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Georgetown, Akron and Creighton Earn #BEsoccer Weekly Honors

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BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week
Zach Zengue, Georgetown, Sr., M (North Oaks, Minn.)
Zengue once again led Georgetown’s prolific scoring offense, capping a 2-0 week with three goals and an assist. Facing No. 25 George Mason on the road Tuesday night, Zengue dished out his fourth assist of the season to open up a 1-0 lead in the fourth minute. Bouncing back from a 2-1 halftime deficit, Zengue tacked on two of Georgetown’s four second half goals to secure a 5-2 win. Against St. John’s, Zengue added a tally in the 35th minute of a 2-0 triumph. The senior has compiled eight goals and an assist in his last four outings.
 
BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week
Daragh Reilly, Akron, Sr., D (Meath, Ireland)
Reilly continued his dominating run of play for the Zips helping his squad post back-to-back shutouts, including a 3-0 triumph past No. 8 Saint Louis and 1-0 road victory at Butler. Reilly and the Zips opened the week limiting the Billikens to four shots in the match, only two of which came on net. No Saint Louis player posted more than one shot in the match. Reilly then directed the Zips’ defensive efforts to record their first-ever triumph at Butler holding the Bulldogs to only two shots on goal and only three corner kicks.
 
BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week
Mitch Budler, Akron, RSr., GK (Lincoln, Neb.)
Budler continued his stellar campaign leading the Zips to back-to-back shutouts, including a top 10 win over Saint Louis. He finished the week garnering his NCAA-leading seventh and eighth shutouts on the campaign, in only 10 matches, while posting four saves.  In Akron’s 1-0 win at Butler, he collected a pair of saves to preserve the clean sheet in the BIG EAST match. Earlier in the week, he registered a pair of saves in Akron’s win over the Billikens.
 
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
Matthew Hudson, Creighton, Fr., GK (Marion, Iowa)
Hudson posted his fifth clean sheet in his last six appearances, corralling four saves in a 2-0 win at DePaul. Facing 17 shots, including 12 in the second half, Hudson acted as a brick wall throughout the contest. Hudson’s scoreless streak extends to 299:56 minutes, his longest stretch of his collegiate career.

BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
Remi Agunbuade, Akron, So., M (Toronto, Ontario)
Agunbuade turned in a strong week for the Zips offense, scoring a pair of goals and dishing out an assist in a 2-0 week.
 
Miguel Arilla, Creighton, Jr., M (Castellon, Spain)
Arilla was Creighton’s driving force on offense, delivering five shots. The junior midfielder capped the victory with a goal and an assist.
 
Matthew Reed, Creighton, Jr., D (Felton Del.)
Reed put the icing on Creighton’s 2-0 win over DePaul with a goal in the closing moments at Wish Field. Defensively, he helped lead Creighton to its fifth shutout in the last six games.
 
Sam Montalto, Providence, Sr., F (Stonington, Conn.)
Montalto registered two goals in a 1-0-1 week for the Friars, tallying the equalizer in a 1-1 draw with Brown, as well scoring a goal in a 3-2 win over Xavier.

Cooper Forcellini, Xavier, Sr., M (Olathe, Kan.)
Forcellini scored four goals in two matches, helping Xavier to a 1-1 record. The senior now leads the team and is tied for first in the conference with nine goals in eight contests. He is the first Musketeer to score nine or more in a season since 2019 (Samson Sergi: 10 goals).