Date Posted: 9/25/2006

MACON, Ga. – Campbell’s Richard Jata and Belmont’s Kyle Roelke sparked their teams to unbeaten weeks heading into conference play and earned Atlantic Sun Men’s Soccer Player of the Week honors. Jata notched his second multi-goal game of the year on Wednesday, lifting Campbell to a 3-1 win over High Point with his 4th and 5th strikes of the year.

His two first half goals (including his 2nd game winner of the year) allowed the Camels to break a four-match losing streak that had plagued the preseason A-Sun favorites. The sophomore then helped lead the Camels to a 1-0 win at Davidson (ranked 8th in the South Region) on Saturday. On the year, Jata ranks fourth in the A-Sun in points (11) and third in goals (5). The Port Richey, Fla., native majors in Mass Communication. Roel

ke recorded seven saves to help Belmont extend their unbeaten streak to four matches with a pair of shutouts over the weekend. After defeating Evansville 1-0 and Wofford 2-0, the Bruins’ unbeaten streak matches the longest streak in program history (2002). The back-to-back shutouts move Roelke’s season total to three, matching his shutout total from 2005. The Bruins last posted back-to-back shutouts in 2004, and Friday marked just the second time the Purple Aces were held scoreless this season. Entering the week, Evansville averaged 2.57 goals per game, ranking the team 13th among NCAA Division I teams. All three of the Mishawaka, Ind., native’s shutouts have come within the last four matches. The senior majors in Business Administration.

The Atlantic Sun Conference hands out offensive and defensive Player of the Week awards weekly during the 2006 soccer campaign.

The 12-member league headquartered in Macon, Ga., consists of Belmont, Campbell, ETSU, Gardner-Webb, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Mercer, UNF and Stetson with Florida Gulf Coast and USC Upstate beginning competition in 2007-08.

OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
• Mark McKeever, Mercer (Sr. – F – Lawrenceville, Ga. – Business Major)
Scored game-winning goal versus Berry

• Ben Page, Lipscomb (Jr. – F – Woodstock, Ga. – Teaching-History Major)
Netted his league-leading third game-winning goal

• Aaron Johnson, Campbell (So. – GK – St. Charles, Mo. – Government/Pre-Law Major)
Posted seven saves in 2-0-0 week