Maryland, Northwestern Collect Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors

by | Nov 4, 2025 | College Sports, Headlines, Men's Soccer

Maryland, Northwestern Collect Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors

Terrapins’ Ndrenika, Kelp and Wildcats’ Ponce De Leon, O’Reilly garner weekly accolades

Offensive Player of the Week 
Albi Ndrenika, Maryland

Sr. – M – Olney, Md. – Baltimore Armour

 

  • Scored the lone goal in Maryland’s 1-0 win over Washington
  • Ndrenika’s 83rd minute marker kept the Terps undefeated and moved them into first place in the Big Ten standings
  • Collects his first Offensive Player of the Week award
  • Last Maryland Offensive Player of the Week: Leon Koehl (Oct. 14, 2025)

 

Defensive Player of the Week  
Lasse Kelp, Maryland

Sr. – D – Bonn, Germany – SC Fortuna Koln

 

  • Anchored Maryland’s defensive effort in its 1-0 win over Washington
  • The Terps’ defense held the Huskies to just two shots on target
  • Earns his first Defensive Player of the Week award
  • Last Maryland Defensive Player of the Week: Tristen Rose (Oct. 21, 2025)

 

Goalkeeper of the Week  
Rafael Ponce de Leon, Northwestern

Sr. – Pennington, N.J. – Pennington School

  • Notched six saves in Northwestern’s 2-0 victory over Indiana
  • Assisted Aaron O‘Reilly’s goal, becoming the first Wildcat netminder to be credited with an assist since Miha Miskovic in 2019
  • Garners first Goalkeeper of the Week award

 

Freshman of the Week  
Aaron O’Reilly, Northwestern

F – Naperville, Ill. – Naperville Central

  • Scored an insurance goal, as the Wildcats topped Indiana
  • 65th minute goal gave O’Reilly a tie for the team lead with four
  • Earns his second Freshman of the Week award
  • Last Northwestern Freshman of the Week: Andrew Johnson (Oct. 14, 2025)

 

2025 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Players of the Week 
 

Nov. 4

O: Albi Ndrenika, Maryland

D: Lasse Kelp, Maryland

GK: Rafael Ponce de Leon, Northwestern

F: Aaron O’Reilly, Northwestern

 

Oct. 28

P: Sergi Solans, UCLA

D: Egor Akulov, Washington

GK: Jadon Bowton, Washington

F: Ander Marticorena Saez, UCLA

 

Oct. 21

P: Palmer Ault, Indiana

D: Tristen Rose, Maryland

GK: Laurin Mack, Maryland

F: Judewellin Michel, Indiana

 

Oct. 14

O: Leon Koehl, Maryland

D: Nick Collins, Rutgers

GK: Laurin Mack, Maryland

F: Andew Johnson, Northwestern

 

Oct. 7

O: Alex Hall, Washington

D: Asher Hestad, Washington

GK: Matisse Hebert, Wisconsin

F: Jonathan Evans, Penn State

 

Sept. 30

O: Richie Aman, Washington

D: Harrison Bertos, Washington

GK: Zac Kelly, Michigan State

F: Peter Soudan, Michigan State

 

Sept. 23

O: Palmer Ault, Indiana

D: Josh Maher, Indiana

GK: Isaiah Goldson, Michigan

F: Aaron Hurge, Ohio State

 

Sept. 16

O: Charlie Kosakoff, Washington

D: Nick McHenry, Ohio State

GK: Ciaran Dalton, Rutgers

F: Kyle Pierson, Michigan

 

Sept. 9

O: Collins Oduro, Indiana

D: Breckin Minzey, Indiana

GK: Holden Brown, Indiana

F: Rocket Ritarita, Maryland

 

Sept. 2

O: Palmer Ault, Indiana & Joschi Schelb, Rutgers

D: Nick McHenry, Ohio State

GK: Holden Brown, Indiana

F: Luke Spadafora, Michigan State

 

Aug. 26

O: Jacopo Fedrizzi, Indiana

D: Fritz Volmar, Northwestern

GK: Laurin Mack, Maryland

F: Aaron O’Reilly, Northwestern

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