Baseball
Evan Russ
Ohio Northern
Freshman
OF/First base
Westfield, Ind / Westfield

Russ helped ONU to a 5-0 record last week with nine hits, one HR, three RBI and a .813 slugging pct and stole a base.

Jackson Powers
Heidelberg
Junior
Pitcher
Strongsville, Ohio / Holy Name

Powers threw nine innings of shutout baseball against Marietta, only allowing two hits, while also fanning four in the win.

Softball
Sydney Mercer
Mount Union
Sophomore
Utility
Salem, Ohio / West Branch

Mercer helped lead the Purple Raiders to a 6-0 record and c the OAC Regular Season Championship. She went 11-of-19 at the plate, with 12 RBIs, three doubles, a triple and five stolen bases.

Madelyn Thomas
Muskingum
Senior
Pitcher
Crestline, Ohio / Galion

Thomas posted an impressive 0.00 ERA, while holding hitters to a.186 batting average to help  Muskingum clinch a spot in the OAC Tournament last week.

Tennis
Erin Storrer
Otterbein
Senior
Westerville, Ohio /  Olentangy Orange

Storrer went a perfect 4-0 atop the lineup as Otterbein clinched the OAC Regular-Season title last week. She went 8-0 and then 6-0, 6-0 at Marietta and then 6-2, 6-0 and also won 8-2 at John Carroll.

Peyton Specht
Ohio Northern  
Junior
Munster, Ind. / Munster

Specht won 8-3 at No. 1 doubles against both Mount Union and Capital and won 7-6 (3), 6-0 at No. 1 singles against Mount Union and 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles against Capital last week. The Polar Bears clinched the OAC Regular-Season title.

Lacrosse
Grace Osborn
Capital
Junior
Midfield
Pickerington, Ohio / Central

Osborn put up seven goals, five assists, while also collecting 12 draw controls, seven ground balls, and five caused turnovers in a win over Muskingum to close the Regular-Season.

Abby Lindkvist
Mount Union
Junior  
Goalkeeper
Greenlawn, N.Y. / Harborfields

Lindkvist was key for the Raiders with a career-high 15 saves in a win over John Carroll to help Mount Union grab a share of the OAC Regular-Season title for the second straight season.

Dom Dean
Otterbein  
Junior
Attack
Columbus, Ohio / Bishop Watterson

Dean led the Cardinals’ offense with a seven-points against Marietta. He tallied a hat trick, while dishing out four assists.  Most of his scoring was done in the first half to help build a lead.

Sam Becker
Otterbein  
Sophomore
Midfield
Brecksville, Ohio / Brecksville-Broadview Hts

Becker won 23 faceoffs and shattered the previous school single-game record with 19 ground balls in regular-season finale at Marietta, routinely giving possession back to his team.

Track & Field 
Claire Schweller
Ohio Northern
Sophomore
Paulding, Ohio / Paulding

Schweller finished seventh in the pole vault with a career-best height of 3.68 meters (12-8.00) at the Ashland Alumni Open on Saturday. She is now tied for third all-time at ONU.

Paige Simpson
Ohio Northern  
Freshman  
Merrillville, Ind. / Merrillville

Simpson placed 12th in the 200 meters with a personal-best time of 25.79 at the Ashland Alumni Open on Saturday. She also anchored the 4x100 relay to 48.88, which currently ranks third at ONU and in the OAC.

Christian Pfeiffer
Baldwin Wallace
Junior
Amherst, Ohio / Amherst

Pfeiffer set a new BW outdoor school record in the high jump to take sole possession of  the top spot in the nation with his 2.11 meter jump at the Ashland Open.

John Carroll
4x400 Relay Team

JCU 4x400 meter relay team consisting of graduate student Garrett Clark, senior Tyler Gast, and sophomores Dustin Horner and Basheer Alramahi finished second the preliminary round to advance to the final, finishing with a time of 3:13.51 at the Penn Relays. The teams’ time currently ranks second in Div. III.