the second half of their NESCAC Quarterfinal in Brunswick, but junior Troy Miller (Marlborough, Conn.) scored goals in the 76th and 88th minutes and lifted Hamilton into the semifinals for the first time since 2018. Miller's game-winner came on a free kick from about 25 yards out with 2:15 left.
 
Middlebury – With 22:56 remaining in the second half, rookie Jaime Vega Espinosa’s (Cambridge, Mass.) shot from 25 yards out found the top-right corner of the net in Saturday’s NESCAC Quarterfinal against Amherst. It was his first career goal and made him the 16th player to score for the Panthers this season.
 
Tufts – The Jumbos went 0-1-1 last week, following a 1-0 loss to Bowdoin in the regular-season finale and a 1-1 draw against No. 16 Conn. College in the NESCAC Quarterfinal, with Tufts edging out the Camels in PKs, 5-3. Nikola Antic (Waltham, Mass.) was pivotal in advancing the Jumbos to the semifinal round, tying his season-high with six saves and making a remarkable save in the shootout to help the Jumbos earn the advantage. The graduate student goalkeeper faced 25 shots throughout the contest, and 10 corner kick opportunities yet still held the Camels to just one goal.
 
Williams – Williams first-year midfielder Nick Appleton (Bethesda, Md.) of the No. 9-ranked and second-seeded Ephs scored the game-winning goal in the 74th minute in a 1-0 victory over seventh-seeded Wesleyan during the NESCAC Quarterfinals on Saturday at Cole Field. The Ephs will host the remaining rounds of the NESCAC Championship on Nov. 7-8.