Victor Colin of Huston-Tillotson University (Texas) and Leonardo Reyes of Louisiana State University-Shreveport earned a share of the Red River Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week award for Oct. 11-17, while David Etale of Northwood University (Texas) earned Defensive Player of the Week recognition for the same dates.
Colin, a sophomore midfielder from Austin, Texas, set a school record with six goals in a single week as the Rams went 2-1. He found the net five times in a 7-0 victory over Southwestern Assemblies of God University (Texas) and chipped in another in a 3-0 win over 25th-ranked Bellevue University (Miss.). HT is tied for second in the conference at 4-1 with an overall record of 6-6.
Reyes, a junior forward from Arima, Trinidad & Tobago, powered the Pilots to a pair of victories with four goals on the week. He scored twice in a 5-0 win over University of the Southwest (N.M.) and delivered two more goals in a 4-3 victory over Texas Wesleyan University. LSUS pulled even with HT at 4-1 with a mark of 6-4 on the season.
Etale, a senior goalkeeper from Nairobi, Kenya, played all 90 minutes in both of the Knights' wins this week while surrendering just one goal. He made 11 saves to secure a 2-1 win over TWU before adding three more in a 4-0 shutout of USW. Northwood is now 3-2 in the RRAC and 6-7 overall.
Ricardo Aguilera of TWU, Gabriel Elizondo of NU, Guillermo Lozano of Texas College and Juan Nava of the University of Texas-Brownsville were additional offensive nominees. Oumar Dijba of HT, Jose Galvan of UTB, Lance Quini of LSUS and Esteban Rocha of Our Lady of the Lake University (Texas) were nominated for this week's defensive award.