Woodford Earns ECAC Weekly Honors

CENTERVILLE, Mass. - Mitchell College sophomore Kevin Woodford was named ECAC Division III New England Co-Defensive Player of the Week for the sport of men's soccer, as announced by the conference on Tuesday afternoon.

The announcement came a day after Woodford, a goalkeeper, was tabbed NECC Player of the Week. He was a key factor last week as the Mariners clinched a postseason berth in the upcoming NECC Championship. On the final day of the regular season, he made four saves at Southern Vermont College to preserve a 1-0 shutout. He allowed only one goal in 180 minutes and finished with 13 saves for the week.

Woodford allowed only five goals in conference play during the regular season and ranked second in the NECC in goals against average (0.93) against conference opponents. In 14 starts he finished with three shutouts, 74 saves and an overall goals against average of 1.44.

Mitchell (5-11-0 overall, 3-4-0 NECC), the fifth seed in the 2009 NECC Championship, will play at fourth-seeded Southern Vermont College (10-7-1 overall, 3-3-1 NECC) in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, November 4 at 2 p.m. The winner advances to play top-seeded Daniel Webster College (10-5-0 overall, 6-1-0 NECC) on Friday, November 6.