Adam Dansdill named CCIW's Defensive Player of the Week

Wheaton, Ill. - Wheaton College linebacker Adam Dansdill has been named this week's CCIW Defensive Player of the Week for football, as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon. Dansdill helped lead the #13-ranked Thunder football team to a 28-0 victory at Carthage College last Saturday. Wheaton is now 5-0 on the year and 2-0 in CCIW play.

Dansdill record six total tackles in the victory against Carthage last Saturday, including five solo stops. Among his tackle total was two tackles for lost yardage. He helped spear a Thunder defense that held the Red Men to just eight rushing yards for the game and Carthage was just 2-for-13 on third down conversions. Saturday's shutout was Wheaton's first shutout of Carthage since 1994 and it marked the first time Wheaton has recorded two shutouts in a season since 1996.

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