University of the Cumberlands Athletics

Rodrigo Riveros earned the male athlete of the week honors after notching a pair of goals on the week.  The freshman opened the week by notching the first goal of the game against Freed-Hardeman.  In the 25’, Joel Drewery found Stephen Appiah out wide to the right, who put the ball at the six-yard box where Riveros slide and knocked it into the net.  That goal gave UC a 1-0 lead in the game as the went on to win the game 2-1.  He followed that up by netting the lone goal in a rematch of the MSC tournament championship game against Bethel.  In the 32^nd minute, Liam Healey passed it to Riveros at the edge of the box and he bent a shot inside the post for the game-winning goal. Riveros has five goals and 11 points on the season.