IRVINE, Calif. – Diego Grande earned his first Pacific West Conference Player of the Week honors Monday after making some history for Dominican men's soccer last week.

Grande tied a single-game Penguin record during their NCAA Division II era as he scored four goals but was the first player to do so against another NCAA Division II opponent. Wilson Briggs set the previous single game record with four goals against Pacific Union in 2018. 

Grande's first goal came as Lex Bernier got loose down the left side in the 11th minute before sending a hard cross to the front of the net where Grande bodied it past the keeper for the 1-0 lead. Dominican continued looking for a ball over the top or behind the high press and Christopher Barrios found it in the 25th minute as he found Grande on a through ball for his second goal of the game with a left-footed shot to the far post.

Bernier and Grande connected again in the 60th minute as Bernier cut down the back line and played a ball back to Grande near the spot who took a right-footed shot to the right side of the net to push the lead back to three. Grande then capped off his day as he timed a run perfectly and Brandon Selway played a ball over the top of the back line. Grande was able to control it then used his right-foot to kick the ball off a bounce to the top-right corner for the 5-1 lead.