Soccer Has Three Honored by the American Conference

IRVING, TX  – The Tulane soccer staff had three gamers acknowledged by the American Conference, together with a pair of weekly gamers of the week, following the fifth week of motion.

Junior defensive lineman Santana Hopper was acknowledged because the league’s Defensive Player of the Week. He registered six tackles, together with 1.5 sacks and 4 tackles for loss with two quarterback hurries, in Tulane’s 31-14 win at Tulsa within the Green Wave’s American Conference opener. Hopper’s 4 tackles for loss matches essentially the most by an American participant this season as Tulane restricted the Golden Hurricane to only 92 speeding yards.

Sophomore punter Alec Clark was named the American’s Special Teams Player of the Week. He was instrumental within the subject place battle in Tulane’s 31-14 win at Tulsa as he averaged 44.5 yards on eight punts, pinning the Golden Hurricane contained in the 11-yard line 4 instances. Clark, who ranks fourth within the American in punting common (45.6) didn’t have a punt go for a touchback towards Tulsa.

Freshman working again Javin Gordon earned a spot on the league’s Weekly Honor Roll. He rushed for 78 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-14 win at Tulsa to assist lead the offensive assault for the squad.

The alternatives makes it seven instances {that a} Tulane soccer participant has been honored by the league workplace this season.

Tulane Weekly American Honors

Sept. 1 – Patrick Durkin – Special Teams Player of the Week

Sept. 1 – Jake Retzlaff – Weekly Honor Roll

Sept. 1 – Javion White – Weekly Honor Roll

Sept. 15 – Jake Retzlaff – Offensive Player of the Week

Sept. 29 – Santana Hopper – Defensive Player of the Week

Sept. 29 – Alec Clark – Special Teams Player of the Week

Sept. 29 – Javin Gordon – Weekly Honor Roll

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The Tulane soccer staff (4-1, 1-0 American) has began the 2025 season with 4 wins within the first 5 video games together with a pair of wins over Power 4 opponents within the common season for the primary time since 1988. The program can also be 1-0 in American play for the fourth straight season.

Tulane ended the 2024 season enjoying in this system’s third consecutive bowl recreation. It was additionally the sixth time within the final seven years that Tulane had been chosen to play in a bowl recreation (2018 – Cure Bowl, 2019 – Armed Forces Bowl, 2020 – Famous Idaho Bowl, 2022 – Cotton Bowl, 2023 – Military Bowl and 2024 – Gasparilla Bowl). Overall, it was Tulane’s seventeenth bowl look (1932 – Rose Bowl, 1935 – Sugar Bowl, 1939 – Sugar Bowl, 1970 – Liberty Bowl, 1973 – Astro Bluebonnet Bowl, 1979 – Liberty Bowl, 1980 – Hall of Fame Bowl, 1987 – Independence Bowl, 1998 – Liberty Bowl, 2002 – Hawaii Bowl, 2013 – New Orleans, 2018 – Cure Bowl, 2019 – Armed Forces Bowl, 2020 -Famous Idaho Bowl, 2022 – Cotton Bowl, 2023 – Military Bowl and 2024 – Gasparilla Bowl) with this system sporting an all-time file of 7-10 in bowl video games. Tulane additionally made the staff’s third straight American Championship Game look in 2024.

The program sports activities a 36-11 file over the past 4 seasons. The staff’s 36 wins is tied for the seventh-most nationally.

Head Coach Jon Sumrall has been probably the most profitable coaches within the nation over the past 4 seasons with a file of 36-10, two Sun Belt Conference championships and a pair of double-digit profitable streaks. He was named Sun Belt Conference Coach of Year and was twice named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year honor. Sumrall returned to Tulane after serving because the Green Wave’s Co-Defensive Coordinator for 3 years (2012-14). In 2013, he was an important a part of Tulane’s run to the New Orleans Bowl, this system’s first postseason look since 2002 and third since 1988. Sumrall additionally was named a finalist for FootballScoop Defensive Line Coach of the Year.

Next the Tulane soccer staff, after a bye week, returns house to host American rival East Carolina on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 6:30 p.m. at Yulman Stadium in a recreation that may also be proven on ESPN.

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