Athletes of the Week-March 30, 2021

Soccer
Emily Ganz
Otterbein
Senior
Forward
Powell, Ohio/Bishop Watterson

Ganz guided the Cardinals to a 2-0 record with nine points last week. Ganz scored two goals and adding an assist in a 4-0 victory over John Carroll. She add another goal in a 2-0 win at Heidelberg on Sunday.

Soccer
Lauren White
Capital
Sophomore
Goalkeeper
Dublin, Ohio/Hilliard Davidson

White pitched two shutout last week to lead the Crusaders past Marietta, 4-0 and Mount Union, 2-0. White faced eight shots and made three saves. Capitals’ defense has now posted four consecutive shutouts.


Soccer

Jared Mattei
John Carroll
Junior
Forward
Copley, Ohio/Copley

Mattei scored two game-winning goal on the week to guide the Blue Streaks past Otterbein, 1-0 an Ohio Northern 2-1 (2 OT). His second goal of the week sent JCU home with the win in the 108th minute against ONU on Sunday.

Soccer
Felix Maurer
Wilmington
Junior
Goalkeeper
Malmo, Sweden/Soederslaetts Gymnasiet

Maurer faced 20 shots and made nine saves on the week to post shut outs again Ohio Northern,  1-0 and Mount Union, 1-0.

 

Volleyball
Ivy Earl
Baldwin Wallace
Junior
Outside Hitter
Howell, Mich./Howell

Earl helped guide BW to a sweep of Heidelberg and a split with Muskingum last week.  Across 15 sets, Earl recorded 61 kills, including a career-best 20 in match 1 versus Muskingum. Earl also accounted for 37 digs, five service aces, four assists and four blocks. 

Volleyball
Brooke Fatheree
Muskingum
Senior
Outside Hitter
New Concord, Ohio/John Glenn

Fatheree guided the Muskies defensively with 70 digs and 54 kills over 15 sets en route to a 3-1 record last week. At Mount Union, she tallied 28 digs and a team-high 28 kills in a sweep against the Purple Raiders. Against Baldwin Wallace, she earned 42 digs and 26 kills going 1-1 against the Yellow Jackets.


Football
Brody Hahn
Ohio Northern
Senior
Quarter back
Louisville, Ohio/Louisville

Hahn accounted for 418 yards of total offense and five touchdowns in the ONU’s 47-6 win at Capital. Hahn threw for 312 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 106 yards and three touchdowns.

Football
Peyton Wilson
Ohio Northern
Freshman
Linebacker
Lima, Ohio/ Shawnee

Wilson had a career-high 14 tackles in ONU’s 47-6 win at Capital. ONU’s defense limited the Crusaders to only 186 total yards of defense.

Football
Blake Middleton
Capital
Senior

Kicker
Miamisburg, Ohio/ Miamisburg

Middleton connected on both field goal attempts and accounted for all of the Crusaders points in a 47-6 loss to Ohio Northern.


Golf
Kurt Fortman
Otterbein
Senior
Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder

Fortman fired a career-low round of 66 (-6) on the par-72 Royal American Golf Club, besting the field by multiple strokes and was part of the two team victories on the week.  

 

Golf
Lyndsay Blum
Otterbein
Junior
Independence, Ohio/Independence

Blum helped the Cardinals to a pair of victories, winning day one of the Capital Purple and White Invitational and claiming the Muskingum Invitational on Monday. Blum won medalist honors with a score of 80 and took home second place on Monday with a score of 81.