OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Aris Briggs, Georgia State
(Jr, F - Memphis, Tenn., 31)

Georgia State senior Aris Briggs continued right where he left off last year with a pair of goals in a 2-1 win over Mercer at Betts Stadium on Friday night. Briggs who was named the Sun Belt Offensive Preseason Player of the Year earlier this month got the Panthers on the board in the 10th minute with a goal. He then provided the game-winning goal with a header into the upper right corner of the net off an assist from George Proctor in the 81st minute. The Panthers topped the Bears for a fourth-straight time and won their regular-season opener for a second-straight season.



DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Paul Tyson, Georgia State
(Jr, GK - Liverpool, England, 1)

Senior goalkeeper Paul Tyson, who was named to the All-Sun Belt Preseason Team, led the Panthers to a 2-1 victory over Mercer on Friday night in the season opener for both teams. Tyson finished with seven saves, including multiple remarkable saves in the first half that kept Mercer off the scoreboard until after halftime.