Coker's Benedix and Limestone's Bertelsen Named SAC WePlayed Sports Soccer Players of the Week
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The South Atlantic Conference announced its WePlayed Sports Men's Soccer Players of the Week for matches played during week seven of the 2024 season. Coker's Frederic Benedix was named the Offensive Player of the Week while Limestone's Nikolaj Bertelsen earned Defensive Player of the Week honors.
Benedix, a junior from Riesa, Germany, has been the most consistent member of the Cobras' offense this year. Last week, he had an assist in each of the two Coker wins. He assisted on the first goal of the game in the 3-0 win over Newberry, helping make it a 1-0 lead in the first 2 minutes of the contest. Then, he provided the game-winning ball to Yvan Malarte in the 75th minute during the 1-0 win on the road against Anderson. The Cobras went 2-0 this week and are 9-0 in their last 9 contests while being ranked No. 11 nationally.
Bertelsen, a freshman from Vejle, Denmark, led No. 5 Limestone to two more wins last week as they pushed their unbeaten streak to 12 games. The keeper posted back-to-back clean sheets in wins over Anderson and Tusculum and made three saves against the Trojans and seven stops against the Pioneers. For the season, Bertelsen and the Saints have allowed just three goals all season, 0.25 per game.
2024 SAC Men's Soccer Players of the Week
Offensive Player of the Week
Sep. 10 – Peter Plougmand, Mars Hill
Sep. 17 – Peter Plougmand, Mars Hill
Sep. 24 – Diego Jaramillo, Anderson
Oct. 1 – Claudel N'goubou, Limestone
Oct. 8 – Dati Chinchaladze, Lincoln Memorial
Oct. 15 – Peter Plougmand, Mars Hill
Oct. 22 – Frederic Benedix, Coker
Defensive Player of the Week
Sep. 10 – Moritz Conrad, Wingate
Sep. 17 – Daniel Benedek Miklosi, Lincoln Memorial
Sep. 24 – Nikolaj Bertelsen, Limestone
Oct. 1 – Stefan Roeb, Limestone
Oct. 8 - Daniel Benedek Miklosi, Lincoln Memorial
Oct. 15 – Matty Tricker, Coker
Oct. 22 - Nikolaj Bertelsen, Limestone
WePlayed Sports is an official corporate partner of the South Atlantic Conference and title sponsor of the Conference's Player of the Week awards program.
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