Sam Pollard of Francis Marion and Axel Engren of Mount Olive Named Weekly Award Winners for Men’s Soccer
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Sam Pollard of Francis Marion and Axel Engren of Mount Olive have collected the weekly honors for Conference Carolinas men’s soccer.
Pollard was selected as the Offensive Player of the Week, while Engren was chosen as the Defensive Player of the Week.
A senior from Perth, Australia, Pollard finished last week with four goals for Francis Marion. He scored his first goal of the week on a 21-yard free kick in Francis Marion’s narrow 4-3 loss to nationally seventh-ranked Coker. Pollard followed that up by securing a hat trick in Francis Marion’s road conference win over Southern Wesleyan on Saturday, Sept. 18. The hat trick was the 27
th in Francis Marion men’s soccer history.
A freshman goalkeeper, Engren logged all 180 minutes in net in a perfect 2-0 week for Mount Olive. Engren made 11 saves in a week in which he procured two shutouts. In Mount Olive’s 2-0 rivalry win over regionally-ranked conference foe Chowan on Sept. 15, Engren made six saves. He followed that up by saving five shots in Mount Olive’s 5-0 road league win over King on Saturday, Sept. 18.
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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