GAITHERSBURG, Md. – Following Saturday afternoon's 40-12 victory over the Anna Maria AMCATs, the Maritime football team was represented twice as the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference announced its weekly awards for the seventh week of the 2014 season.
 
Winning the Defensive Player of the Week Award was senior cornerback Chris Klass (Nanuet, N.Y./Nanuet), while picking up Special Teams Player of the Week honors was junior placekicker Diogo Dietrich (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/DePaul Catholic).
 
Klass collected a pair of interceptions in the win, including one that was returned for a 60-yard touchdown score, just the sixth interception returned for a touchdown in program history. Klass also finished the day with two tackles and a pass breakup. On the season, he now has four interceptions and is ranked 11th in the nation in regards to interceptions. He also had three kickoff returns for 51 yards during the game.
 
For Dietrich, he tied the Maritime all-time record for field goals made with his pair on Saturday afternoon with 17 for his career, tying Madison Leary. Both of his field goals (43, 44) were also among the longest in program history, Dietrich now has six of the eight longest field goals for Maritime. The junior also connected on all four of his extra points on the game. For the season, Dietrich is ranked 6th amongst Division III kickers with 1.6 field goals per game, and 18th for field goal percentage (80%).
 
Maritime (2-4, 1-2 ECFC) will resume league play this Saturday when the Privateers host the Becker Hawks for a 2 p.m. kickoff on Reinhart Field as part of Homecoming Weekend on Saturday, October 25.

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