St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Soccer players Calle Olle Petter Gunnarsson and Alejandro Zuniga have earned East Coast Conference Men's Soccer weekly awards on Monday, with Gunnarrson named as the Defensive Player of the Week and Zuniga selected as Rookie of the Week, following the Spartans final regular season matches against East Stroudsburg University (T, 1-1) and Roberts Wesleyan University (W, 4-0).
Calle Gunnarsson (Fr.|Goalkeeper|Stockholm, Sweden) stopped nine of 10 shots faced, making seven saves in a 1-1 draw vs. East Stroudsburg and two saves in a 4-0 win over Roberts Wesleyan. The STAC goalkeeper allowed only one goal on the week, stopping a shutout streak of 367 minutes and 22 seconds, and carries a 10-0-4 record with a 0.89 goals against average and a .845 save percentage into the postseason.
Alejandro Zuniga (Fr.|Midfielder|Naples, Fla.) tallied a goal and two assists in STAC's 4-0 win over Roberts Wesleyan in the Spartans' regular season finale. The midfielder heads to the playoffs with 19 total points, which places him second on the team, while leading the Spartans in assists with nine.
St. Thomas Aquinas has earned the #1 overall seed in the upcoming ECC Men's Soccer Tournament and receives a first-round bye. The Spartans will host a semifinal match on Saturday, November 4 (12:00 p.m.) at Spartan Field, against the winner of Wednesday's (November 1) quarterfinal between #4 University of the District of Columbia and #5 Roberts Wesleyan University.