Bryan College’s Charlie Clarke and Stephen Ricketts were selected the NAIA national soccer players of the week after earning Appalachian Athletic Conference honors for their part in two victories over ranked opponents last week. Clarke, a junior forward, scored three goals and both game-winners and has 17 for the season, and senior Ricketts led the back line as the Lions allowed only one goal in the 2-0 week. They won 2-1 Tuesday at Point with goals from Arthur Dombrowski and Jonathan Ricketts and assists by Jason Ward and Joe Goreham. Bryan is 13-5, 9-1.
* Bryan senior goalkeeper Morgana Hardt Da Silva was the AAC women’s soccer defensive player of the week for her eight saves in a 1-0 shutout of Truett McConnell, and she had three in a 1-0 overtime win Tuesday at Point. Yarahi Hernandez scored at 108:40 for Bryan (11-4, 9-2), which outshot the hosts 21-9.
* Tennessee Wesleyan senior Nicole Broderick was the AAC women’s offensive player of the week for her five goals in two wins, and she added two from assists by Siobhan Patterson in Tuesday’s 4-0 nonconference win. Lauren Cunningham and Emiley Saddler also scored for the Lady Bulldogs (9-4-2), assisted by Dayna Randall and Chloe Rootes.
* The Sewanee soccer teams are hosting Southern Athletic Association tournament quarterfinals Saturday. Sewanee’s men are seeded third and play Millsaps at 1 p.m. EDT, and the fourth-seeded Sewanee women will face No. 5 seed Berry at 3:30.
* For the third weekend in a row, the local Premier Soccer Academy headed by Pedro Kozak won two championships at a tournament. This time it was at the Life Storage Kicks Invitational at Huntsville, Ala. The PSA Predator went 3-0 with a 15-1 goal differential for the under-15 title, and the under-18 PSA River Plate won a U-19 division with a 3-0-1 record. Kevin Stophel and George Coogan are assistant coaches for Kozak.