PORTLAND, Ore.—For the second-straight week, Lewis & Clark College football had a player selected to the D3football.com Team of the Week, the website announced Tuesday morning. 
 
Junior defensive end JT Chavez was recognized for the first time in his career on Tuesday, after putting together a huge performance in the team's 21-3 road win over defending Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Champions Pomona-Pitzer. Last week, junior linebacker Charlie Murrin was honored after the team's 38-10 win over George Fox University. 
 
Chavez led Lewis & Clark's defense and posted new career-highs in solo tackles, total tackles, tackles-for-loss and sacks in the win over Pomona-Pitzer. The Stockton, California native racked up six solo tackles, eight total stops, 4.5 tackles-for-loss and two sacks to lead the defensive unit. Chavez's 4.5 tackles-for-loss are the most by a Pioneer since Louis Baltazar ('11) posted 4.5 against Linfield University on November 12, 2011. 
 
In the team's first three games this season, Chavez has posted a team-high 6.5 tackles-for-loss and four sacks and sits third on the team with his 13 total stops. He ranks 14^th in NCAA DIII in sacks and 15^th in tackles-for-loss. 
 
As a team, Lewis & Clark allowed their fewest points in a game on Saturday since the 2010 season. The Pioneers shutout Pacific University 48-0 on October 2, 2010 to earn a massive win on Homecoming and the program's first shutout since the 1997 season. The defense racked up seven sacks and 11 tackles-for-loss against the Sagehens. Both totals were the most by a Lewis & Clark defense since October 6, 2018 against the University of Puget Sound. 
 
Lewis & Clark will be off this weekend, before opening Northwest Conference play, when they host the University of Puget Sound on Saturday, October 4 at 1 p.m.