{"id":203395,"date":"2024-09-10T15:05:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T01:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=203395"},"modified":"2024-09-10T15:05:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T01:05:42","slug":"souza-pacwest-defender-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/10\/souza-pacwest-defender-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Hilo goalkeeper earns 1st PacWest Defender of the Week of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo men\u2019s soccer<\/a> goalkeeper Christian Souza was selected as the season\u2019s first Pacific West Conference Defender of the Week announced on September 10.<\/p>\n

The Vulcans posted consecutive 2-0 victories to start the season with a win over Cal State Dominguez Hills at home and over Chaminade on Oʻahu.<\/span> Souza tallied eight and five saves, respectively.<\/p>\n

“It was a team effort,” said Souza. “I was excited to see that type of recognition, but it does take all 11 of us to keep a shutout for two games. I’m happy we all followed Coach Diego’s principles and it kept the other teams scoreless.”<\/p>\n

Souza now has seven career shutouts, putting him at No.<\/abbr> 2 all-time in program history. He also has 129 total career saves, sitting at No.<\/abbr> 3<\/p>\n

For more on Souza, go to HiloAthletics.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christian Souza now has seven career shutouts, No.<\/abbr> 2 all-time in program history. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,1556,660,714,14,151],"class_list":["post-203395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-soccer","tag-student-recognition","tag-student-athlete","tag-uh-hilo","tag-hilo-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t