CHRIS ABAD-JACOBI OF AUSTIN COLLEGE, a freshman midfielder from Houston, Texas, has been selected as the SCAC Men's Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 13th through Sunday, October 19th.
Abad-Jacobi led the 'Roos men's soccer team a huge draw over 14th-ranked Colorado College and followed that up by earning their first win of the season, a 3-2 win over Centenary.
Abad-Jacobi scored a pair of goals in the match against the Gents, including the game winning goal. After falling behind 2-0 and going into the break down 2-1, Abad-Jacobi evened the game in the 63rd minute. Just one minute later, he gave the 'Roos the lead for good, scoring his second goal for a 3-2 lead.
For the season, Abad-Jacobi leads the team with four goals and has the only game winning goal on the season.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore
midfielder Jeremy Klespis of Centenary scored
twice in a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Austin College on Sunday
afternoon. Sophomore forward Alejandro Martinez
of Texas Lutheran scored twice in
TLU's wild 3-2 overtime win over Southwestern with the biggest
moment coming in overtime when he dribbled around multiple Pirate
defenders to score the game winner. Senior midfielder Victor Araujo
of Trinity scored the game-winning
goal in a 2-1 game at Texas Lutheran on Sunday afternoon, clinching
the #1 seed at the Championship Tournament next month in Seguin,
Texas. Colorado
College, Schreiner,
and Southwestern did
not nominate anyone.
| SCAC Men's Soccer Offensive Players-of-the-Week |
|
| Week 1 | Colton Allen, University of Dallas |
| Week 2 | Ben Mannings, University of Dallas |
| Week 3 | Goncalo Santana, Trinity University |
| Week 4 | Brandon Ogilvie, Colorado College Johnny Lawson, Trinity University |
| Week 5 | Andres Carreno-Mendez, Southwestern University |
| Week 6 | Kellen Reid, Trinity University |
| Week 7 | Brent Mandelkorn, Trinity University |
| Week 8 | Chris Abad-Jacobi, Austin College Colton Allen, University of Dallas |
| Week 9 | |
| Week 10 | |