Freshman midfielder Riccardo Rota of the men’s soccer team has been named the Peoples Natural Gas RMU Male Student-Athlete of the Week for Oct. 31, 2018. Rota helped scare Mount St. Mary’s (10/26) by scoring the game-winning goal in a 2-1 road victory. Rota, a native of Bergamo, Italy, scored at 86:03 into an open net off a rebound and an assist from Zac Sherman to give the Colonials the win. It marked the first career goal for the rookie. Thanks to his performance against the Mount, Rota was named the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week (10/30). Rota has seen action in 14 games this season, including one start, and has 18 shots, including eight on goal.
