HOUGHTON, Mich. – Michigan Tech's Chase Koch (pronounced: Cook) and Avery Kucharski have been honored as GLIAC Football Players of the Week for the second time this season. Koch is the GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week, and Avery Kucharski is the GLIAC Special Teams Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday.
 
Junior kicker Avery Kucharski hit a pair of field goals in the Huskies' 33-32 win over Upper Iowa. He hit from 41 in the third quarter and made his second 50-yarder of the season with 50 seconds left in regulation to tie the game. In overtime, he hit the walk-off game-winning extra point to lift the Black and Gold to victory—his third extra point of the game. Kucharski had three punts in the game for an average of 43 yards per punt and added six kickoffs, averaging 60 yards. Kucharski is 5-for-6 this season on field goals and has 11 extra points. He is averaging 40.6 yards on 14 punts and has 22 kickoffs, averaging 62 yards.
 
Senior linebacker Chase Koch tallied a game-high 14 tackles in the Huskies 33-32 win over Upper Iowa. He had five solo tackles, nine assisted tackles, and one tackle for loss. He also registered a pair of blocked kicks—one on an extra point and the other on the game-tying field goal attempt at the end of regulation. Koch leads the GLIAC in solo tackles (25), assisted tackles (24), and total tackles (49).
 
Tech is 3-1 after the non-conference portion of the schedule and has a bye this week before traveling to Roosevelt on Oct. 3 to begin GLIAC play.