Dop, Gottshall Named Medical Mutual Athletes Of The Week

Each week, the Bowling Green State University Athletic Department names the Medical Mutual Athletes of the Week, as selected by the strategic communications department based on their athletic performances from the previous week. This week's winners are hockey player Eric Dop and softball pitcher Payton Gottshall.

Male Athlete of the Week
Eric Dop, a senior from Lewis Center, Ohio, totaled a 1-0-1 record between the pipes for the Falcons. He began the weekend with a career-high 38 saves on Saturday (Feb. 20) in a 0-0 tie with Northern Michigan. The shutout for Dop was his seventh of his career, tying him for second all-time in program history. Dop followed up the outing with a win on Sunday (Feb. 21) in a 6-2 final. Dop gave up only two goals while making 24 saves for the Falcons.

Female Athlete of the Week

Payton Gottshall, a redshirt freshman from Massillon, Ohio, had an ERA of just 0.64 last weekend, to continue her tremendous start to the season. On Friday, Gottshall recorded her third complete-game shutout in as many starts, allowing just two hits in eight innings as BGSU beat Winthrop, 2-0, at the host school's tournament. She walked three batters and struck out 16. The next day, Gottshall allowed just four hits, but gave up her first two earned runs (and to this point, her only two earned runs) of the season as Stony Brook scored twice in the seventh inning for a 2-0 win over the Falcons. She walked one and struck out 13. On Sunday, Gottshall fired a three-hit shutout, striking out 14 without allowing a walk, as BG downed Radford, 1-0.

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