Football

SCIAC Male Athlete of the Week: Occidental's Anthony Ostland
October 15, 2008

OXY:  Anthony Ostland, Football
Ostland, a senior captain from Las Cruces, NM, played an integral role in the Tigers' upset the then # 14 Redlands Bulldogs with a 28-15 win on the road this weekend. 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. The win got the Tigers back onto the national ranking scene, earning the #24 spot as voted by D3football.com. Overall this season Ostland has 19 total tackles.