Conference Awards Continue To Roll In For UB Fall Sports Student-Athletes

New Haven, Conn.-As they have been throughout the month of September, the University of Bridgeport Purple Knights are well-represented in this week's listing of Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Fall Sports Awards, as five UB student-athletes earned weekly CACC recognition in their sports for their outstanding play in contests that took place from September 18-125, 2023.

From men's soccer, sophomore Maximilian Kissel (Wiesbaden, Germany) was named Co-CACC Player of the week sharing the award with Mathias Madersbacher of Georgian Court University

Kissel helped power the Purple Knights to a 4-1 road win over Goldey-Beacom on Saturday, as he netted a hat trick to raise his team-leading goal total to six through eight matches.

A pair of Bridgeport women's soccer standouts were recognized by the CACC this week, as junior Kate Thill (Goetzingen, Luxembourg) earned Player of the Week accolades, and freshman Antia Lopez (Galicia, Spain) brought home Goalkeeper of the Week honors.

Thill had a five-point week in UB's two wins last week, as she put home both game-winning goals and added one assist.

Lopez made a total of nine saves in last week's two contests, as she recorded shutout against Molloy and Goldey-Beacom.  Antia has now allowed a goal in over 205 minutes of action so far in 2023.

From the volleyball team, Hailey Jessen (Fr., Highlands Ranch, Colo.) was selected as the conference Player and Rookie of the Week and teammate Jaden Drollinger (Jr., Queens Creek, Ariz.) earned Setter of the Week accolades.  Both Jessen and Drollinger also won the same awards last week, plus this week's honor is Hailey's third Rookie of the Week recognition so far this season.

Jessen averaged 4.55 kills and 2.45 digs per set in three Purple Knights' victories last week, as she crushed 50 kills with 27 digs.  She also chipped in four service aces, five assists and two blocks, while hitting .318 on the week. 

Drollinger directed the UB offense on the week averaging 10.3 assists per set.  She also averaged 2.10 digs per set and added 13 service aces, six kills and a block in the three matches.