Lee Middleton And Danny Hernandez Earn Weekly ECC Men's Soccer Awards
Middleton Named Offensive Player of the Week and Hernandez Tabbed Defensive Player of the Week
Central Islip, N.Y.-University of Bridgeport men's soccer players juniors Lee Middleton (Newcastle, England) and Danny Hernandez (Bay Shore, N.Y.) have been selected as this week's East Coast Conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week respectively for their fine play in matches from October 17 through 23, 2011. This is the second time this year that Hernandez has received ECC Defensive Player of the Week accolades.
Offensive Player of the Week Middleton scored the match's only goal with a header off a corner kick in the 69th minute in UB's key 1-0 ECC road win over St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday. Lee now has four goals in the 2011 campaign. His defense also was outstanding during the week helping the Purple Knights post a pair of 1-0 shutouts over Felician and St. Thomas Aquinas.
Defensive Player of the Week Hernandez was perfect in the net for Bridgeport on the week recording two 1-0 shutouts to give him a total of five solo shutouts for the year. In his team's 1-0 home win over Felician on Thursday, Hernandez made three saves, and in big 1-0 road ECC win at STAC, he made five saves.