HILLSBORO, Ore.—Lewis & Clark College football senior
Charlie Murrin and sophomore
Sytyn Lasconia were named the Northwest Conference Defensive and Offensive Student-Athletes of the Week, the league office announced on Monday afternoon.
The duo helped Lewis & Clark earn a thrilling 49-35 win over George Fox University on Homecoming. With the victory, Lewis & Clark is 3-0 in NWC play for the first time since 2011.
Murrin earned his first career NWC Weekly honor after leading a Lewis & Clark defense which generated seven takeaways on Saturday. The senior linebacker led the River Otters with a career-high nine tackles and two sacks. He recorded five solo stops, one quarterback hurry and posted a 52-yard interception return. His interception late in the second quarter set up a Lewis & Clark touchdown to give the hosts a 28-14 lead. Murrin added a sack on third down in the third quarter to force a Bruins punt when the game was tied at 35.
The senior linebacker sits third on the team with 12 solo tackles, 24 total tackles and 3.0 tackles-for-loss in five appearances. Murrin is also tied for the team lead with two sacks and has tacked on one interception, two pass break-ups and one quarterback hurry. He has recorded at least five tackles in three contests and went over 100 career tackles on Saturday (108).
Lasconia put together the best game of his collegiate career to help Lewis & Clark earn his second career NWC Offensive Student-Athlete of the Week award. The sophomore receiver racked up the third-most receiving yards in program history in a single-game. Lasconia posted a line of eight catches for 247 yards and a touchdown in the win. He registered a go-ahead, 57-yard touchdown on 4
th and 2 from the Lewis & Clark 43-yard line to give the River Otters a 21-14 lead in the second quarter. Lasconia tacked on a career-long, 75-yard reception in the fourth quarter to set up the game-winning touchdown.
The sophomore leads the Northwest Conference with 43 receptions, 1,007 receiving yards and nine touchdowns. He sits first in NCAA DIII with 167.8 receiving yards, second in receiving yards and tied for seventh in receiving touchdowns. Lasconia ranks 14
th in program history in career receiving yards with 1,668 yards and tied for sixth with 20 receiving touchdowns.
Lewis & Clark will return to action on Saturday at 1 p.m., when they travel to take on NWC Defending Champion Whitworth University.
