Men’s soccer: Hess earns GSAC Player of the Week

COSTA MESA - Matt Hess gave the Vanguard University men’s soccer

team a hat trick and The Golden State Athletic Conference made him its

GSAC Men’s Soccer Player of the Week.

Hess, who is in his first season at Vanguard, earned Lion of the Week

laurels last week, but did not stop there.

This past weekend as the Lions hosted the Vanguard University Soccer

Classic, he helped propel his team to two more victories.

Hess scored his hat trick to lead the Lions to a 3-0 victory in the VU

Soccer Classic.

The freshman forward broke open a scoreless tie seconds into the

second half with his fifth goal of the season.

Fourteen minutes later he took a pass from senior Matt Swift and

converted it into a 2-0 lead for the Lions. Finally, with less than four

minutes to play, Hess completed his first collegiate hat trick with goal

number three.

Vanguard finished the VU Soccer Classic 2-0, recording back-to-back

shutouts, and have won three consecutive games.

Hess currently leads the Lions with seven goals in eight games this

season.

Vanguard has improved to 3-4-1 overall and will begin GSAC play next

week.