Men's Tennis

UW-W Subway Athletes of the Week

For the week of April 22-28, 2019:

UW-W SUBWAY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:
BASEBALL - PITCHER
Matt O'Sullivan 2019 Baseball Head Shot Matt O'Sullivan (Sugar Grove, Ill./Kaneland), Sophomore
O'Sullivan tossed the seventh no-hitter in program history and first since 2010 on Tuesday in the No. 18 Warhawks' 12-0 victory against UW-Platteville in Dubuque, Iowa. He recorded nine strikeouts during the performance and was perfect through 5 2/3 innings until allowing a two-out walk in the bottom of the sixth inning. O'Sullivan needed only 75 pitches to record the 21 outs in the run-rule shortened contest.
        
SOFTBALL - PITCHER
23877 Bella Matthias (Greenfield, Wis./Greenfield), Junior
Matthias finished 3-0 with a 1.15 earned run average and 42 strikeouts in 30 1/3 innings over five appearances last week to help the Warhawks post a 7-1 record and capture the program's third consecutive WIAC regular season championship. She tossed back-to-back, one-hit shutouts in UW-Whitewater's 4-0 victory at Carthage on Thursday and the team's 7-0 triumph against UW-La Crosse on Friday. Matthias capped the week Sunday with a four-hit shutout, tallying 13 strikeouts over seven frames in the Warhawks' 4-0 win at UW-Eau Claire that clinched the conference title and top seed in this week's WIAC Championship tournament.
   
MEN'S TENNIS - SINGLES
23085 Brandon Dechter (Mundelein, Ill./Carmel Catholic), Senior
Dechter finished 2-0 at No. 2 singles last week to help the Warhawks to a 2-1 record in dual matches. He recorded a 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-2) triumph over Tripp Schulte on Thursday to help UW-Whitewater to an 8-1 victory over Carthage. Three days later, Dechter downed regionally ranked Daniel Henry 7-6 (5), 6-3 of 27th-ranked Kalamazoo (Mich.) at Wangerin Courts. For the year, Dechter is 5-8 in singles play.


HONORABLE MENTION:
BASEBALL - POSITION
23964 Nick Schrader (Cambridge, Wis./Jefferson), Senior, Infielder
Schrader batted .579 (11-for-19) and owned an on-base percentage of .680 last week to help the No. 18 Warhawks to a 4-1 record. He totaled six walks, nine runs scored and nine runs batted in. Schrader started the week with three hits, one walk, one run scored and two RBI in UW-Whitewater's 15-2 triumph against UW-Platteville, and posted two hits, one run and three RBI in the team's 12-0 victory in the nightcap of the doubleheader. On Wednesday against St. Norbert, he finished 4-for-4 with a home run, four runs scored and two RBI in the Warhawks' 11-1 win. Schrader continued his performance at the plate Sunday at regionally ranked UW-La Crosse, tallying two hits, five walks, three runs scored and two RBI in a doubleheader split.
                                        
SOFTBALL - POSITION
23881 Vera Pflugradt (Lake Zurich, Ill./Stevenson), Sophomore, Outfielder
Pflugradt belted a walk-off home run in a key game on Sunday and finished 7-for-17 (.412) at the plate with two doubles, two home runs, four runs scored and five RBI last week to help the Warhawks post a 7-1 record and wrap up the program's third consecutive WIAC regular season championship. In the team's first game at UW-Eau Claire on Sunday, Pflugradt led off the bottom of the 13th inning with a home run to give UW-Whitewater a 3-2 win and complete a 3-for-5 performance where she reached base four times and added a stolen base. In Game 2 of that doubleheader, she tallied two hits, one run scored and two runs batted in during the Warhawks' 4-0 triumph. On Friday in the team's second game against UW-La Crosse, Pflugradt had a hand in all scoring during UW-Whitewater's 3-0 win, collecting one double, one home run, two runs scored and two RBI.
                                                
MEN'S TENNIS
23094 Zach Wood (Downers Grove, Ill./South), Junior and Ryan Mitchell (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East), Freshman
Wood and Mitchell combined for two victories at No. 3 doubles last week to help the Warhawks to a 2-1 record in dual matches. The duo topped John Nykyforuk and Fordy Leipold by an 8-6 score to help UW-Whitewater to an 8-1 victory over Carthage on Thursday. Wood and Mitchell added an 8-2 triumph over Tytus Metzler and Alex Cadigan of No. 27 Kalamazoo (Mich.) on Sunday at Wangerin Courts. The pair is 5-3 playing together this season.
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WOMEN'S FIELD     
23694
Ashton Doll (Lancaster, Wis./Lancaster), Junior
Doll finished third out of 21 competitors in the high jump on Friday at the UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative Meet at Rex Foster Track. She posted a height of 4-11.75 (1.52 meters). Doll's season-best result of 5-01.25 (1.56 meters) is tied for ninth in the WIAC.
WOMEN'S TRACK
23697 Abbie Felton (Burlington, Wis./Shoreland Lutheran), Junior
Felton won the 400-meter dash in a season-best 58.39 seconds on Friday at the UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative Meet at Rex Foster Track. Her time currently ranks second in the WIAC. Felton also helped the team's 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay teams finish first. Both relay performances were the team's best this season.
                 
MEN'S TRACK
23739 Alex Duff (Oregon, Wis./Oregon), Junior
Duff won the 110-meter hurdles, topping a field of 20 competitors Friday at the UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative Meet. He posted a season-best time of 14.48 in the race's preliminary, which ranks second in the WIAC and eighth in NCAA Division III.
MEN'S FIELD
23757 Daustin Martin (Jefferson, Wis./Jefferson), Sophomore
Martin placed third out of 44 competitors in the hammer throw Friday at the UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative Meet. He posted a career-best mark of 162-04 (49.47 meters), which currently ranks 12th in the WIAC. Martin recorded a toss of 46-10.75 (14.29 meters) in the shot put to place eighth out of 44 throwers. He ranks 10th in the WIAC in the event.
                                
 
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Players Mentioned

Brandon Dechter

Brandon Dechter

5' 11"
Senior
Zach Wood

Zach Wood

6' 2"
Junior
Ryan Mitchell

Ryan Mitchell

6' 0"
Freshman
Bella Matthias

#11 Bella Matthias

P
Junior
R/R
Vera Pflugradt

#10 Vera Pflugradt

OF
Sophomore
L/R
Matt O

#57 Matt O'Sullivan

P
6' 3"
Sophomore
-/L
Nick Schrader

#4 Nick Schrader

INF
5' 9"
Senior
L/R
Alex Duff

Alex Duff

Hurdles/Long Sprints
Junior
Daustin Martin

Daustin Martin

Throws
Sophomore
Ashton Doll

Ashton Doll

High Jump
Junior

Players Mentioned

Brandon Dechter

Brandon Dechter

5' 11"
Senior
Zach Wood

Zach Wood

6' 2"
Junior
Ryan Mitchell

Ryan Mitchell

6' 0"
Freshman
Bella Matthias

#11 Bella Matthias

Junior
R/R
P
Vera Pflugradt

#10 Vera Pflugradt

Sophomore
L/R
OF
Matt O

#57 Matt O'Sullivan

6' 3"
Sophomore
-/L
P
Nick Schrader

#4 Nick Schrader

5' 9"
Senior
L/R
INF
Alex Duff

Alex Duff

Junior
Hurdles/Long Sprints
Daustin Martin

Daustin Martin

Sophomore
Throws
Ashton Doll

Ashton Doll

Junior
High Jump