Alfie Pope of Mount Olive and Oier Bernaola of Francis Marion Chosen Weekly Award Winners for Men’s Soccer
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Alfie Pope of Mount Olive and Oier Bernaola of Francis Marion have been chosen as the weekly award winners for Conference Carolinas men’s soccer for the week ending Oct. 10.
Pope was named the Offensive Player of the Week for the second straight week, while Bernaola collected Defensive Player of the Week honors.
A sophomore forward from London, England, Pope followed up a National Player of the Week performance the week prior by posting another top-notch week with seven points on three goals and one assist. In Mount Olive’s 2-0 conference rivalry win over Barton on Oct. 6, Pope scored a goal before adding two more goals and an assist in a conference win over Erskine on Oct. 9. Pope and Mount Olive are presently 7-0-0 in conference play.
A graduate student from Arantzazu, Spain, Bernaola helped anchor the Francis Marion defense in two impressive wins last week. Bernaola first scored on a header off a corner kick in a 3-1 road non-conference win over Queens on Oct. 6 before helping to hold Lees-McRae to no shots on goal in a 1-0 conference home win over Lees-McRae on Saturday, Oct. 9. Pope and the Francis Marion defense have yet to concede a goal in starting 5-0-0 in conference play.
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Fall 2021 Conference Carolinas Men's Soccer Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Sept. 7, 2021)
Offensive Player of the Week: Toby Sims, Chowan
Defensive Player of the Week: Reno Van Der Meer, North Greenville
Week 2 (Sept. 14, 2021)
Offensive Player of the Week: Nick Huenig, Francis Marion
Defensive Player of the Week: Toby Sims, Chowan
Week 3 (Sept. 21, 2021)
Offensive Player of the Week: Sam Pollard, Francis Marion
Defensive Player of the Week: Axel Engren, Mount Olive
Week 4 (Sept. 28, 2021)
Offensive Player of the Week: Glen Hernandez, Mount Olive
Defensive Player of the Week: Toby Sims, Chowan
Week 5 (Oct. 5, 2021)
Offensive Player of the Week: Alfie Pope, Mount Olive
Defensive Player of the Week: Jacob Randolph, Barton
Week 6 (Oct. 12, 2021)
Offensive Player of the Week: Alfie Pope, Mount Olive
Defensive Player of the Week: Oier Bernaola, Francis Marion