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NEC Player of the Week: Djiby Sarr, SFBK
NEC Rookie of the Week: Giuseppe Barone, LIU
Previous NEC Releases:  Preseason Poll Release

NEC MEN’S SOCCER PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Djiby Sarr, St. Francis Brooklyn
So., MF, Le Havre, France/Jeanne d'Arc
In his first career match, Sarr scored the golden goal late in the second overtime to give the Terriers a 1-0 road victory over Lafayette on Friday evening. With 4:41 remaining in the second extra session, the sophomore sprinted down the right side and cut towards the corner of the box before firing a shot that whistled past the Lafayette goalkeeper and into the far corner of the net to give the Terriers their first win of the season.

NEC MEN’S SOCCER ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Giuseppe Barone, LIU Brooklyn
Fr., F, Brooklyn, NY/Xaverian
Barone scored the game-winning goal, the first of his collegiate career, in LIU Brooklyn’s 3-2 win at Army on Sunday afternoon. Tied at two in the 69th minute, Barone recieved a pass from teammate Naeem Charles and found the back of the net just 1:46 after the Black Knights had tied the game, lifting the defending NEC champs to their first win of the year.
 
NEC HEADLINES

- Rookie of the Week LIU Brooklyn’s Giuseppe Barone’s (Brooklyn, NY/Xaverian) older brother, Salvatore Barone (Brooklyn, NY/Xaverian), plays for fellow conference member St. Francis Brooklyn.

- In his first collegiate game on Friday, Djiby Sarr’s (Le Havre, France/Jeanne d’Arc) first career goal with 4:41 remaining in the second overtime gave St. Francis Brooklyn its first win of the season with a 1-0 victory over Lafayette.

- Giuseppe Barone (Brooklyn, NY/Xaverian) scored the first goal of his collegiate career in the 69th minute of LIU Brooklyn’s 3-2 vicory over Army on Sunday.

- Robert Morris forward Rafael Bruzual (Puerto Ortaz, Venezuela/Loyola) scored his first 2 goals of the season in the Colonials’ game against Cleveland State on Sunday.