ROCK HILL, S.C. – Sophomore goalkeeper Héctor Vara earned WePlayed Sports South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week honors, the league office announced Monday afternoon.

Vara earned his conference-leading seventh shutout of the season in a 2-0 victory at Lenoir-Rhyne on Wednesday. The sophomore stonewalled four Bears shots on goal, including three in the first half, to help keep the Catawba Indians undefeated on the season and give them their best start in program history through 11 games. Vara leads all SAC goalkeepers in goals-against average with an impressive 0.45 mark and a save percentage of .815.

Catawba (9-0-2, 5-0-1 SAC) will travel to Anderson (7-1-4, 3-1-3 SAC) for a pivotal SAC road match on Wednesday, October 14th at 7 p.m.