AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE MEN’S SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Games: October 21-27, 2019

CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Oliver Placencia, M, Fr., LeTourneau
LeTourneau freshman midfielder Oliver Placencia (Fort Worth, Texas) recorded his first career hat trick in a 6-0 victory against Howard Payne. He scored the game-winner in the 22nd minute of the contest. Placencia then had an assist on the game-winner in a 3-0 shutout over Sul Ross State on Saturday. This is Placencia’s second Player of the Week honors of the season.

CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Max Ponticorvo, M, Sr., East Texas Baptist
East Texas Baptist senior midfielder Max Ponticorvo (Queens, N.Y.) netted a pair game-winners helping the Tigers to a 2-0 week and staying in the hunt for an ASC Championship spot. He hit the game-winning goal in the 63rd minute in the 1-0 win over Sul Ross State and then collected his second game-winner in the 81st minute of a 3-2 win over Howard Payne on Sunday. He had five points on the week also assisting on a goal against the Yellow Jackets. This is Ponticorvo's second Player of the Week award of the year.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Austin Dunegan, GK, Fr., LeTourneau
LeTourneau freshman goalkeeper Austin Dunegan (Heath, Texas) was inserted into starting lineup in the last week, delivered a pair of shutouts in the YellowJackets’ final homestand. He made five saves in a 6-0 win over Howard Payne, then stopped three more shots in a 3-0 shutout of Sul Ross State.

OTHER TOP PERFORMANCES
Offensive
Ozarks freshman forward Jackson Rogers (Paris, Texas) scored twice in a 6-0 win against Louisiana College. Both of his goals came in the first half. Rogers totaled five shots over two matches.

McMurry senior midfielder/forward Miguel Esteban Jr. (Houston, Texas) scored two goals on his first two shots of the game in a 2-1 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor on Saturday in Abilene.

Howard Payne freshman midfielder Alexander Paz (Texas City, Texas) scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season in the 3-2 loss at East Texas Baptist.
UT Dallas senior midfielder Hunter Williams (Corpus Christi, Texas) tallied the game-winner in the 88th minute as the Comets edged Belhaven 2-1 in a downpour Thursday night. After the Comets took an early lead on BU, the Blazers scored the equalizer on a penalty kick in the 81st minute. Williams' goal not only prevented overtime in the rain but kept the Comets in the hunt to host the ASC Championship next month. He also added an assist in UTD's 10-0 home win over Louisiana College Saturday afternoon.

Defensive
Hardin-Simmons junior defender Gilbert Mugisha (Masisi, Democratic Republic of Congo) led the No. 11/17 Cowboys defense to a 0-0 double-overtime shutout against Concordia Texas, allowing just five shots on goal.

Concordia Texas freshman defender Nicolas Kopinsky (Houston, Texas) was a key figure for the Tornados' defense last week, helping them to a pair of shutouts over McMurry and No. 11/17 Hardin-Simmons. Against the War Hawks, Kopinsky and the defense only allowed five shots for the whole game, including just one on goal, pitching their seventh shutout of the season. Kopinsky and the defense followed it up with another shutout, this time against the Cowboys, who took 22 shots on the night, but only seven of them on goal in 110 minutes of action.

Ozarks freshman defender Juan Cano (Santa Clara, Belize) helped the Eagles to a 6-0 shutout against Louisiana College, allowing just five shots on goal.

East Texas Baptist junior keeper Justin Groves (Lindale, Texas) earned two wins with a shutout as the Tigers stayed in contention for an ASC Championship spot. He had a 1-0 shutout win over Sul Ross State on Thursday with four saves. He then had a save in a 3-2 win against Howard Payne.

UT Dallas senior defender Mason Anderson (Frisco, Texas) sparked the Comets to their eighth shutout of the fall Saturday afternoon as they blanked Louisiana College, 10-0, in the squad's regular-season home finale. The Comets limited LC to just one shot in the victory, that coming in the second half. Anderson and company also lifted the Comets to a 2-1 rain-soaked win over Belhaven Thursday night, holding the Blazers to just eight shots and limiting BU's scoring to just a penalty kick.