Three Tigers Named NCAC Players Of The Week

The North Coast Athletic Conference today announced their Athlete of the Week awards, and three Tiger student-athletes were honored as described in the league's weekly sports releases. Click here to see a complete list of Wittenberg student-athletes honored with weekly awards from the NCAC and other organizations.

Zach Finke, Baseball (Pitcher)

Wittenberg senior pitcher Zach Finke (Maineville, Ohio/St. Xavier) became just the fifth known Tiger pitcher to record a no-hitter, and first since 1998, by shutting down Ohio Wesleyan, 6-0, on Sunday. Finke struck out four batters and walked just two en route to the historic feat.

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Sam Geise, Men's Golf

Wittenberg freshman Sam Geise (Springboro, OH/Springboro) led the Tigers to the team championship at Wooster’s Nye Intercollegiate after earning co-medalist honors with teammate Ben Hogenkamp (Minster, OH/Minster) with a two-day total of 150 (76-74). Wittenberg finished the event with 309 total strokes (308-301) to top the team leaderboard.

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Rachel Ross, Softball (Pitcher)

Wittenberg junior Rachel Ross (Westerville, Ohio/South) earned all four of the Tigers’ wins in the circle. She pitched three complete games and limited opponents to seven earned runs in 27.1 innings while striking out 10 and walking only four. Ross won both games against DePauw before holding Denison to two hits and one unearned run the next day.

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