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San Diego State’s Brad Byrns (Alamo, Calif./Monte Vista HS) has been named to the Soccer America Team of the Week, his third honor in two days. Byrns, a redshirt freshman, was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week and the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week on Monday.

 

Byrns becomes the first Aztec honored by Soccer America this season. In its latest national poll released Monday, SDSU is ranked No. 24 by the publication.

 

Byrns made a season-high seven saves to earn his fifth shutout in six games in SDSU’s 1-0 victory over No. 14 UCLA on Saturday. With his solid performance he helped the Aztecs, who are unbeaten in their last six games, defeat the Bruins for the first time since the 1989 season. He did a tremendous job controlling the penalty box and made many quality saves, including some point blank attempts to keep the shutout intact.

 

Byrns has anchored a San Diego State defense that has allowed just one controversial goal, which was thought to have been cleared of the line by an Aztec player, over the six-game unbeaten streak. Over that span, he is 5-0-1 with a 0.16 goals against average. He has saved 20 of the 21 shots on net for a 95.2 save percentage.

 

Byrns, who took over for two-time All-American and three-year starter Tally Hall, is 5-1-2 on the season with a 0.58 goals against average and 85.3 save percentage.