ATLANTA, GA – The FGCU men's soccer team swept the ASUN Weekly awards as Shak Adams and Raheem Somersall were announced as this week's honorees, the league office announced Monday afternoon.

This becomes Adams' (Antioch, Tenn./Cane Ridge HS) second career ASUN Player of the Week award while Somersall (Basseterre, St. Kitts/Southern Durham/Appalachian State) garners his first Defensive Player of the Week accolade.

In the 5-3 win over I-75 rival USF Saturday night, Adams kicked off the scoring frenzy netting a header goal off a cross from Kareem Riley (Couva, Trinidad and Tobago/Presentation College San Fernando) in the 16th minute. The junior then pushed FGCU's margin to 3-0 in the 30th minute as he finished on a timely pass beyond midfield from Jordan Lue (Tampa, Fla./Wharton/UCF), firing a shot between the keeper's legs. The Cane Ridge High School product collected his hat-trick shortly after the Bulls made it a one-goal game (3-2). In the 66th minute, Titouan Le Menec (Guipavas, France/STMG/Bluefield) maneuvered around a defender inside the five-yard box, as he dished it to Adams for the near post finish.

The hat-trick became the fifth overall in program history and the first since 2016 (Albert Ruiz vs Rutgers). 

"Shak has been making great progress as a dynamic player for us," said head coach Jesse Cormier. "He has the ability to go both directions and deliver the final pass and finish his chances. He's becoming a complete player."

Just like Adams, Somersall has started each of the Green and Blue's five matches so far. A leader on the pitch as a captain, the St. Kitts native broke up 21 plays to ensure USF did not take any lead or find an equalizer Saturday night.

"Raheem has an out of this world work rate," said Cormier. "He covers so much ground and has the courage to make plays and also build our attack. He is also developing profound respect as a team leader who has the character to keep the standard high in training and during momentum shifts in games."

2018 ASUN Weekly Awards
O'Vonte Mullings – Player of the Week (Aug. 27)
Gustavo Vasconcelos – Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 10)
Shak Adams – Player of the Week (Sept. 17)
Raheem Somersall – Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 17)

UP NEXT
FGCU welcomes Cal St. Fullerton (2017 NCAA Tournament appearance) to The Nest this Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. as the Titans currently hold a record of 2-2-3.
 
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HEAD COACH JESSE CORMIER
Jesse Cormier is in his second season as head coach of the FGCU men's soccer program after being hired in January of 2017 to become just the 2nd head coach in program history. Cormier has guided FGCU to a 11-8-3 (.568) record overall, including an 8-6-3 (4-1-1 ASUN) mark in his 1st season with the team in 2017. The Eagles reached the ASUN Tournament semifinals for the 7th-straight season (every year of eligibility), as Cormier coached a program-record 10 all-conference selections. Cormier was the head coach at his alma mater the University ofVermont for the previous 13 seasons. He won 14 games with the Catamounts in 2016 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round. During his time with Vermont, Cormier guided the program to the America East Tournament in 12 of 13 seasons, making five title game appearances, winning two tournament crowns, claiming a regular-season championship and advancing to three NCAA tournaments, including a pair of Second Round appearances. Cormier holds an overall 125-97-50 (.562) record as a head coach in his fourteen plus seasons at the helm.

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