Men’s soccer players of the week announced

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Wofford forward Declan Mettee and ETSU goalkeeper Marc Kouadio have been named the Southern Conference men’s soccer offensive and defensive players of the week, respectively, for all competition Oct. 1-7.

Mettee contributed three points to Wofford’s 3-2 victory over Gardner-Webb on Saturday, Oct. 5. The sophomore forward scored the first goal of the game in the 37^th minute off an assist by Thaddeus Dennis. In the 43^rd minute of the game, the Asheville, North Carolina, product logged an assist to Dennis, resulting in a second goal for the Terriers.

Kouadio turned in record-setting performance this week for ETSU. In a 0-2 loss to Wake Forest, the senior goalkeeper made 14 saves, a single game record for the Bucs program, on 16 shots on target. Later in the week, the Montreal, Canada, native produced a shutout against VMI, making six saves in 2-0 victory. Kouadio leads the SoCon in saves (52) and saves per game (5.2).

Wofford (4-2-1) travels to Wake Forest on Tuesday, then hosts ETSU on Saturday. ETSU (2-5-3, 1-0-0 SoCon) visits Winthrop on Tuesday.

Also nominated for offensive player of the week: Gabriel Ramos (ETSU), Barzee Blama (Mercer), Jack Birch (UNCG), Grant Martin (VMI)

Also nominated for defensive player of the week: Daniel Longo (UNCG)

2024 SoCon Men’s Soccer Offensive Players of the Week  

Aug. 27               Enzo Dovlo, So., F, UNCG

Sept. 3                Sekou Agard, Sr., D, Mercer

Sept. 10           Sekou Agard, Sr., D, Mercer

Sept. 17              Kyle Grant, So, F, VMI 

Sept. 24              Wilfer Bustamante, Fr., F, Furman 

Oct. 1                  Segun Afolabi, Sr., F, Mercer

Oct. 8                  Declan Mettee, So., F, Wofford

2024 SoCon Men’s Soccer Defensive Players of the Week  

Aug. 27               Seth Wilson, R-So., GK, UNCG 

Sept. 3                Trevor McMullen, Gr., GK, Mercer

Sept. 10              Trevor McMullen, Gr., GK, Mercer

Sept. 17              Seth Wilson, R-So., GK, UNCG                               

Sept. 24              Zack Murphy, Jr., GK, VMI

Oct. 1                  Trevor McMullen, Gr., GK, Mercer

Oct. 8                  Marc Kouadio, Sr., GK, ETSU