Three Purple Knights Earn Weekly East Coast Conference Awards
Volleyball's Ying Shen Plus Men's Soccer's Christoffer Olesen And Augustin Prados Earn ECC Accolades
Central Islip, N.Y.-Three University of Bridgeport student-athletes have been recognized with weekly East Coast Conference awards this week for their outstanding play during games and matches that took place from October 22 through October 28, 2012. Sophomore Ying Shen (Nanjing, China) has earned her third ECC Volleyball Player of the Week Award this season, and men's soccer's Christoffer Olesen (Jr., Kristiansand, Norway) has been named the ECC Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week plus teammate Augustin Prados (Fr., Madrid, Spain) has been tabbed the league's men's soccer Rookie of the Week.
Shen had a phenomenal week as she helped the Purple Knights go 3-0 averaging nearly five kills per set (4.9) with an attack percentage of .473 (49 k-6 e-91 ta). Ying also averaged 2.9 digs per set and posted double-double in wins over Southern Connecticut State (16 kills and 13 digs) and NYIT (19 kills and 14 digs).
Olesen assisted on both of his team's goals in UB's only action of the week, a 2-0 win at Dowling on Saturday, and he helped his team post its second straight shutout and fifth clean sheet of the season with his outstanding play on the UB backline.
Prados notched his second straight shutout and fourth of the season (he shared one more clean sheet) as he made four saves in UB's regular season finale 2-0 win at Dowling on Saturday.