MARSHALL, Texas – Holding onto a one-point win on Saturday over McMurry University, East Texas Baptist University was rewarded with two American Southwest Conference Football Players of the Week.
Dominick Williams (defense) and
Christian Piazza (special teams) both earned their first career ASC awards.
ETBU earned their third win of the year in a 14-13 win over McMurry University and is now 2-1 in the ASC. The defense played a large part in the win with three interceptions, one fumble, four sacks, and several pass break ups. Special teams also was huge with the punting game from Piazza.
Below are the write ups from the ASC for the weekly award.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Dominick Williams, DE, So., East Texas Baptist
East Texas Baptist sophomore defensive end
Dominick Williams (Houston, Texas) defensive presence was felt in the win over McMurry as he blocked the extra point that would have tied the game at 14 and had two sacks in the fourth quarter. He finished with five tackles with two sacks for eight yards. With 5:07 to go in the 3rd quarter, he blocked the McMurry extra point to keep the one-point lead, 14-13. In the 4th quarter when MCM was driving into ETBU territory, he had a sack on a 3rd-and-5 at the ETBU 46-yard line to force a punt. With under a minute to play in the game at the MCM 35-yard line he had a 7-yard loss sack for his second of the game forcing a 2nd-and-17.
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Christian Piazza, P, Jr., East Texas Baptist
East Texas Baptist junior punter
Christian Piazza (Sugarland, Texas) put McMurry deep in their territory for most of the game. He had four punts for 168 yards. He had a 58-yard punt and three punts within the 20-yard line. His three punts within the 20-yard line were at the 5, 13, and 20-yard lines. His punting made MCM have to drive a long field in the second half.
2023 ASC Football Players of the Week
Sept. 11:
Cornelius Banks (Offense)
Sept. 11:
Pedro Cavazos (Special Teams)
