Maryland, Northwestern Collect Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors

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