NEW ORLEANS – Marshall’s Alexander Stjernegaard and Gabriel Perrotta earn the final Sun Belt Men’s Soccer weekly honors after making key contributions to help the Herd clinch the 2023 Sun Belt Men’s Soccer Regular Season Title.
Offensive Player of the Week
Alexander Stjernegaard, Marshall
[SO | M | Rungsted Kyst, Denmark]
Alexander Stjernegaard played a big role with his first goal at Marshall and an assist to help Marshall clinch the 2023 SBC Regular Season Championship with a 2-0 win on Tuesday over South Carolina. The sophomore tallied his first goal of the season and in the Green and White with the eventual game-winning goal on a free kick in the 51st minute. The Danish midfielder then had a secondary assist on a corner kick with Braian Amaro finding Alvaro Garcia-Pascual for Marshall's second goal in the 69th minute. It was Stjernegaard's first multi-point and multi-goal contribution match of the season.
Defensive Player of the Week
Gabriel Perrotta, Marshall
[GR | GK | Asuncion, Paraguay]
Gabriel Perrotta's performance in the 2-0 shutout of South Carolina on Tuesday helped clinch the 2023 SBC Regular Season Championship for Marshall. The native of Asuncion, Paraguay, made three crucial saves to keep the match scoreless at halftime and another save late in the contest to bring his shutout total to an SBC-best 8.5 this season. Perrotta has played all, but six minutes for The Herd in goal this season securing all 14 wins, a program regular-season record.
2023 Sun Belt Men’s Soccer Offensive Players of the Week
Week 1 – Matthew Bell, Marshall
Week 2 – Marco Silva, Marshall
Week 3 – Marcus Caldeira, West Virginia
Week 4 – Matthew Bell, Marshall
Week 5 – Adam Aoumaich, Marshall
Week 6 – Yutaro Tsukada, West Virginia
Week 7 – Ethan Dekel Daks, South Carolina
Week 8 – Pablo Simon, Marshall
Week 9 – Evan Southern, James Madison
Week 10 – Jordan Illian, South Carolina
Week 11 - Alexander Stjernegaard, Marshall
2023 Sun Belt Men’s Soccer Defensive Players of the Week
Week 1 – Luca Nikolai, James Madison
Week 2 – Zane Bubb, UCF
Week 3 – Carlos Hernando, West Virginia
Week 4 – Ben Alexander, South Carolina
Week 5 - Nate Martinez, Georgia Southern
Week 6 – Juanvi Muñoz, UCF
Week 7 – Robbie Soronellas, UCF
Week 8 - Enrique Garcia Barelles, James Madison
Week 9 – Josh Gordon, Kentucky
Week 10 – Marqes Muir, Kentucky
Week 11 - Gabriel Perrotta, Marshall