Atlantic Sun Conference

ATLANTA, Ga. - The 2019-20 academic year is officially underway with the fall sports of Men's and Women's Cross Country, Men's and Women's Soccer and Volleyball.

ASUN women's soccer finished the second week of action with North Florida & Kennesaw State each winning three of four of their matches to begin the season.  The Ospreys Thais Reiss has gotten off to a hot start earning ASUN Player of the Week honors in consecutive weeks. Reiss leads the ASUN with five goals. Just one goal shy of her 2018 total.

Men's soccer got underway this weekend with six of seven teams collecting victories. Ryan Medilah of FGCU was named Player of the Week after earning a hat trick against #13 ranked Michigan & an assist against #7 ranked Michigan State.  The 4-3 upset of the Wolverines and the 1-1 draw against the Spartans earned the Eagles the 18^th spot in the United Soccer Coaches poll. Stetson won both of their opening matches over Charleston and UNCW, a top 50 RPI ranked team. Lute Lillo-Portero was named Defensive Player of the Week after picking up four saves and a shutout in the Hatters first 2-0 start since 2015.

Women's cross country began with Liberty earning an event victory behind a 1-2-3-4 finish at Friday's Liberty Challenge.  Freshman Adelyn Ackley finished first in her collegiate debut with a 4k time of 14:08 finishing an entire 68 seconds ahead of the field. Liberty's Felix Kandie also finished first in the Liberty Challenge while Stetson Freshman Joey Tolman broke the program's 5k record with a time of 15.24 in just his first collegiate run.

The defending ASUN volleyball champion FGCU Eagles opened the season strong claiming the Homewood Suites Fort Myers Classic title with wins over Akron, Bryant and San Diego State.  Sophomore Dana Axner took home MVP honors while Cortney VanLiew was named to the All-Classic team. The Kennesaw State Owls protected the nest in spectacular fashion during Tuesday night's home-opener as five Owls recorded double-digit kills to topple Georgia Tech 3-1.