St. Leo, Mars Hill Take Deep South Awards
from press release
WINGATE, N.C. - Saint Leo University won two of the three
weekly Deep South Conference Awards in the third week of voting,
league officials announced Monday afternoon. Mars Hill College took
the other honor.
Saint Leo senior midfielder Kyle Marceau (Concord, N.H.) is this
week's Offensive Player of the Week. SLU junior goalkeeper David
Erdman (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.) is the Defensive Player of the Week, while
Mars Hill freshman defense Ryan Herrmann (Columbus, Ohio) was
selected Freshman of the Week.
Marceau collected nine goals and three assists as the Lions
completed a North Carolina swing with two DSC victories and one
narrow non-league defeat. A first team All-DSC performer in 2009,
Marceau had five goals and one assist in a 16-5 victory at Catawba
Sunday.
In addition, the Concord (N.H.) High School product had three goals
and one helper in a heartbreaking 10-9 double-overtime loss at
Queens University of Charlotte Friday. Marceau contributed one goal
and one assist in a 10-3 triumph at Wingate University Wednesday.
Marceau leads Saint Leo (3-1 overall) with 10 goals and five
assists on the season.
Erdman picked up two wins last week. The 2007 DSC Freshman of the
Year recorded four saves and allowed three Wingate goals in the
victory over the Bulldogs. Erdman had eight ground balls in the
Wingate contest.
The 2009 All-DSC first team member had 14 saves against the Queens
Royals, surrendering 10 goals. In the Catawba encounter, he posted
seven saves and allowed three goals in 45 minutes of action. Erdman
has 34 saves and 21 goals allowed in four games this season.
Herrmann held Le Moyne (N.Y.) College junior preseason All-American
attack man Jack Venditti pointless (no goals, no assists) in the
Lions' 7-6 loss to the number two Dolphins Sunday. Herrmann has
helped the Mars Hill Lions to victories over Birmingham Southern
and St. Andrews Presbyterian in the season's early stages.
