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Akron's Agunbiade and Reilly Garner National Accolades
September 30 | Men's Soccer
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AKRON, Ohio - University of Akron men's soccer senior Daragh Reilly (Meath, Ireland) and sophomore Remi Agunbiade (Toronto, Ontario) garnered national recognition for their efforts leading the Zips to a pair of victories a week ago.
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Reilly was honored by College Soccer News as its National Defensive Player of the Week, while Agunbiade was tabbed by TopDrawerSoccer.com to its National Team of the Week.
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Reilly continued his dominating run of play for the Zips helping his squad post back-to-back shutouts. Reilly and the Zips opened the week limiting the Billikens to four shots in the match, only two of which came on net. Reilly then directed the Zips' defensive efforts to record their first-ever triumph at Butler holding the Bulldogs to only two shots on goal and only three corner kicks. For the week, Akron's opponents were held to 6.5 shots and 2.0 shots on goal in a pair of matches.
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Agunbiade turned in a strong week for the Zips registering team-highs in goals (2), points (5), shots (7), shots on goal (5) and game-winners (1). In a 1-0 win for the Zips at Butler he netted the game-winning tally with a back-heel strike in the 77th minute (76:56) off assists from freshman Jose Pedro (Porto, Portugal) and junior Freddy Kossehasse (McKinney, Texas). He finished the contest posting a game-high five shots, including four shots on goal.
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Earlier in the week versus No. 8 Saint Louis, he collected a goal in the 62nd minute (61:01), while garnering an assist on sophomore Jack Roman's (Canfield, Ohio) goal at the 66:01 mark, He finished the match recording a pair of strikes.
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The 16th-rated Zips return to action on Friday (Oct. 3) welcoming St. John's to FirstEnergy Stadium for a 7 p.m. BIG EAST showdown.
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AKRON, Ohio - University of Akron men's soccer senior Daragh Reilly (Meath, Ireland) and sophomore Remi Agunbiade (Toronto, Ontario) garnered national recognition for their efforts leading the Zips to a pair of victories a week ago.
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Reilly was honored by College Soccer News as its National Defensive Player of the Week, while Agunbiade was tabbed by TopDrawerSoccer.com to its National Team of the Week.
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Reilly continued his dominating run of play for the Zips helping his squad post back-to-back shutouts. Reilly and the Zips opened the week limiting the Billikens to four shots in the match, only two of which came on net. Reilly then directed the Zips' defensive efforts to record their first-ever triumph at Butler holding the Bulldogs to only two shots on goal and only three corner kicks. For the week, Akron's opponents were held to 6.5 shots and 2.0 shots on goal in a pair of matches.
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Agunbiade turned in a strong week for the Zips registering team-highs in goals (2), points (5), shots (7), shots on goal (5) and game-winners (1). In a 1-0 win for the Zips at Butler he netted the game-winning tally with a back-heel strike in the 77th minute (76:56) off assists from freshman Jose Pedro (Porto, Portugal) and junior Freddy Kossehasse (McKinney, Texas). He finished the contest posting a game-high five shots, including four shots on goal.
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Earlier in the week versus No. 8 Saint Louis, he collected a goal in the 62nd minute (61:01), while garnering an assist on sophomore Jack Roman's (Canfield, Ohio) goal at the 66:01 mark, He finished the match recording a pair of strikes.
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The 16th-rated Zips return to action on Friday (Oct. 3) welcoming St. John's to FirstEnergy Stadium for a 7 p.m. BIG EAST showdown.
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