KANSAS — Jose Quiel of Friends University and Xavier Ezell of the University of Saint Mary have earned this week's KCAC Men's Soccer Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week honors, respectively, the conference office announced Monday. The two student-athletes were selected for their performances from Oct. 19-25 by a vote of conference sports information directors. All KCAC Player of the Week honors are presented by
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Offensive Player of the Week
Jose Quiel - Friends University
Jr. | MF | San Jose, Costa Rica
Quiel won games this past week for the Friends University Falcons with his scoring and passing, starting with scoring the first two goals in a 3-0 win at Evangel University on Wednesday (Oct. 21). He then scored the first goal at Tabor on Saturday (Oct. 24) before assisting on the game-winning goal by Andrea Michael Xibilia for the Falcons' fifth straight victory. Quiel now has double-digit goals on the season (10) along with four assists for the Falcons.
| Game |
gp |
gs |
gpg |
a/g |
pts/g |
sh/g |
sh% |
sog/g |
sog% |
| Oct 21 at Evangel (MO) W, 3-0 * |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
.00 |
4.00 |
6.00 |
.333 |
3.00 |
.500 |
| Oct 24 at Tabor W, 2-1 * |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
3.00 |
8.00 |
.125 |
7.00 |
.875 |
| Conference |
2 |
2 |
1.50 |
.50 |
3.50 |
7.00 |
.214 |
5.00 |
.714 |
| Overall |
2 |
2 |
1.50 |
.50 |
3.50 |
7.00 |
.214 |
5.00 |
.714 |
Defensive Player of the Week
Xavier Ezell - University of Saint Mary
Jr. | GK | Starkville, Miss.
Ezell posted two more shutouts this week, with six saves against Avila, one against Sterling, and even assisted on the game-winning goal at Sterling. This season, Ezell is third in the KCAC in save % (.798) and third in the KCAC in shutouts (five). This marks the second consecutive week in which Ezell has been named the KCAC Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week, and the second time overall this season he has earned the honor.
| Game |
gp |
gs |
min/g |
ga/g |
gaa |
sv/g |
sv% |
| Oct 21 at Avila (MO) W, 7-0 * |
1 |
1 |
90:00 |
.00 |
0.00 |
6.00 |
1.000 |
| Oct 24 at Sterling W, 1-0 * |
1 |
1 |
90:00 |
.00 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
1.000 |
| Conference |
2 |
2 |
90:00 |
.00 |
0.00 |
3.50 |
1.000 |
| Overall |
2 |
2 |
90:00 |
.00 |
0.00 |
3.50 |
1.000 |
2026 KCAC MEN'S SOCCER SEASON PREVIOUS WEEKLY HONOREES:
- Week 1 (Aug. 31): Cristobal Schenfeld, Kansas Wesleyan (Offensive) | Alex Neri, Ottawa (Defensive)
- Week 2 (Sept. 7): Richard Livingston, Bethany (Offensive) | Alvaro Marchal, McPherson (Defensive)
- Week 3 (Sept. 14): Cale Scott, Ottawa (Offensive) | Marko Rodic, Oklahoma Wesleyan (Defensive)
- Week 4 (Sept. 22): Cale Scott, Ottawa (Offensive) | Ben Scognamillo, Friends (Defensive)
- Week 5 (Sept. 28): Cale Scott, Ottawa (Offensive) | Alex Neri, Ottawa (Defensive)
- Week 6 (Oct. 6): Mario Santoro, Saint Mary (Offensive) | Erik Huerta, Friends (Defensive)
- Week 7 (Oct. 12): Cameron Greeves, York (Offensive) | Franco Guazzotti, Southwestern (Defensive)
- Week 8 (Oct. 19): Austin Davies, Friends (Offensive) | Xavier Ezell, Saint Mary (Defensive)
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