Bowling Green State University Athletics
Kowalczyk, Platts Named Medical Mutual Athletes Of The Week
April 19, 2021 | Men's Soccer, Women's Swimming & Diving
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 soccer player Logan Kowalczyk and swimmer Daisy Platts.
Male Athlete of the Week
Logan Kowalczyk, a sophomore from Pinckney, Mich., had a goals against average of just 0.43 in two matches last week, helping the Falcons clinch the MAC championship with a win and a tie. Kowalczyk allowed just one goal in nearly 209 minutes of action as BGSU battled West Virginia to a 0-0 draw before beating Northern Illinois, 2-1 in overtime. He made a career-high six saves vs. WVU on Wednesday, then tied that mark with six more stops vs. the Huskies. On the season, Kowalczyk now has a GAA of 0.70. In MAC matches, he went 5-2-1 with a GAA of just 0.59, a saves percentage of .808 and five shutouts, the program's highest total in conference play since 1998. BGSU is returning to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1997, and the MAC crown is BG's first outright conference regular-season title since 1996.
Female Athlete of the Week
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Male Athlete of the WeekLogan Kowalczyk, a sophomore from Pinckney, Mich., had a goals against average of just 0.43 in two matches last week, helping the Falcons clinch the MAC championship with a win and a tie. Kowalczyk allowed just one goal in nearly 209 minutes of action as BGSU battled West Virginia to a 0-0 draw before beating Northern Illinois, 2-1 in overtime. He made a career-high six saves vs. WVU on Wednesday, then tied that mark with six more stops vs. the Huskies. On the season, Kowalczyk now has a GAA of 0.70. In MAC matches, he went 5-2-1 with a GAA of just 0.59, a saves percentage of .808 and five shutouts, the program's highest total in conference play since 1998. BGSU is returning to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1997, and the MAC crown is BG's first outright conference regular-season title since 1996.
Female Athlete of the Week
Daisy Platts, a junior from Leicester, U.K., won a pair of MAC Championships at the MAC Swimming & Diving Championships over the weekend, breaking her own school records in both events. Platts won the 100 backstroke Friday with a time of 52.39 seconds in the finals for a new personal best and school record time. She followed that up the next day with a finals time of 1:53.67 in the 200 backstroke. Just a junior, she has now won the MAC title in the 200 backstroke three times and has twice been MAC Champion in the 100 backstroke. She competed at the NCAA Division I National Championships earlier in the year in both events, placing in the top 25 in the country in each.Â
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