{"id":147611,"date":"2025-09-16T07:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/147611\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T07:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:56:06","slug":"mens-team-of-the-week-sept-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/147611\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Team of the Week: Sept. 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

The men\u2019s college soccer player of the week is Ethan Ballek<\/a>, a senior midfielder at South Carolina<\/a> who combined quality with quantity over two matches.<\/p>\n

MORE: Men\u2019s Division I Scoreboard<\/a><\/p>\n

It started with a 5-1 rout of Winthrop, where the 2025 MLS Draft pick needed just 43 minutes to score two and assist one. That carried over into a clash with No. 19 UNC Greensboro, where Ballek scored the equalizer and assisted the game-winner to supercharge a 2-1 upset victory.<\/p>\n

Please send any future Team of the Week nominations to college@topdrawersoccer.com<\/p>\n

Player of the Week:\u00a0Ethan Ballek<\/a>, South Carolina<\/a><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Team of the Week: September 8-14<\/p>\n

GK: Ivan Horvat, Furman<\/a> – The Paladins survived a grueling road trip in undefeated fashion thanks to Horvat, who saved eight in a 0-0 draw with No. 5 Virginia Tech, then added another six stops in a 4-1 blowout of No. 8 Gardner-Webb.<\/p>\n

D: Jem Hewlett, UCF<\/a> – In an outstanding two-way performance, the freshman defender added two goals on the receiving end of set-pieces and played all 90 in a 2-0 clean sheet win.<\/p>\n

D: Fabian Overkamp, Robert Morris<\/a> – Detroit Mercy had no answer for Overkamp on set pieces as the senior scored twice and assisted another in a lopsided 4-0 result.<\/p>\n

D: Kelly Cooper<\/a>, Army<\/a> – The towering junior center back was a force for the Knights, leading a 2-0 defeat of Villanova and scoring the lone goal to top Boston University 1-0.<\/p>\n

M: Ethan Ballek<\/a>, South Carolina<\/a> – Ballek scored three and assisted twice in two South Carolina wins.<\/p>\n

M: Alex Ruiz<\/a>, Kentucky<\/a> – Ruiz had a hat trick and an assist in a 4-0 win over Detroit Mercy, then played 87 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Bowling Green.\u00a0<\/p>\n

M: Edouard Nys<\/a>, UIC<\/a> – Continuing an incredible start to the year, Nys dominated Western Illinois with two goals and two assists to lead a thrilling 5-3 victory.<\/p>\n

M: Daniel D’Ippolito<\/a>, Fordham<\/a> – Scoring one and assisting three, the nationally regarded talent had a hand in all four goals the Rams managed in a 3-0 defeat of Manhattan and a 1-1 tie with Rhode Island.\u00a0<\/p>\n

F: Diego Lopez-Rosales, Loyola Marymount<\/a> – The Lions enjoyed a record-breaking 9-2 victory over Cal State Fullerton, and Lopez-Rosales played a vital role with three goals and an assist.<\/p>\n

F: Laurie Goddard<\/a>, Hofstra<\/a> – The senior attacker was everywhere Hofstra needed with the lone goal to defeat Princeton, then another two to pace a smooth 3-0 win over Stony Brook.<\/p>\n

F: Fernando Pirry<\/a>, Wisconsin-Milwaukee<\/a> – Pirry scored four goals in 45 minutes as Milwaukee routed Chicago State 9-1.<\/p>\n

Honorable Mention: GK Alessandro Bizzini (New Haven<\/a>), D Riley Moloney (NC State<\/a>), D Bjorn Nikolajewski (St. John’s<\/a>), D Marcos Soria (Purdue Fort Wayne<\/a>), M Jefferson Amaya<\/a> (High Point<\/a>), M Cooper Forcellini (Xavier<\/a>), M Devin Shepherd (Evansville<\/a>), M Til Kauschke<\/a> (Seton Hall<\/a>), F Ricardo Louis<\/a> (Georgia Southern<\/a>), F Andreas Savva (Harvard<\/a>), F Eidur Baldvinsson (Dartmouth<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The men\u2019s college soccer player of the week is Ethan Ballek, a senior midfielder at South Carolina who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-147611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}