Ostland Leads Defense on Field, Earns AOW Honors

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Oct. 16, 2008) – For the first time in his four year career Anthony Ostland earned SCIAC Athlete of the Week honors for his performance on the football field during the week of October 6-12, 2008.

A senior captain from Las Cruces, NM, Ostland played an integral role in the Tigers’ upset of the then #14 Redlands Bulldogs with a 28-15 win on the road Saturday, Oct. 11.

The linebacker paced the defense recording a game-high nine total tackles for the second time in as many weeks (9.0 against CMS with a sack for a loss of eight yards). He had three solo stops and six assists while sacking the UR quarterback 1.5 times and hurrying the QB two additional times. In the fourth quarter Ostland also forced a fumble that the Tigers were able to recover.

Overall this season Ostland has 19 total tackles.

The win got Occidental back onto the national ranking scene, earning the #24 spot as voted by D3football.com. The Tigers are currently 4-0 overall with a 2-0 SCIAC mark, tied atop the standings with Cal Lutheran University (3-1, 2-0).