Bedoya Named Player of the Week

BC Senior Earned NSCAA Honor

September 25, 2008

Boston College senior Alejandro Bedoya was named the NSCAA men’s soccer Player for the Week for the week ending Sept. 23, the selection committee announced Wednesday.

Bedoya registered his first career hat trick to lead No. 16 Boston College to a 4-1 home win over No. 7 North Carolina on Friday, Sept. 19. The Weston, Fla., native’s first score came in the 43 rd minute from 22 yards out. He doubled the BC lead less than three minutes into the half with a header off a cross from Mario Uribe and concluded the game’s scoring and completed the hat trick in the 73 rd minute.

Bedoya has scored three goals through five games this season.

Each week, a male and female player will be selected by a committee from a nomination pool comprised of players of the week from each NCAA Division I soccer conference. The players will be announced each Wednesday afternoon from now until Nov. 10 through NSCAA.com.

Bedoya was selected as the nation’s top weekly performer by College Soccer News, Soccer America and the Atlantic Coast Conference and the NSCAA for his performance last week.

Boston College, which is ranked No. 13 in this week’s NSCAA poll, returns to Atlantic Coast Conference action on Saturday, Sept. 27 at NC State.