Longwood's Brando Bedolla Nets Two National Player of the Week Awards
By Longwood Athletics
FARMVILLE, Va. - The national honors flooded in for Longwood junior forward Brando Bedolla on Tuesday. He was named both the College Soccer News National Offensive Player of the Week and the Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week, presented by Soccer Management Company, after leading the Lancers to a 3-1 Big South Semifinal win at High Point.
It marks the second time this season that Bedolla has been recognized nationally after earning the Top Drawer Soccer award for the first time on Oct. 20. Bedolla was named to the All-Big South First Team this season and is a two-time league offensive player of the week selection.
On Sunday, Bedolla assisted on all three Longwood goals in leading the Blue and White to the Big South Championship match for the second time in school history. Bedolla's pin-point service on a free kick in the 28th minute found the head of Mamadou Seck to tie the game at one. He played a beautifully weighted ball to Vicent Martinez on the counterattack in the 74th minute to give the Lancers the lead for good at 2-1. Bedolla capped the game, feeding Youssef Shafei for a breakaway in the closing seconds of the match. The win was the Lancers' 10th of the season and their nation-leading seventh on the road.
For the season, Bedolla leads the country in assists (19) and ranks second nationally in points (37). He has contributed to 28 of Longwood's school-record 40 goals on the season. His assists total is not only a Longwood school record but is the most in the NCAA since 2022 and the most in the Big South since 1993. In the Big South Tournament, Bedolla has factored in all seven goals, scoring one and picking up six assists. He assisted three goals in the first-round win at Winthrop, before assisting all three at High Point. Bedolla has seven multiple assists games this season, including a trio of matches with three.