Athletes of the Week-April 5, 2021

Tennis
Andew Cochran
Ohio Northern
Junior
Wooster, Ohio/Wooster

Cochran won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2 singles and won 8-0 at No. 2 doubles to help guide the Polar Bears to a 8-1 victory over Capital.

Tennis
Erin Storrer
Otterbein
Freshman
Westerville, Ohio/Olentangy Orange

Storrer won 6-0, 6-0 No. 1 singles and won 8-0 at No. 1 singles to help the Cardinals to a 9-0 victory over Muskingum.

Track & Field
Jeremiah Gyulai
Mount Union
Senior
Stow, Ohio/Stow

Gyulai won the javelin and discus events at the Polar Bear Invitational on Saturday with distances of 175-feet and 9-inches and 138-feet and 8-inches respectively.

Track & Field
Alex Phillip
John Carroll
Sophomore
Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary

Phillip won the 10,000 meter run in 29:30.12, shattering the school record by 54 seconds, at the BW Sparky Adams Invitational. Phillip’s time currently ranks first in Div. III so far this season.

Track & Field
Courtney Phoennik
John Carroll
Senior
McDonald, Pa./South Fayette

Phoennik won the triple jump with a leap of 11.85m and placed second in the high jump with a mark of 1.55m at the BW Sparky Adams Invitational. Her mark in the triple jump currently ranks first in Div. III.

Track & Field
Alyssa Laughner
Baldwin Wallace
Junior
Howard, Pa./Central Mountain

Laughner won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 11:04.18 and was part of the winning 4x800 relay team (9:38.02) at the BW Sparky Adams Invitational. Her time in steeplechase currently ranks second in Div. III.

Softball
Nikki Camarati
Baldwin Wallace
Junior
Pitcher
Brunswick, Ohio/Holy Name

Camarati posted a 3-0 record with just seven hits, 37 strikeouts and four walks in 20 innings of work to help guide the Yellow Jackets to a 4-0 sweep of Otterbein on Friday and Saturday.

Softball
Maggie Dominick
Mount Union
Senior
Third Base
Dennison, Ohio / Tuscarawas Central Catholic

Dominick went 11-for-16 (.688) with three doubles and seven RBI to help the Purple Raiders to a 3-1 record against Ohio Northern last week. In the final game of the series she had back-to-back singles resulting in the go-ahead run in both innings. Unfortunately, the Raiders would go on to drop that matchup, 11-10.

Baseball
Sam Mathews
Marietta
Junior
Pitcher
Fairfield, Ohio/Badin

Mathews helpd guided the Pioneers to a perfect 5-0 week, including a four-game sweep of John Carroll with a 1-0 record, two saves and a 0.00 ERA in 9.2 innings of work. Against Wilmington, Mathews threw 4.0 innings with two hits and two strikeouts. Against JCU he threw 2.2 innings with two hits and four strikeouts. He got his second save of the series in game three with one hit and four strikeouts in three innings.

Baseball
Devin Ryan
Muskingum
Sophomore
Infield
Coshocton, Ohio/Coshocton

Ryan batted an impressive .650 to lead the Muskies to a 3-1 record against Wilmington last week. He notched 13 hits, nine runs, six doubles and a team-high 13 RBIs.

Lacrosse
Zach Groene
Otterbein
Senior
Goal Keeper
Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier

Groene faced 19 shots, making 11 saves in the Cardinals 10-8 victory over Ohio Northern. Groene also picked up three ground balls.

Lacrosse
Skyler Blake
John Carroll
Senior
Attack
Dublin, Ohio/Jerome

Blake led the Blue Steaks in a 29-0 victory over Heidelberg with nine goals and one assist last week.

Lacrosse
Colleen Grombala
John Carroll
Senior
Attack
Beverly Hills, Mich./ Bloomfield Hills Marian

Grombala guided the Blue Streaks past Heidelberg (23-4) and Otterbein 20-2 with 14 goals last week. She now holds the JCU career goals record with 241.

Lacrosse
Maddie Leers
Marietta
Junior
Goal Keeper
Crystal Lake, Ill./Barrington
Leers faced 42 shots and made 18 saves on the week to help guide the Pioneers to wins over Muskingum, 21-7 and Baldwin Wallace 16-12. Leers also collected six ground balls.