Saint Peter’s Laws, Fairfield’s Botterill and Manhattan’s Aluc Earn Wilson Men’s Soccer Weekly Awards
Offensive Player of the Week
Dominic Laws, Saint Peter’s
Sr., Sunderland, England/St. Aidan’s Catholic Academy
Laws tallied three goals and one assist over the Peacocks' three games in the past week, accounting for seven points. The senior forward contributed on each goal in the team's contests against Siena and Niagara, recording Saint Peter's only assist of the day against the Saints on April 1, and scored the team's lone goal against Niagara on April 3. Against the Golden Griffins, Laws notched two goals, including the game-winner in the 69th minute. The performance marks Laws' second multi-goal performance of the season, following his pair of scores in the team's season opener against Fairfield on March 26. Laws now sits atop the MAAC leaderboards in goals on the year with five, as well as goals per game, averaging one score per game. Additionally, both Laws and teammate Jordan Jowers lead the MAAC in points with 11 apiece.
Defensive Player of the Week
Gordon Botterill, Fairfield
Sr., Vandoeuvres, Switzerland/International School of Geneva
Gordon Botterill allowed one goal in 290 minutes of work over three games which included a 0-0 draw with Rider and a 2-0 shutout against Manhattan. He made three saves, all in regulation, against the Broncs to register his second clean sheet of the season. He started the week by allowing one goal in a 2-1 win against Monmouth, recording a season-high five saves in his 90 minutes of work. He ended the week with three saves against Monmouth to record the shutout. For the week, Botterill owned a 0.31 goals against average with a .917 save percentage off 11 saves.
Rookie of the Week
Olsen Aluc, Manhattan
Fr., Lake Grove, NY/Connequot
Scored his first collegiate goal in rousing 4-2 win over Canisius. He capped the Manhattan scoring with his strike in the 54th minute.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) celebrates its 40
th year of competition during the 2020-21 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.