University of New Hampshire Athletics
10/7/2019 4:12:00 PM | Football, General, Women's Soccer
DURHAM, N.H. -- Freshman women's soccer midfielder Whitney Wiley (Vienna, Va.) and freshman football linebacker Oleh Manzyk (Langhorne, Pa.) have earned this week's Service Credit Union Student-Athlete Spotlight honors for competition from Sept. 30 - Oct. 6.Â
Wiley scored the game-winning goal to lift the Wildcats to a 2-1 win at the University of Vermont on Oct. 6. She broke a 1-1 tie with a goal in the 25th minute. Her tally capped a span of three goals in five minutes. She finished the game with a team-high six shots, four of which were on goal.
Wiley is tied for the team lead in goals with four, and she ranks second in points (10) as well as third in shots (26). She is also tied for the team lead in game-winning goals with two.
The UNH women's soccer team (6-5-0 overall, 2-1-0 America East) returns to action Oct. 13 at home against UAlbany. Start time for Senior Day at Wildcat Stadium is 2 p.m.
Wiley scored the game-winning goal to lift the Wildcats to a 2-1 win at the University of Vermont on Oct. 6. She broke a 1-1 tie with a goal in the 25th minute. Her tally capped a span of three goals in five minutes. She finished the game with a team-high six shots, four of which were on goal.
Wiley is tied for the team lead in goals with four, and she ranks second in points (10) as well as third in shots (26). She is also tied for the team lead in game-winning goals with two.
The UNH women's soccer team (6-5-0 overall, 2-1-0 America East) returns to action Oct. 13 at home against UAlbany. Start time for Senior Day at Wildcat Stadium is 2 p.m.
Manzyk received three awards Monday -- STATS FCS National Freshman of the Week, New England Football Writers/Grinold Chaper Gold Helmet Award and CAA Rookie of the Week. He recorded a career-high eight tackles, including a personal-best three sacks, with five solo stops and three assisted tackles. His 55-yard interception return for a touchdown gave the Wildcats a 13-3 lead at 4:07 of the first quarter.
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UNH went on to win 26-10 against Elon University on Oct. 5 to extend its win streak to three games and improve to 3-2 overall, 2-0 in the CAA.
Manzyk had three tackles in the first quarter and entered halftime with five stops, including a sack. That quarterback sack was timely; with UNH leading 20-10 late in the second quarter, Elon faced 3rd-and-6 at its 33-yard line and Oleh stopped the drive with a loss of four yards.
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He had two more tackles and another sack in the third quarter. That sack came on the Phoenix's opening drive of the second half and pushed Elon back to the UNH 25, and the visitors missed a 42-yard field goal on the next play. Manzyk tallied his third sack of the game in the final frame.
The UNH football team returns to action Oct. 12 (6 p.m.) at Stony Brook. UNH's next home game is Nov. 2 (1 p.m.) against Villanova University for STEM Day. Group tickets, with options including all-you-can-eat-barbecue seating in the Touchdown Tents at field level, start at $9 and are available by calling 603-862-4000 or by clicking here.
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