Following a pair of victories over nationally ranked conference opponents, the No. 4 Barton Community College men's soccer team swept the Week 8 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Player of the Week honors, with Rafael Calmon and Pedro Lisboa earning the league's offensive and goalkeeper distinctions, respectively. Calmon additionally garnered NJCAA Division I Offensive Player of the Week recognition.
The duo helped the Cougars avenge their lone loss of the season with a 6-0 shutout of No. 7 Garden City Community College before securing a 2-1 comeback victory on the road against No. 14 Coffeyville Community College. The selections mark Barton's fifth and sixth conference weekly honors of the season, with Lisboa accounting for four goalkeeper awards while Calmon joins Shun Imai as the Cougars' two offensive recipients.
Calmon earned the pair of accolades following a seven-point week, finding the back of the net three times while adding an assist across the two ranked victories. The sophomore forward totaled seven shots while finding the back of the net in each contest.
In Wednesday's 6-0 victory over Garden City, Calmon struck twice, pushing Barton's advantage to four goals late in the opening half before adding his second tally just six minutes after intermission.
The sophomore followed with another impactful performance Saturday at Coffeyville, helping the Cougars overcome an early deficit. Calmon pulled Barton even with 4:30 remaining in the opening half before delivering the corner kick that set up the eventual game-winner with 26:30 left in regulation.
Calmon carried the momentum into Wednesday's action, netting his 10th goal of the season with an insurance tally in Barton's 3-1 victory over Dodge City Community College.
Lisboa collected his fourth KJCCC Goalkeeper of the Week honor this season and fifth of his career after helping Barton secure the pair of ranked victories. The sophomore netminder logged 166:23 minutes of action, allowing just one goal while recording four saves and a 0.54 goals-against average.
Against the Broncbusters, Lisboa turned aside both shots on goal during 76:23 of scoreless action before following with two saves in Saturday's 2-1 road victory over Coffeyville, helping the Cougars secure their third consecutive victory over a nationally ranked conference opponent.
Lisboa continued his winning ways Wednesday against Dodge City, recording one save over 90 minutes between the pipes to improve his season record to 12-1-0 in Barton's 3-1 victory.
Barton returns to action Saturday for the second contest of its season-ending five-game homestand, hosting Seward County Community College for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff at the Cougar Soccer Complex.