Andrew Hoxie Garners Conference, National Honors

The sophomore forward earned CAA Player of the Week and Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week honors.

09/18/06 5:45PM

Williamsburg - Sophomore forward Andrew Hoxie received a pair of honors on Monday, Sept. 18, after helping the Tribe to the ODU Stihl Soccer Classic crown. Hoxie garnered the Brine CAA Men’s Soccer Co-Player of the Week honors. He also was named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week. Hoxie earned MVP honors at the ODU Stihl Soccer Classic in leading the Tribe to the event title for the first time since 1998.

Hoxie shared the weekly conference award with Kurt Morsink of James Madison, who tallied a goal and five assists in the Dukes pair of victories over the weekend. The pair ranks first (Morsink) and second (Hoxie) in both points and goals in the CAA. It is the first honor for a Tribe player since senior goalkeeper Kris Rake won the honor on Sept. 27, 2004.

The 6-4 striker was one of five forwards named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week for his perform-ance at the ODU Soccer Classic. He was one of two CAA players named to the weekly list. ODU goalkeeper Evan Newton was the other CAA player to be named to the national team of the week.

Hoxie scored a pair of goals, including the eventual game-winner, as the Tribe rolled past then-No. 29 UNC Greens-boro, 5-1, on Sept. 15. He scored the clincher in the 13th minute, before icing the contest with a late goal for the final margin. W&M claimed the classic title with a 2-1 victory over Loyola (Md.). The Newport News, Va., native pushed the Tribe out to an early lead assisting on the team’s first goal in the 17th minute.

After opening the season with a brutal early season non-conference schedule that included four top-25 teams, the Col-lege evened its record at 4-4 overall on the season with the two wins at the classic. The Tribe will open the conference portion of the schedule in Williamsburg on Friday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. against Drexel, before hosting Delaware at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24. Both matches can be heard live over the Internet at TribeAthletics.com.