Men's Soccer

PSAC Men's Soccer Athlete of the Week - 9

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced it's final set of Men's Soccer Athletes of the Week for the 2026 season. In the East,  West Chester's  Maksym Komperda (Athlete of the Week) and  West Chester'sJaden Howard (Defensive Athlete of the Week) were selected. From the West,  Lock Haven's  Austen Veach (Athlete of the Week) and Slippery Rock's
Dylan Bliss (Defensive Athlete of the Week) received the honors.
 


PSAC Eastern Division Athlete of the Week

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Maksym Komperda
West Chester
Forward
Senior
Whitehall, Pa. / Allentown Central Catholic

Komperda became the first Golden Ram since Doug Goitia in 2018 to score a hat trick as he scored three first-half goals to lead the West Chester University men’s soccer team to a dominant 3-0 win over Shepherd on Thursday afternoon in the regular-season finale. This win gave West Chester a share of the PSAC East Regular Season title for the first time since 2018.


PSAC Eastern Division Defensive Athlete of the Week

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Jaden Howard
West Chester
Goalkeeper
Senior
Townsend, Del. / Middletown

Howard picked up his seventh win and eighth shutout of the season in goal for West Chester on Thursday as he made six saves to stymie the Shepherd offense throughout the afternoon. With this victory, Howard lowered his overall goals-against average to 0.69 and improved to 6-3-1 in conference matches with a 0.50 goals-against average and seven shutouts entering the PSAC Tournament.


PSAC Western Division Athlete of the Week

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Austen Veach
Lock Haven
Defender?
Sophmore
Marriotsville, Md.. / ?Liberty

Austen Veach, a sophomore defender, accounted for all of his five points on two shots as Lock Haven beat Gannon 4-1 on Thursday, Oct. 29. to earn the No. 2 seed for the Bald Eagles in the PSAC Eastern Division. Both of his shots were on goal, and both went in, giving him two goals in the Bald Eagles' lone game of the week. He also added an assist. 


PSAC Western Division Defensive Athlete of the Week

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 Dylan Bliss
Slippery Rock
Goalkeeper
Junior
Lancaster, Pa. / Lampeter-Strasburg

Dylan Bliss, a junior goalkeeper from Lacanster, Pennsylvania, earned a clean sheet with four saves in his first career start in a 0-0 draw versus Seton Hill.