BEVERLY, Mass. - On Monday, the Conference of New England (CNE) released its weekly honor roll with junior Cristian Vitti (Stamford, Conn.) being named the CNE Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season. 

Vitti who was also named Defensive Player of the Week on September 14th, picked up a pair of huge CNE wins for the Hawks as they clinched a playoff berth. Cristian finished the week with eight total saves in the two clean sheets. He started the week with three saves in a dominant win at Curry College on October 21st, before stopping five shots on October 24th against Johnson & Wales University which clinched the CNE Playoff bid. 

This season Vitti holds a 6-6-2 record with 47 overall saves, five shutouts and a goals against average of 1.09. 
 
Hartford will travel to Western New England University on Wednesday at 3:30 PM in the regular season finale. 
  
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE OF NEW ENGLAND: 
Originally founded in 1984 as the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) and reconstituted as the Conference of New England (CNE) in 2024, the CNE is an NCAA Division III Athletic Conference composed of 11 full member and five associate member institutions throughout the New England region. Its membership aims to provide student-athletes with a positive experience in their pursuit of excellence through high academic standards, quality competition, and a meaningful student life. The Conference administers championships in 20 intercollegiate sports. 
 
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