LaRose named defender of week
Special to The Observer
Connor LaRose, who helped the Irish men's soccer team to two shutout wins last week, was named the Big East defensive player of the week.
The junior defender helped Notre Dame to two shutout victories over IUPUI (1-0) and Providence (4-0).
LaRose, who has started all 12 games in 1999, also contributed his second assist of the season in the Providence game.
He assisted on Notre Dame's first goal of the game 3 minutes, 32 seconds into the contest, a goal that was scored by Dustin Pridmore who netted two goals in the shutout.
Notre Dame is 7-4-1 overall and 3-1-1 in the Big East.
The Irish have won four straight, their longest win streak of the season. The four consecutive victories are the most since 1997.
Notre Dame recorded shutout wins in its last three outings and six total for the campaign.
The Irish have a 0.88 goals against average as a team.
LaRose is the third different Irish player to earn Big East weekly honors.
Senior goalkeeper Gerick Short earned goalkeeper of the week honors twice, while freshman
Erich Braun was tabbed rookie of the week one week ago.
All Sports Stories for Tuesday, October 12, 1999
