November 21, 2001

TANNER, ESQUIVEL NAMED TO NATIONAL TEAMS-OF-THE-WEEK

GREENVILLE, SC -- Furman men's soccer players Anthony Esquivel and Patrick Tanner were named to national teams-of-the-week on Wednesday. Esquivel was selected to the Soccer America Team-of-the-Week, while Tanner made the College Soccer News Team-of-the-Week.

Esquivel was named Southern Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player after he came off the bench to score twice in the final 27 minutes to give Furman the 2-1 victory in the SoCon Championship Match against UNCG. Esquivel also scored in Furman¹s 3-0 quarterfinal victory over Wofford as he led all SoCon players with three goals in the tournament.

Tanner was selected to the Southern Conference All-Tournament squad as he tallied the game-winners in Furman's quarterfinal and semifinal victories. He scored the first goal of the day in Furman¹s 3-0 win over Wofford and notched the lone goal in Furman's 1-0 semifinal win over College of Charleston.

Furman is 17-4 on the year and will face UAB Friday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Columbia, S.C. at the University of South Carolina.

Soccer America Team-of-the-Week

• GK - Grant Burrie, Butler
• D - Bob Brennan, American
• D - Ilkka Jantti, Kentucky
• D - Oguchi Onyewu, Clemson
• MF - Darren Fernandez, Stanford
• MF - Reggie Rivers, James Madison
• F - Anthony Chimienti, Santa Clara
• F - Anthony Esquivel , Furman
• F - Ty Hibbert, New Mexico
• F - Shalrie Joseph, St. John¹s
• F - Dipsey Selowane, St. Louis

College Soccer News Team-of-the-Week

• GK - Chris Hurley, Towson
• D - Ilkka Jantti, Kentucky
• D - Oguchi Onyewu, Clemson
• MF - Patrick Tanner, Furman
• MF - Michael Mariscalco, Butler
• MF - Darren Fernandez, Stanford
• F - Anthony Chimienti, Santa Clara
• F - Luchi Gonzalez, SMU
• F - Eduardo Romaneiro, Brown
• F- Ian Fuller, Clemson
• F - Neil Zarac, Mercer