DENVER – Air Force's Tristan Trager and San José State's David Sweeney have been named Western Athletic Conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, for September 27 through October 3.
Trager, a senior forward from San Clemente, Calif., led the Falcon offense to a pair of road wins, totaling three goals and an assist. On Friday against Chicago State, he scored twice and assisted on another in a 4-0 win over the Cougars. He followed that up with a goal scored in Sunday's 2-1 win over Houston Baptist. On the season, he is tied for third in goals with five total scores.
Sweeney, a junior goalkeeper from Morgan Hill, Calif., led the Spartans to a pair of shutout victories, making 15 total saves in wins over Dixie State and UNLV. On Friday, he stopped four shots to record the clean sheet in a 3-0 win over the Trailblazers. He followed that up with 11 saves in a 2-0 win over UNLV on Sunday. On the year, he holds a 1.86 goals-against average to go with a .705 save percentage.
Other offensive nominees: California Baptist's Bryan Iliohan scored his eighth and ninth goals of the season in a road swing at UIW and UTRGV … Chicago State's Cal-Wayne Allen scored the Cougars' lone goal on the week in a 3-1 loss to nationally-ranked Grand Canyon … Dixie State's Ethan Bell recorded his only shot on goal in Friday's 3-0 loss at San José State … Grand Canyon's Shaun-Chris Joash scored three of six total goals for GCU on the week, putting in a score in Friday's 3-1 win at Houston Baptist and then scoring twice in Sunday's 3-1 win at Chicago State … San José State's Jamal Adam recorded a pair of goals on the week, scoring once in shutout wins against both Dixie State and UNLV … Seattle U's James Morris recorded the brace with a pair of goals, adding an assist, in Sunday's 4-0 win over Dixie State … UT Rio Grande Valley's Yusef Cueceoglu scored a goal and assisted on the other in the Vaqueros' 2-1 win over California Baptist … Utah Valley's Jojea Kwizera scored the game-winner and assisted on another in a 2-1 road win at UIW.
Other defensive nominees: Air Force's London Aghedo anchored the Falcons defense that allowed just one goal over two matches while also adding a pair of assists in Sunday's 2-1 win at Houston Baptist … Chicago State's Rashawn Wellman played well on the Cougars' back line in losses to Air Force and Grand Canyon … Dixie State's Levi Lord made nine saves for the Trailblazers in a 3-0 loss at San José State … Grand Canyon's Miguel Prado played lockdown defense to help the Lopes stay perfect in WAC play with wins at Houston Baptist and Chicago State … Seattle U's Akili Kasim tied his career high with nine saves against UNLV and earned his 16th and 17th career shutouts to ranked second in SU program history … UT Rio Grande Valley's Oliver Padilla made three saves to help UTRGV earn a 2-1 win over California Baptist … Utah Valley's Erik Lyons added an assist in the Wolverines' 2-1 win at UIW on Sunday.