Hofstra linebacker Stanley Gutierrez has been named the Colonial Athletic Association Football Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in Saturday's 28-13 Pride victory at Albany, the conference announced Monday.

Gutierrez, a senior from Freeport, NY, topped his previous career-high of 12 tackles set on September 8 against Furman with a 15-tackle performance against the Great Danes of Albany to help boost the 19th-ranked Pride's record to 2-0 on the season. He tallied six solo stops and nine assists, two tackles for losses of 4 yards, and picked off his first pass of the season and the third of his career in the fourth quarter. Gutierrez and the Pride defense, which leads the league and ranks 15th nationally in total defense in the FCS, limited the Great Danes to just 225 yards on the evening and only 94 on the ground.

The CAA also announced that New Hampshire senior quarterback Ricky Santos was named the Offensive Player of the Week, William & Mary sophomore kicker Brian Pate was selected the CAA Special Teams Player of the Week, and Delaware red-shirt freshman cornerback Anthony Walters was chosen the CAA Rookie of the Week.

Santos completed 23 of 33 passes for 289 yards and three touchdowns, and rushed 13 times for 45 yards and a touchdown in the Wildcats' 48-35 victory over BCS Marshall. Pate was a perfect 6-for-6 in extra points, including two in the overtime, and was 2-for-2 in field goals as the Tribe defeated Liberty, 48-41 in overtime. Walters posted five tackles, a tackle for a loss of eight, and forced a fumble in the Blue Hens' 38-9 victory over Rhode Island.

The Pride will return to action on Saturday, September 22 when they travel to Kingston, RI for a CAA encounter with the Rams of Rhode Island at Meade Stadium. Game time is 1 p.m.

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