Monday, October 14, 2002

Asorey, Collins earn ASC weekly honors

lorida International men's soccer players Matias Asorey and Sean Collins have been honored as the Atlantic Soccer Conference Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively, as announced by the conference office today.

Asorey (Miami/Sunset HS) recorded the second hat trick of his career in the Golden Panthers' 5-0 victory over Oneonta State on Friday. The senior striker netted three goals in a seven-minute span as FIU cruised to its sixth-straight win. Asorey has scored nine goals thus far this season - besting his eight-goal output a year ago - and leads the conference with 0.90 goals per game.

Collins (College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated) came off the bench against Oneonta State to score the first goal of his collegiate career. The freshman midfielder has seen action in nine of the Golden Panthers' 10 games this year, starting two contests.

It was the second such honor for Asorey this year and the first for Collins.

The Golden Panthers (6-4-0, 1-0-0 ASC) continue ASC play when they travel to Pennsylvania to face Philadelphia (3-6-1, 0-2-0 ASC) on Friday at 4:00 p.m.