CANTON, Ga. – Trinity Tigers sweep week eight conference athlete of the week honors.
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Athletes of the Week
Offense:
Eduardo Parra | Trinity | SO | Oklahoma City, OK – Parra led the Tiger men’s soccer team to road wins over Sewanee and Maryville in Southern Athletic Association weekend action, improving to 5-0-2 in conference play. Parra netted the game-winning goal in both games this weekend and leads Trinity with nine goals and 19 points, along with four game-winners. Parra scored Trinity’s first goal of the second half to put the Tigers up 2-0 in the 60th minute of what would be a 4-1 win. His Sunday goal came in the fourth minute and was all the Tigers needed in a shutout victory to close the weekend.
Defense:
Jayden Schell | Trinity | SR | Dallas, TX – Schell led Trinity’s men’s soccer team to a pair of road wins in Southern Athletic Association play over the weekend, defeating Sewanee 4-1 on Friday and blanking Maryville 3-0 on Sunday. Schell recorded two saves and faced five total shots to earn a clean sheet in the weekend finale. Schell had five total saves and allowed just one goal in Friday’s win at Sewanee, including a penalty kick save in the 55th minute of a 1-0 game.
Notable Performances
Offense
- Raul Blandon | Millsaps | SO | Fort Myers, FL – Sophomore Raul Blandon led the Majors with two goals, propelling past the Colonels' defense to secure the victory on Sunday. The Majors scored the most goals in a conference regular-season game dating back to 1992. It was also the widest margin of victory ever in a conference game during the Majors' Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and Southern Athletic Association eras, beginning with the 1991 campaign.
- Danny Wasserman | Southwestern | JR – Wasserman was fantastic this weekend, facilitating to his offense with two assists on Sunday. The junior put two swinging crosses on the platter for the Pirate forwards on Sunday with his fourth and fifth assists of the season. The junior played 138 minutes this weekend.
Defense
- Max Sosa | Rhodes | SR | Alpharetta, GA – Center back Max Sosa anchored the Rhodes back line, helping lead the Lynx to back-to-back shutout victories over Millsaps and Centre. Rhodes earned a 1-0 win over Millsaps before recording a dominant 6-0 victory over Centre, allowing no goals across the two matches. Sosa played all 90 minutes against Millsaps and added two goals and an assist against Centre, contributing on both ends of the field while helping Rhodes secure two key conference clean sheets.
- TJ Bass | Southwestern | SO | Houston, TX – Bass was fantastic, surrendering one goal all weekend against Maryville and Sewanee as the Pirates collected two more wins on the road. On Friday, Bass held a shutout with the game saving save on a breakaway where he was completely alone with the Scots attacker. Bass only needed to tally six saves on the weekend but continues to lead and win in the air which goes so much further than the stat sheet. He also holds an 87% save rate. He has the least number of goals allowed in the conference at 7 all year.
2026 Men’s Soccer Report Archive (AOW Offense/Defense)
Week One - Sept. 8: (Grayson White, Sewanee/Edward Steinwand, Millsaps)
Week Two - Sept. 14: (Brady Janes, Rhodes/Sebastian Lewis, Oglethorpe)
Week Three - Sept. 21: (Grayson White, Sewanee/TJ Bass, Southwestern)
Week Four - Sept. 28: (Brady Hammer, Maryville/TJ Bass, Southwestern)
Week Five - Oct. 5: (Sebastian Lewis, Oglethorpe/Henri Kettner, Rhodes)
Week Six - Oct. 12: (Thomas McGowan, Sewanee/Cade Dougan, Trinity)
Week Seven - Oct. 19: (Grey Richards, Southwestern/Reid Gunzenhauser, Sewanee)
Week Eight - Oct. 26: (Eduardo Parra, Trinity/Jayden Schell, Trinity)
Week Nine - Nov. 2: (
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