BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Cumberland’s (Tenn.) Pau Gelabert and Cumberlands’(Ky.) Nico Romero are the Mid-South Conference Men’s Soccer Players of the Week, conference officials announced on Monday.

MSC Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week
Pau Gelabert - Cumberland (Tenn.) – Jr. - Goalkeeper – Palma Mallorca, Spain  

• Gelabert kept a clean sheet against No. 18 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) in a ranked MSC matchup as the Spaniard made three saves. 
• He also picked up a win over then ranked No. 6 Georgia Gwinnett making four saves in the game. 
• Gelabert would have seven saves on the week to help the No. 1 ranked Cumberland Phoenix go 1-0-1 last week. 
• Gelabert earns his first weekly conference honor of the season.

MSC Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week
Nico Romero – Cumberlands’ (Ky.) – So. – Forward - Maldonado, Uruguay.

• Romero scored four goals and tallied eight points while recording the game-winning goal in both of the Cumberlands’ victories last week. 
• He opened the week by scoring the lone goal in the Patriots’ 1-0 conference road win over Campbellsville. 
• Romero followed that performance with a hat trick in just the first half of the Cumberlands’ 7-0 win over Northwestern Ohio, scoring on all three of his shots, Romero finished the week with six shots, four on goal, and a .667 shooting percentage. 
• Romero earns his first conference weekly honor of the season.

 

Date	Men’s Soccer Players of the Week - School
	Offense	Defense
Aug. 25	Andrian Mann - Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)	Martin Gomez - Cumberlands (Ky.)
Aug. 31	David Barbakadze - Cumberland (Tenn.)	Zahir Garcia - Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Sept. 7	Wesley Mendoza - Cumberland (Tenn.)	Simon Heine - Georgetown (Ky.)
Sept. 14	Luis Cerejo - Cumberland (Tenn.)	Zahir Garcia - Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Sept. 21	Luiz Antonio Costa Lima - Bethel (Tenn.)	Zachary Dean - Cumberlands (Ky.)
Sept. 28	Sam Sebagabo - Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)	Malthe Schou - Campbellsville (Ky.)
Oct. 5	Nico Romero - Cumberlands (Ky.)	Pau Gelabert - Cumberland (Tenn.)