Athletes of the Week-October 1, 2018

Soccer
Jenna Fuller
Ohio Northern
Sophomore
Forward
Countryside, IIl./Lyons Twp.

Fuller led the Polar Bears with three goals last week as ONU defeated Wittenberg (2-0) and Marietta (4-0). Fuller scored twice against Wittenberg, including the game-winning goal.

Soccer
Meagan Grierson
Ohio Northern
Junior
Goalkeeper
Miamisburg

Grierson recorded her sixth and seventh consecutive shutout of this season as ONU defeated Wittenberg (2-0) and Marietta (4-0).  Grierson also earned athlete of the week honors on September 24.

Soccer
John Lombardo
Ohio Northern
Freshman
Goalkeeper
Solon, Ohio/Solon

Lombardo recorded two shutouts as ONU defeated Adrian (2-0) and Marietta (1-0) last week. He made six saves on the week, which included a vital penalty kick save against Marietta in the final ten minutes.

Soccer

Chewy Gordon
Capital
Senior
Forward
Westerville, Ohio/Westerville Central

Gordon helped the Crusaders open OAC play with a win over Baldwin Wallace (5-1) by scoring two goals, including the game-winner.


Volleyball
Hadley Sterett
Otterbein
Senior
Outside Hitter
Huron, Ohio/Huron

In six sets, Sterett posted 37 kills, five aces, 13 digs and hit .425 to help the Cardinals to wins over Kenyon and Mount Union.


Cross Country
Heather Sandvik
Otterbein
Senior
Westerville, Ohio/Westerville North

Sandvik helped the Cardinals to their fourth consecutive Div. III All-Ohio title. Sandvik finished runner-up to teammate Claire Lamb and crossed the finish line 15 seconds ahead of third place with a time of 22:05.

Cross Country
Ian McVey
Ohio Northern
Senior
Stow, Ohio/Munroe Falls

McVey won his second consecutive Div. III All-Ohio individual title with a career-best time of 24:23.8. His time ranks as the second-fastest 8K time in school history. The Polar Bears placed fourth among Div. III schools, 11th overall in a field 39 schools.   


Football
Darren Fields
Marietta
Senior
Quarterback
Aliquippa, Pa./Aliquippa

Fields led the Pioneers to a 43-42 come from behind win over Ohio Northern. He completed 25-of-36 passes for 315 yards and four touchdowns.  His four touchdown passes broke the school single-game record previously set at 41.

Football
Brenton Miller
Baldwin Wallace
Linebacker
Sophomore
Carrollton, Ohio/Carrollton

Miller had a game-high 10 tackles and added 2.5 sacks for a loss of 17 yards in BW’s 45-17 victory over Capital.  The Yellow Jacket defense held the Crusaders to a season-low 328 yards of total offense and a season-low 17 points.

Football
Wyatt Pertuset
Capital
Junior
WR/Punter
Richwood, Ohio/North Union

Pertuset set a new game-high average of 45.5 yards on four punts with a new personal best of 55 yards.  Three of Pertuset’s punts pinned Baldwin Wallace inside the 20 yard line.


Golf
Maddie Durbin
Otterbein
Junior
Springboro, Ohio/Springboro

Durbin won medalist honors at the OAC Fall Preview held at the River Greens Golf Course and lead the Cardinals to the team title by 51 strokes. Durbin finished the two-day event with a 172 (+28 par), shooting a tournament low-round of 83 on day one.

Golf
Ben Gleichauf
John Carroll
Freshman
Lakewood, Ohio/St. Edwards

Gleichauf won medalist honors at the OAC Fall Preview held at River Greens Golf Course. Gleichauf fired rounds of 75 and 31 to finish two under par with a 106 and finish three strokes ahead of the runner-up.