GNAC Men's Soccer

2011 GNAC Men's Soccer Players-of-the-Week

Week of Aug. 29-Sept. 4: Alex Mangeac, Northwest Nazarene (M, 5-8, 155, Sr., Nampa, ID – Skyview), who led the GNAC in assists last season with 10, scored a pair of goals, including one to snap a 2-2 tie as the Crusaders defeated Academy of Art 4-2 in their season opener. The two goals were Mangeac's 24th and 25th of his career moving him into eighth place on the GNAC all-time career list in points with 68.


DiNicolo	Holian

Week of Sept. 5-11: Anthony DiNicolo, Simon Fraser (D, 5-10, Sr., Maple Ridge, BC – Archbishop Carney) and Garion Holian, Montana State Billings (F, 5-11, 150, Sr., Missoula, MT – Hellgate). . .DiNicolo led the Clan defense that keyed SFU's 1-0 win against nationally ninth-ranked Grand Canyon. "Anthony was fantastic for us at the back,” SFU coach Alan Koch said. “He helped settle our back four in the final thirty minutes against Grand Canyon and helped preserve a big victory. He has grown into a silent leader and has started off his senior year full of confidence.". . .Holian led MSUB to two wins scoring a school-record four goals in a 4-2 win over Colorado Christian and also earning an assist in a 2-1 victory over the University of Mary. Holian's goal total equals the second-highest single-game total in conference history. He joins Samir Vejo of Western Washington, Bobby McAllister of Seattle University and Xan Nixon of Saint Martin's as the only players in GNAC history to score four or more goals in a single game. Vejo had a GNAC-record six against Colorado Christian and four against Northwest Nazarene in 2008. McAllister had four against Cal State Bakersfield in 2002 and Nixon had four against NNU in 2008.

Week of Sept. 12-18: Dylan Gaydosh, Saint Martin's (F, 6-1, So., Federal Way, WA – Stadium) earned an assist on the Saints' overtime goal in a 2-1 win over Montana State Billings and had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 overtime win over Northwest Nazarene. “He had a great week statistically and he also had a great week of working off the ball,” SMU coach Rob Walker said. “He produces on the score sheet but he also does the small things as well.”

Week of Sept. 19-25: Tyler Schultz, Seattle Pacific (M, 5-11, Sr., Scottsdale, AZ – Pinnacle) scored four of the Falcons' 10 goals in wins against Mary and Sioux Falls. He also assisted on a fifth goal increasing his career point total to 63. He needs just one more point to move into 10th place on the GNAC all-time career point list. He already ranks seventh in career goals with 28.

Week of Sept. 26-Oct. 2: Carlo Basso, Simon Fraser (F, 6-4, So., Coquitlam, BC – Archbishop Carney) scored three goals including the game-winner in a 5-0 shutout at Saint Martin's and the first two goals in a 4-3 home victory against Seattle Pacific. “Carlo was fantastic,” SFU coach Alan Koch said. “He scored a very composed goal to get us going at Saint Martin's and helped settle us down with a rocket against Seattle Pacific. He works tirelessly for the team and is fully deserving of the three goals he scored this week.”


Bargholz	Kerr

Week of Oct. 3-9: Chris Bargholz, Simon Fraser (M, 5-8, Fr., Fuessen, Germany) and Isaac Kerr, MSU Billings (D, 6-4, Fr., Coylton, Scotland). . . Bargholz scored three goals, including a pair of game-winners as Simon Fraser outscored PacWest foes BYU-Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific, who have a combined record of 15-5-1, by a 9-2 margin. “Chris turned in a fantastic performances Saturday (scoring twice against Hawaii Pacific). His first goal was a sublime chip over their goalkeeper. He is improving almost daily and becoming more and more comfortable with college soccer in every match.”. . .Kerr also had two game-winners in a 1-0 victory over Mary and a 3-2 overtime win against Sioux Falls. “I thought Isaac was absolutely fantastic for us this weekend,” said MSUB head coach Dan McNally. “This season he has continued to improve as a defender and this weekend he came up clutch with two big goals.”

Week of Oct. 10-16: Jon Pearman, Seattle Pacific (D, 6-2, Jr., Glendale, AZ - Cactus) has spearhead a defense that has posted four consecutive shutouts to put the Falcons right in the middle in the hunt for one of the four available NCAA Division II post-season berths. Last week, SPU allowed just 10 shots in a scoreless draw with Montana State Billings and a 2-0 win at Northwest Nazarene. Spearman had an assist on SPU's second goal in the latter contest. “Jon has developed into the leader of our back line and does a great job of keeping us organized,” SPU coach Mark Collings said. “He's done a tremendous job of winning balls in the box and his distribution this past week was very good. Furthermore his assist at NNU was a much needed boost for our attack.”

Week of Oct. 17-23: Tyler Schultz, Seattle Pacific (M, 5-11, Sr., Scottsdale, AZ) had a pair of multi-goal games, his second and third of the season, in 5-0 and 3-0 wins against the University of Mary and Saint Martin's, respectively. He had two goals in each game and also added an assist against the Marauders to increase his season point total to a GNAC-leading 29. Schultz also leads the conference in goals scored (13) and game-winning goals (6). On the all-time GNAC career lists, he ranks third in game-winning goals (13), fourth in goals (35) and fifth in points (78).

Week of Oct. 24-30: Matt Besuschko, Simon Fraser (M, 5-10, So., Port Moody, BC) scored the game-winning goal on a header in the 74 th minute in Thursday's 2-1 win against Seattle Pacific and also was a force on defense in that game and in Saturday's 5-0 shutout of Saint Martin's as the Clan wrapped up their second consecutive GNAC championship. “Matt was a pillar of strength at SPU and helped prevent the Falcons from creating too many dangerous opportunities,” SFU coach Alan Koch said. “He then came forward on a set-piece to score the game winner. On Saturday, he was back to his usual defensive best against Saint Martin's. He was been an incredibly consistent performer all season long and has been a big part of us winning the conference championship again this season."

Week of Oct. 31-Nov. 6: Thomas Chameraud, MSU Billings (M, 6-0, Jr., Poitiers, France) had a pair of assists, including one on the game-winning goal in MSUB's 3-2 win against Rocky Mountain. The Yellowjackets finished their season with a .500 record at 8-8-2 going 6-1-2 in their final nine contests. Chameraud end the season tied for fourth in the conference in assists with seven

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