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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FALL 2007
WEEK ENDING 10/7/07

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kevin Luber, The College of New Jersey Sophomore, Forward Delran, NJ/Delran
Luber earns NJAC Offensive Player of the Week honors after registering five points in a 1-1 week of non-conference action for the Lions. He opened the week by tallying a goal and an assist for three points in TCNJ’s 3-1 win over Drew. Just three days later, he scored TCNJ’s lone goal on a penalty kick in the Lions’ 2-1 double-overtime loss to three-time defending NCAA Division III Champion Messiah. His goal against Messiah marked only the fifth score surrendered by the Falcons on the season. Luber currently ranks fourth in the NJAC in points with 21 on the season.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Chris Amato, Rutgers University-Camden Senior, Back Stratford, NJ/Sterling
Amato becomes the second different Scarlet Raptor to earns NJAC Defensive Player of the Week honors after tallying four points from his back position in a 2-1 week of play for Rutgers-Camden. Following a 2-0 road loss at Philadelphia Bible, he notched three assists - just one shy of the school single-game record - in the Raptors’ 5-3 non-conference road win at Arcadia. He wrapped up the week by assisting on the game-winning score while helping to hold the Scarlet Raiders to just four shots on goal in Camden’s 1-0 NJAC victory over rival Rutgers-Newark. Amato currently ranks tied for eighth in the NJAC in assists with five on the season.
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Chris Edelschein, Montclair State University Freshman, Midfielder Medford, NJ/Shawnee
Edelschein earns NJAC Rookie of the Week honors after scoring four goals for eight points in a pair of non-conference victories for the Red Hawks. He opened the week by notching his first career hat trick with three goals in MSU’s 9-0 victory over Mitchell. He wrapped up the week by scoring the game-winning goal in the Red Hawks’ 1-0 non-conference win over Eastern. Edelschein currently ranks tied for seventh in the NJAC in goals scored with seven on the season.


PREVIOUS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - FALL 2007
	Offensive Player	Defensive Player	Rookie
Week 1	Dave Marin Ramapo	Nick Mele Montclair State	Rafael Duarte Richard Stockton
Week 2	Edison Bilbao NJCU	*Nick Mele Montclair State	Rafael Duarte Richard Stockton
Week 3	*Cristhian Acuna NJCU	Brian Miles Montclair State	Turgut Kilicoglu Rutgers-Camden
Week 4	*Cristhian Acuna NJCU	James Fiorani Rutgers-Camden	Gary Barrell William Paterson
Week 5	*Pat Tolomeo Richard Stockton	*Ian Tighe Ramapo	Daniel Coviello Rowan
Week 6	Kevin Luber TCNJ	*Chris Amato Rutgers-Camden	Chris Edelschein Montclair State