Big South Announces Men's Soccer Players of the Week - Oct. 27
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – High Point’s
Lukas Kamrath (Tampa, Fla.) has been named the Big South Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week, while HPU’s
Josh Caron (Palm Harbor, Fla.) is the Defensive Player of the Week for matches played Oct. 20-26, it was announced today. In addition, Presbyterian College’s
Thomas Stofring (Baerum, Norway) hasbeen selected as the Freshman of the Week.
Kamrath scored the game winner from just past midfield to help No. 8 High Point clinch the outright Big South regular-season championship Saturday at Gardner-Webb. With first place in the conference standings on the line, he converted a free kick in the 21st minute after faking out defenders to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead. The redshirt sophomore recorded two shots while playing the full 90 minutes.
Caron posted a shutout with six saves, including a penalty-kick stop with nine seconds remaining before halftime to preserve High Point’s clean sheet against Gardner-Webb. The redshirt junior denied the penalty attempt with a diving save in the 45th minute to help the Panthers maintain a 1-0 lead at the break. Caron faced 12 shots overall and made three saves in each half as HPU secured its third consecutive regular-season title.
Stofring scored his first career goal — the eventual game winner — in Presbyterian’s 3-2 victory over Radford. The freshman delivered a precise volley in the 80th minute to extend the Blue Hose’s lead to 3-1, providing a necessary insurance goal in an important league win for PC. Stofring’s score came on his lone shot in 14 minutes of action.
Also nominated for Offensive Player of the Week:
Iragi Kalala (Presbyterian),
Kenshin Akimoto (Radford) and
Oskar Kaufmann (USC Upstate).
Also nominated for Defensive Player of the Week:
Viðar Ragnarsson (UNC Asheville).
Also nominated for Freshman of the Week:
Caedon Reynolds (USC Upstate).