DENVER – Grand Canyon's Cameron Weller and San José State's David Sweeney have been named Western Athletic Conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, for October 4 through October 10.
Weller, a junior forward from Spokane, Wash., was a scoring machine as the Lopes earned a pair of big wins on the weekend. On Friday night against UIW, he scored once and added two assists in the Lopes' 6-0 win. Not satisfied with his weekend, he added a hat trick on Saturday night against UT Rio Grande Valley, scoring three times in the Lopes' 5-1 win over UTRGV.
Sweeney, a junior goalkeeper from Morgan Hill, Calif., earns honors for the second-straight week after going on the road and earning a shutout win at Utah Valley before holding off California Baptist for a 1-1 draw on Saturday. Against UVU, he made three saves to earn his third shutout of WAC play. He wasn't able to earn the clean sheet at CBU but made five saves to hold off the Lancer offense and help the Spartans earn an important point in the standings.
Other offensive nominees: Air Force's Tristan Trager scored twice in each of the Falcons' wins on the weekend, adding two assists in Sunday's 5-2 win over UIW to finish with 10 points on the weekend … California Baptist's Brian Gonzalez scored in each of the Lancers' matches on the week as CBU earned a 2-1 win over Seattle U before playing to a 1-1 draw with San José State … Chicago State's Enrique Zamora scored the Cougars' lone goal in a 2-1 loss at UNLV on Sunday … UIW's Koen Vos scored twice in Sunday's 5-2 loss at Air Force … UNLV's Aedon Kyra scored the first goal and assisted on the game-winner in Friday's 2-1 win over Houston Baptist … San José State's Rudi Castro scored the game-winning goal in Thursday's 1-0 win at Utah Valley and then added an assist in Saturday's 1-1 draw at California Baptist … Seattle U's Levonte Johnson scored a goal and assisted on the other in Saturday's 2-1 win at Utah Valley … UT Rio Grande Valley's Reshaun Walkes scored for the Vaqueros' in Sunday's 5-1 loss at Grand Canyon.
Other defensive nominees: Air Force's London Aghedo led the Falcons defense in a pair of wins, allowing three total goals in home wins over UT Rio Grande Valley and UIW … Grand Canyon's Alejandro Fernandez Alcaide anchored the GCU defense to a pair of home wins over UIW and UT Rio Grande Valley while also adding a pair of assists in Sunday's win over UTRGV.