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The Southern ConferencePublished: 10/8/2024, Last updated: 10/8/2024
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Men’s soccer players of the week announced

Wofford’s Delan Mettee and ETSU’s Marc Kouadio honored

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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 37th minute off an assist by Thaddeus Dennis. In the 43rd 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