Jesse Buffington Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 10/8/2018 Sport Men's Soccer School Loras College Year Junior Position Hometown Farmington, Minn. High School Shattuck-St. Mary's Men’s Soccer – Defensive Player of the Week Jesse Buffington, Loras College Jr., GK, Farmington, Minn./Shattuck-St. Mary’s Buffington made five saves in Loras 2-0 upset of No.23 Luther last week. Last week Loras also defeated Buena Vista 4-0, with Buffington coming up with one save in the contest. Buffington’s efforts last week lowered his season GAA to 0.73. The junior keeper has a 0.22 GAA in his last five matches and .923 save percentage. In league play Buffington sits atop the conference rankings in GAA (.286), save percentage (.917), and shutouts (2). This is Bugginton’s first Defensive Player of the Week accolade. Loras Jacob Peterson was the last player to earn the honor on 11/5/17.
