ORLANDO, Fla. - The Sunshine State Conference recognized Embry-Riddle's Marcos da Silva as its Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday for his performances during the week of Sept. 30 - Oct. 3. This is the second time that the Brazilian goalkeeper has been named Defensive Player of the Week this season after also winning the award on Sept. 15.

The senior netminder led ERAU to a pair of wins over No. 22 Florida Tech and Tampa this past week, including a 1-0 shutout of the Panthers. In Wednesday's contest against FT, da Silva made four saves on 11 shots faced on the way to becoming the first SSC team to defeat Florida Tech. da Silva was busy again on Saturady on the road versus the Spartans, making six saves in a 2-1 win that improved the Blue and Gold's record to 7-1-2.

Overall this season, da Silva leads the SSC in save percentage (.796), is third in goals against average (1.00), and also ranks among the top-three in saves per game (3.9).