WESTFIELD, Mass. -Â After taking down preseason favorite Framingham State for the first time in six years, junior
Dante Aviles-Santos and 5th-year senior
JP Mason of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth football team have taken home weekly awards from the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC).
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
From Cumberland, R.I., Aviles-Santos has made multi-touchdown games seem routine. The quarterback threw for 321 yards and four TD's on 18-of-36 passing and added 22 yards on the ground. Aviles-Santos had TD passes of 24 yards to sophomore
Mike Vincent, 22 and 50 yards to sophomore
Angel Sanchez and 23 yards to 5th-year
Keenan Little. The top passer in the MASCAC through week three, Aviles-Santos is passing for 287 yards per game (861 total) and 12 touchdown passes with 123 yards on the ground and two more scores for 14 total TD's on the season.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
A native of Providence, R.I., Mason finished Saturday's game with 10 tackles, including five solo, a forced fumble and two pass breakups. The cornerback helped the Corsair defense hold Framingham State's QB to six passing yards, three interceptions and a pair of fumbles. On the season, Mason leads the Corsairs with 24 tackles, including 13 solo.
UP NEXT
UMass Dartmouth will now prepare for Worcester State on the road on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
