DENVER - UIW's Ryan Osborne and Kansas City's Filippo Errico have been named Western Athletic Conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, for Aug. 28 - Sept. 3.
Osborne, a senior forward from Nottingham, England (The Becket School), assisted on a go-ahead goal in an eventual 2-2 tie with Cornell and scored the first goal in a 2-1 win over Oakland at the SMU Tournament in Dallas. His goal against Oakland came on his only shot on goal as the Cardinals improved to 2-1-1 on the young season.
Errico, a sophomore goalkeeper from Verona, Italy (Romano Guardini), made a season-high seven saves while collecting his third shutout of the season in a 0-0 tie with Rutgers. He is the only starting keeper in the WAC to not allow a goal this season and already sits in a tie for sixth on the Roos' single-season shutout list.
Other offensive nominees: Air Force's Luis Martinez scored an insurance goal in Friday's 2-0 win over Drake … CSU Bakersfield's Henry Nguyen scored on his first collegiate shot in his first collegiate game to give the ‘Runners a 1-0 overtime win at Sacramento State … Grand Canyon's Niki Jackson scored his second goal of the season in a 3-1 loss at Wisconsin … Houston Baptist's Dominick Faletto scored the game-winning goal in the Huskies 2-1 win over St. Bonaventure … Kansas City's Eric McWoods recorded a team-high six shots in Sunday's scoreless tie with Rutgers … UT Rio Grande Valley's Isidro Martinez scored the Vaqueros' goal in a 1-1 tie with St. Bonaventure on Friday night.
Other defensive nominees: Air Force's Trey Pujats helped the Falcon defense hold their opponents to just one goal in two games … Houston Baptist's Harrison Veith earned the win against St. Bonaventure, allowing one goal with five saves in 108:02 minutes played … UT Rio Grande Valley's Michael Faber earned all-tournament honors and played all 200 minutes on the back line as the Vaqueros earned a tie with St. Bonaventure and a close 1-0 loss to nationally-ranked Omaha.