ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum College's Caushaud Lyons and Hunter Cantrell were named the AstroTurf South Atlantic Conference Football Players of the Week announced league officials Monday.

Lyons was named the SAC Defensive Player of the Week, while Cantrell garnered SAC Special Teams Player of the Week accolades.

Lyons, a 6-5, 295-pound senior defensive end from Ellenwood, Georgia, posted seven tackles, four tackles for loss and a pair of sacks to help the Pioneers to a 14-10 win over Wingate University. The win snapped a 20-game road losing streak, while posting TC's first win at Wingate since 2002.

Lyons (Woodland HS) also finished with a game-high five quarterback hurries and a pass break-up as Tusculum rallied from a 10-0 deficit, while shutting out the Bulldogs in the second half.

His tackles for loss tally are a career-best and tied for the fifth most in program history.

Lyons leads the Pioneers with his 67 tackles, which are the most by a defensive lineman in both the league and the region. His tackles totals are also the fourth-most this year by a NCAA Division II lineman.

Cantrell, a 6-2, 220-pound freshman punter from Sparta, Tenn., posted eight punts for 283 yards and landed three boots inside the 10 yard-line in the Pioneers' win over the Bulldogs. Wingate started drives on their own one, two and eight yard-lines. The White County High School graduate finished the day averaging 35.4 yards per punt and posted a long punt of 44 yards.

Tusculum (3-5, 2-3 SAC) returns home to host UNC Pembroke (1-6) in a non-conference contest at Pioneer Field. TC will be honoring its football seniors prior to Saturday's 1:30 p.m. kickoff.

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