Sept. 22, 2015
ROSEMONT, Ill. - Penn State men's soccer redshirt-senior Matt Bersano (Tempe, Ariz.) was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the period ending Sept. 20. The award marks the second of his career at Penn State.
The Tempe, Ariz. native made seven saves against Ohio State Sunday, Sept. 20 en route to a 1-1 double overtime tie in the Nittany Lion's second conference match of the season. Bersano faced eight shots on goal, giving up his first goal in 195 minutes of action. The tie helped the Blue and White remain atop the conference standings after the second week of B1G play.
The redshirt-senior goalkeeper currently ranks second in the conference with 26 saves, 4.33 saves per game and three shutouts in the 2015 campaign.
Bersano and the rest of the Nittany Lions will travel to Philadelphia, Pa. to take on in-state foe Penn in a 7 p.m. match Wednesday, Sept. 23 at Rhodes Field.