SPARTANBURG, S.C. – UNCG midfielder Leeroy Maguraushe has been named the Southern Conference men’s soccer player of the week for all competition Oct. 19-25. The selection is made by the league office.

Maguraushe scored two goals on the week as the Spartans topped Mercer and Wofford to move to the top of the SoCon standings.

At Mercer on Tuesday, Oct. 20, Maguraushe converted a Jacques Francois pass in the 19th minute to put UNCG up 2-0 in an eventual 3-2 win. The duo teamed up again Saturday in the Spartans’ 3-0 win over Wofford, with Maguraushe’s 66th-minute goal giving UNCG a 2-0 lead.

The Milton Keynes, England, native leads UNCG and all SoCon freshmen with six goals on the year.

The weekly award is the second of his career. Maguraushe claimed the first award of the 2015 season on Sept. 1.

UNCG (9-5-3, 5-1-2 SoCon) hosts VMI (0-16-0, 0-8-0 SoCon) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in a contest that can be seen live on the SoCon Digital Network.

Also nominated: Ben Holt (ETSU) and Kobe Perez (Mercer).

2015 SoCon Men’s Soccer Players of the Week
Sept. 1 Leeroy Maguraushe, UNCG
Sept. 8 Jordan Duru, Mercer
Sept. 15 Damieon Thomas, UNCG
Sept. 22 James Smith, ETSU
Sept. 29 Eli Pinner, Furman
Oct. 6 Ian Antley, Mercer
Oct. 13 Jeremy Booth, Mercer
Oct. 20 Sven Lissek, Furman
Oct. 27 Leeroy Maguraushe, UNCG

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