CLAREMONT, Calif. - Michael Houk of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps football team earned the SCIAC Defensive Player of the Week Award for games through Saturday. September 6, the conference office announced today. 

Houk had six tackles, including two sacks, to lead the CMS football team to a near shutout over Lake Forest (before settling for a 14-7 win when Lake Forest scored with six seconds left). Houk's six tackles included three for losses, one for no gain, one for a one-yard gain, and one for a two-yard gain. 

Houk began the game with a third-down sack on the first Lake Forest possession. He then killed another drive by stuffing a run on 3rd-and-5 from the CMS 24 on the final play of the first quarter, and then following with a fourth-down sack on the first play of the second quarter. He also stuffed a run on 3rd down for no gain in the fourth on the first play after CMS had taken a 7-0 lead, and had a two-yard tackle for loss in the closing seconds with Lake Forest on the CMS 1-yard line, before they scored on the ensuing play. 

CMS will be back in action on Sept. 20, when it travels to take on George Fox for a 1 p.m. contest.