2018 Sun Belt Men’s Soccer News and Notes:
Standings | Composite Schedule | Stats | Championship Information
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• Sun Belt men’s soccer’s schedule features six matches this week with Appalachian State’s Tuesday tilt against Presbyterian on ESPN+.
• Appalachian State (7-3-3, 1-0-1 Sun Belt) has six shutouts this season, including four straight clean sheets at home. The Mountaineers have outscored their opponents, 6-1, at Ted Mackorell Soccer Complex. Appalachian State's six shutouts are tied for the most since 2015 and the most overall since 2012. The Mountaineers have ensured themselves their first winning season since 2012.
• Coastal Carolina (7-4, 1-1) moved up to 36th in the latest NCAA RPI updated through games of Oct. 21. The Chanticleers (eighth) and Appalachian State (ninth) remained in the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Southeast Region poll this week.
• Conference leader Georgia State (8-4-2, 1-0-2) meets South Carolina on Tuesday night in the 12th meeting between the two programs. The Panthers are seeking their first win against the Gamecocks since 1978.
• Georgia Southern (5-5-3, 1-0-1) has played to 1-1 double-overtime ties in each of its last two matches. Junior forward Javier Carbonell continues to be one of the top goal scorers in the nation this season ranked fourth in goals (13) and points (29).
• Howard senior forward Victor Guirma ranks among the Sun Belt leaders in multiple categories – tied for third in goals (5) and fourth in points per game (0.92). Defensively, junior goalkeeper Carlos Caro anchors the back end with a league-leading 57 saves on the season.
• Georgia State junior defender Kyle Clinton is
one of 31 student-athletes on the 2018 MAC Hermann Trophy Men's Watch List.
• The 2018 Sun Belt Men’s Soccer Championship is set for Nov. 7-11 at Eagle Field/Erk Park in Statesboro, Ga., hosted by Georgia Southern.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Yazeed Matthews, Coastal Carolina (Sr., F, Johannesburg, South Africa)
Coastal Carolina senior forward Yazeed Matthews netted all three goals in the Chanticleers’ road wins over Clemson and Howard. Matthews scored the match winner in Coastal Carolina’s 1-0 win at Clemson and scored both in the Chanticleer’s 2-1 victory at Sun Belt foe Howard. He now has three match-winning goals on the season. Matthews is second in the conference in scoring with 17 points and second in goals with seven, all in just 10 matches. For his efforts, he was named to the
National Team of the Week by College Soccer News.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kervin Fadel, Coastal Carolina (Sr., D, San Jose, Costa Rica)
Coastal Carolina senior defenseman Kervin Fadel led the Chanticleers’ improving back line to two victories on the road. Fadel led Coastal Carolina to a shutout of ACC-power Clemson and the Sun Belt road victory at Howard to give the Chanticleers four shutouts on the season.
2018 Weekly Award Winners
Offensive Player
August 28: Camden Holbrook, Appalachian State
September 4: Javier Carbonell, Georgia Southern
September 11: Lukas Joyner, Georgia State
September 18: Javier Carbonell, Georgia Southern
September 25: Reed Hunnicutt, Appalachian State
October 2: Zeiko Harris, Appalachian State
October 9: Javier Carbonell, Georgia Southern
October 16: Alex Hernandez, Appalachian State
October 23: Yazeed Matthews, Coastal Carolina
Defensive Player
August 28: Jake Chasteen, Appalachian State
September 4: Chris Datallo, Coastal Carolina
September 11: Paul Tyson, Georgia State
September 18: George Proctor, Georgia State
September 25: Alex Summerfield, Georgia State
October 2: Carlos Caro, Howard
October 9: Paul Tyson, Georgia State
October 16: Matteo Turner, Howard
October 23: Kervin Fadel, Coastal Carolina
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Tuesday, October 23
Presbyterian at Appalachian State (ESPN+), 6:00 p.m.
Georgia State at South Carolina, 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 24
Coastal Carolina at UNC Wilmington, 6:00 p.m.
Howard at St. Bonaventure, 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 27
*Appalachian State at Georgia Southern, 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 28
*Coastal Carolina at Georgia State, 1:00 p.m.
*Sun Belt Conference contest
All Times Central and Subject to Change