Davidson senior forward Yannick Pilgrim has been chosen as the Southern Conference Men’s Soccer Player of the Week for all matches from Sept. 1-5 after scoring two goals and two assists in two matches, the conference office announced Tuesday.
The senior assisted on the first goal and then scored the Wildcats’ second and third goals in a 6-1 rout of Marist on Friday. Pilgrim assisted on Alex Caskey’s goal to open the scoring against Bowling Green Sunday afternoon as Davidson played the Falcons to a 2-2 draw.
“Yannick is an electric attacker, and he had multiple highlights in our opening weekend,” said head coach Matt Spear. “Much of Yannick’s effectiveness and success is based on confidence and rhythm, so this is the perfect start to his senior campaign.”
For his efforts, Pilgrim was named to the Davidson adidas Classic All-Tournament team and dubbed the tournament MVP.
The conference player of the week honor is the second of Pilgrim’s career. He received both national and conference recognition for his two-goal performance against then-No. 6 Duke on Oct. 6, 2009.
Davidson returns to action tonight at Alumni Stadium, hosting Campbell at 7 p.m.