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Sports Release                                                                   November 1, 2005

Moojen to Enter Conference Tournament as Player of the Week

HARROGATE, TN – For the third time this season, Lincoln Memorial University men’s soccer forward Frederico Moojen has been Gulf South Conference Player of the Week for his efforts against Railsplitter opponents.

Last week the 6’1” sophomore from Balneario, Camburiu, Brazil scored a total of four goals in wins over Tusculum College (3-2) and the University of Alabama-Huntsville (4-2) to help the #24 ranked Railsplitters end the regular season with a 14-3-0 record and earn the #3 seed in the upcoming GSC Men’s Soccer Tournament this weekend.

Moojen’s efforts last week also contributed to his assault of the LMU men’s soccer record book.  Currently, the second-year starter ranks second in career goals in less than two seasons with 47.  Former Railsplitter All-American and All-GSC performer John Payette (1993-95) holds the current record of 48 career goals and Moojen could possibly break that mark this weekend in the tournament play.

This week’s player of the week award is the third Moojen has received this year and the fourth of his collegiate soccer career.  In addition, last season Moojen was selected to the All-Gulf South Conference Team and was Co-Player of the Year along with the University of Central Arkansas’s Ryan McKean.  With his performance thus far this season, he is an excellent candidate to be named to the team again.

On Friday afternoon the #24 ranked Railsplitters take on the University of Montevallo in the first round of the GSC Men’s Soccer Tournament.  The last two times the LMU men have faced the Falcons, Montevallo has come out on top.  This year UM defeated the Railsplitters in Montevallo 6-3, and last season at the conference tournament semi-finals in Oxford, Mississippi, the Falcons knocked off the Railsplitters 3-2.  Match time on Friday is set for 4:30 p.m. Central Time in Pensacola.

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