Notre Dame's Finley, East Carolina's Cordero named Soccer News Net College Players of the Week

Oct. 10, 2012 - PRLog -- Notre Dame forward Ryan Finley and East Carolina goalkeeper Christiane Cordero have been named the Soccer News Net College Players of the Week for the week ending October 7.

Finley was previously honored as the Chicagoland Soccer News Men's College Player of the Week and the Big East Conference offensive player of the week.


Finley, from Lumberton, NJ, racked up four goals in two games last week, a pair in Wednesday’s 7-1 romp over Pittsburgh and two goals in a single minute on Sunday, as the Fighting Irish blanked #3 Georgetown 3-0.

Against the Panthers, Finley staked the Irish to a 3-0 lead in the 33rd minute, depositing the ball into the far netting from six yards out on the left side. After hitting the post in the 51st minute, Finley connected for ND’s fifth goal of the game in the 68th. Junior central defender Connor Miller played the ball up to Finley for the finish.

Against the Hoyas, both of Finley’s goals occurred in the 66th minute. Junior forward Harrison Shipp set up the first tally when he played the ball ahead to Finley, who beat a Hoya defender and made it a 2-0 contest. On the second goal, Finley took a nice pass from Patrick Hodan and drilled the ball off the crossbar and into the back of the net for his team-high 10th goal of the season.

Cordero (Valencia, Calif.) posted two shutouts over the weekend, making 19 saves while playing 200 minutes.

Against Houston on Friday, she stopped all seven shots she faced in a 3-0 victory. She followed that with a career-best 12 saves against Rice in a double-overtime scoreless tie Sunday.

In six league games, Cordero has allowed just two goals (both to league-leaders Memphis) and has recorded five shutouts and 38 saves posting a 0.33 goals against average. Cordero has started all 52 games played in goal for the Pirates, logging 238 saves with 14 shutouts.

Soccer News Net Men’s College Player of the Week
Week ending August 27: Eriq Zavaleta, Indiana Hoosiers
Week ending September 2: Martin Murphy, North Carolina Tar Heels
Week ending September 9: Tim Hopkinson, Old Dominion University Monarchs
Week ending September 16: James Belshaw, Duke Blue Devils
Week ending September 23: Michael Kuzan, Seton Hall Pirates
Week ending September 30: Charlie Rugg, Boston College Eagles
Week ending October 7: Ryan Finley, Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Soccer News Net Women’s College Player of the Week
Week ending August 27: Anne Stuller, Colorado Buffaloes
Week ending September 2: Erin Yenney, Louisville Cardinals
Week ending September 9: Danielle Schulmann, UConn Huskies
Week ending September 16: Zakiya Bywaters, UCLA Bruins
Week ending September 23: Frances Silva, West Virginia Mountaineers
Week ending September 30: Daphne Corboz, Georgetown Hoyas
Week ending October 7: Christiane Cordero, East Carolina Pirates

Soccer News Net is comprised of six regional soccer news sites in major markets across the United States: Big Apple Soccer ( www.bigapplesoccer.com), Chicagoland Soccer News ( www.chicagolandsoccernews.com), LA Soccer News ( www.lasoccernews.com), New England Soccer News ( www.newenglandsoccernews.com), Philly Soccer News ( www.phillysoccernews.com) and Dallas Soccer News. ( www.dallassoccernews.com)