Offensive Athlete of the Week
Name: Nicolo Buono
School: La Verne
Year: Sophomore
Position: Attacker
Hometown / High School: Palm Desert, Calif. / Palm Desert
Buono scored a career-high six goals and drew two exclusions to lead Division III RV University of La Verne in a 15-14 overtime win at No. 4 Occidental College. He helped erase a three-goal deficit with two goals in the fourth quarter and notched another in OT to set up the victory.
Defensive Athlete of the Week
Name: Nicolas Fedotov
School: Redlands
Year: Senior
Position: Attacker
Hometown / High School: Miami Beach, Fla. / Long Beach City (Chapman)
Fedotov marshaled a Division III No. 2 University of Redlands defense that has limited all five SCIAC opponents to single digits with another pair of victories over RV/DIII No. 1 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges and Caltech. He nabbed three steals as Redlands permitted just 13 combined goals on the week while also contributing three goals and six assists.
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