Schenk, Tavpash 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 baseball player Gage Schenk and tennis player Marharita-Sophia Tavpash.

Male Athlete of the Week
Gage Schenk, a junior from Wapakoneta, Ohio, pitched 8.2 dominant innings on Saturday (April 24) at Western Michigan to lead the Falcons to a critical 3-2 victory. The native of Wapakoneta yielded just two hits and two runs. The second hit and second run that he surrendered came with two outs and two strikes in the ninth, as the Broncos pulled within one with a single that bounced through the left side. One of the most productive hurlers in the conference this season, Schenk is now 3-0 in MAC play, having allowed just three earned runs over 22.2 innings.

Female Athlete of the Week

Bowling Green senior Marharita-Sophia Tavpash, a senior from Lviv, Ukraine, began the weekend by clinching the doubles point for the Falcons against Northern Illinois with doubles partner Laura Silveira in No. 1 doubles. The duo was able to overcome a 5-2 deficit to win their doubles by a score of 7-6 (3) and give Bowling Green the 1-0 advantage in what would be a 6-1 win. Tavpash also tallied a singles win on the day for the Orange and Brown. After winning the first set 6-2 at No. 1 singles, Tavpash went into extra points in the second set before closing it out for the final point of the day. With a pair of wins over the course of the day, Tavpash reached 149 combined career wins with the Falcons, tying her for seventh all-time with Abby Bratton, Meghan Rhodes and Erika Wasilewski.

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