Monday, October 10, 2011

Lehigh sweeps Patriot League offensive and defensive awards

FROM KEITH GROLLER

Coming on the heels of an impressive 30-6 win over Bucknell to start Patriot League play, No. 10 ranked Lehigh swept the league's weekly offensive and defensive awards.

Here are the details from the Patriot League release:

Offensive Player of the Week



Chris Lum, QB, Lehigh



Sr., 6-2, 205 (Lake Orion, Mich./Lake Orion)



The Walter Payton Award candidate carried his brilliant season into Patriot League play, as Lum completed 30-of-37 passes for 368 yards and four touchdowns as No. 10 Lehigh defeated Bucknell 30-6 in its League opener on Saturday. Lum put the Mountain Hawks in cruise control in the second quarter with touchdown passes to Jimmy Jefferson, Jake Drwal and Ryan Spadola, then connected with Spadola again in the third to complete the scoring. Lum has thrown for over 300 yards in all six of Lehigh’s games this season and leads the country in passing yards, total offense and touchdown passes. It was his fourth game with four touchdown passes or more this season. Lum wins the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week honor for the fourth time this season, and sixth in his career all over the past 10 selections of the award.







Defensive Player of the Week



Ben Flizack, DL, Lehigh



Sr., 6-7, 265 (Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe)



Flizack had the best individual effort on a dominating day for the Lehigh defense in a 30-6 win at Bucknell on Saturday. He notched two of Lehigh’s 10 sacks to go along with six tackles overall. The sack total was a career-high as Lehigh registered its top team total since at least 2000 and did not allow a touchdown for the first time since Oct. 10, 2009. The Mountain Hawks held Bucknell to 38 rushing yards and 246 yards of total offense. Flizack wins his first career Patriot League weekly honor.

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/2011/10/lehigh-sweeps-patriot-league-offensive-and-defensive-awards.html

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