Dominican climbed into the hunt for a conference tournament berth with a pair of wins over Concordia and Vanguard. Point Loma shut down high-scoring Biola (2-0) behind the defensive work of GK Jeremy Caringella, and Concordia’s Marcus Ozmai and Vanguard’s Zander Zill had identical weeks with two goals and an assist each for Player of the Week.

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TEAM OF THE WEEK: Dominican Penguins                                                                                                                           
Dominican is the Team of the Week after staying in the PacWest tournament hunt with wins over Concordia (3-1) and Vanguard (2-1). Against the Golden Eagles, trailing 1-0 early in the second half, the Penguins scored three times, including twice in the final five minutes to rally back for the 3-1 victory. DUC got scores from Adrian Garcia, Jake Kazlauskas and Sebastian Jarel for the win. Against the Lions, it was the opposite as the Penguins built a 2-0 lead on goals by Jaral and Kazlauskas and then held on the for 2-1 win. Coach David Frank’s team is now 3-1-1 in the PacWest (10 points), in a three-way tie for fourth place.

PLAYER(s) OF THE WEEK: Concordia’s Marcus Ozmai, MF, Jr., 5-7, Laguna Niguel, Calif. / Vanguard’s Zander Zill, F, Fr., 5-10, Tustin, Calif.          
Concordia’s Marcus Ozmai and Vanguard’s Zander Zill had identical matches against Jessup last week. Both had two goals and an assist in a 4-0 for the Golden Eagles and a 6-0 victory for the Lions. It was Ozmai’s first brace. Concordia is 3-0 when he scores and 5-1 when he registers a point this season. It was Zill’s second and third goals of the season and his second assist, in just 66 minutes of action.
 
DEFENDER OF THE WEEK: Point Loma’s Jeremy Caringella, GK, Jr., 6-1, Mission Viejo, Calif.                                                                                          
Point Loma’s Jeremy Caringella is the Defender of the Week after playing a lead role in shutting out Biola (2-0) and high scoring Kyle Denn. The junior keeper had six saves, including three of Denn’s shots, who leads the PacWest by a large margin with 13 goals and 27 points—and, he had scored in six straight matches prior to this key contest. It was Caringella’s high save total of the year and he now has posted back-to-back shutouts.

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: With two weeks left in the regular season, almost everyone is still in contention on the road to San Rafael for the PacWest Conference Tournament, Nov. 5-7. Here is a look at the top seven. 1) Point Loma 5-1 (15 points), 2) Vanguard 3-1-2 (11 points), 3) Westmont 3-1-2 (11 points), T4) Dominican 3-1-1 (10 points), T4) Hawaii Pacific 3-1-1 (10 points), T4) Biola 3-1-1 (10 points), 7) Concordia 3-3 (9 points)…Eduardo Marin of Hawaii Pacific had a shutout with four saves In a big Shark win over Hawaii Hilo. Three of those saves came late in the match to preserve the lead…Nathan Frietas of Dominican spearheaded their defense during a pair of wins where the Penguins allowed just two total goals.

WEST REGION RPI: No PacWest team cracked the top 10 in the second NCAA Super Region 4 rankings but Point Loma moved up three slots to No. 11. To see the list, click here.

LOOKING AHEAD: With two weeks left in the regular season, seven matches are on tap this week. On Wednesday, Dominican visits Chaminade, Vanguard is at Point Loma and Jessup visits Hilo. Friday features Dominican at Hawaii Pacific and Saturday’s slate shows Jessup at Chaminade, Westmont at Biola and Concordia goes to Point Loma. To see the complete list of matches for the season, click here.