Tri-C Soccer Players Receive Conference Awards

Jacob Marianut and John Paul Duff named Players of the Week

Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) soccer players Jacob Marianut and John Paul Duff earned offensive and defensive Player of the Week honors from the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference for their performances Sept. 28-Oct. 4.

The duo led the Challengers to a 3-1 victory over nationally ranked Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. Marianut scored two goals and assisted on another in the upset, while Duff recorded 13 saves in goal.

Marianut, a forward, now has a team-leading five goals on the year. The first-year player from Brunswick is studying business at Tri-C.

Duff leads all conference goalkeepers and ranks fifth nationally with 83 saves in nine games. The second-year player from Steubenville is studying massotherapy at Tri-C. This is his second consecutive Player of the Week award from the OCCAC.

The Challengers improved to 4-6 on the season and 2-2 in conference play with the win. Five of the team’s next six games will be played at home at Tri-C’s Western Campus, 11000 Pleasant Valley Road in Parma.

For information on the men’s soccer team or other College teams, go to www.tri-c.edu/athletics 

October 07, 2015

John Horton, 216-987-4281 john.horton@tri-c.edu