University of Connecticut’s Alessandro Portolano Receives October 21 Men’s Collegiate Club Colonial Division Player of the Week Accolade

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Alessandro Portolano (Sr., Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich) of the University of Connecticut scored 13 goals with five assists, seven steals and a field block during a 2-1 weekend for the Huskies at the 2024 Colonial Division/North Atlantic Divisions “A” Championship hosted by Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, to claim recognition as the October 20 Men’s Collegiate Club Colonial Division Player of the Week.

Following a 21-7 victory versus Amherst College on Saturday, October 19, the History major kept Connecticut in the game until the squad fell to Tufts University of the North Atlantic Division by a 20-10 score in the semifinals.  On Sunday, October 20, he helped power Connecticut to a 17-16 defeat of host Bowdoin in the Colonial/North Atlantic Divisions “A” Championship Third Place game.

Due to rating as the highest finishing Colonial Division team at the combined championship, the Huskies repeat as Colonial Division Championship as the squad wrapped up the 2024 campaign with a 6-1 mark.