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Case Western Reserve University senior Ajay Mahenthiran, a member of the men's tennis team, and junior Lauren Iagnemma, a runner on the women's track and field team, have been named the Spartan Club Athletes of the Week for their performances this past week.
Mahenthiran helped lead the fifth-ranked Spartans to their fifth consecutive national quarterfinals appearance at the NCAA Division III Championships, going 2-0 in singles play and 1-0 in doubles matches over a pair of tournament wins last weekend. In a 5-0 win in the second round over 56th-ranked Whitman College, Mahenthiran teamed with junior Rohan Bhat to win 6-2 in the third doubles match over Cameron Yang and Lucas Huang, and went on to claim a 6-3, 6-4 victory in the no. 1 singles match against Alexander Stage. The next day, he helped punch the Spartans' ticket to the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-1 win against 16th-ranked Paolo Pocasangre as CWRU bested 13th-ranked Kenyon 4-0 in the third round. Mahenthiran, the 14th-ranked singles player in Division III, improved to 24-11 in singles matches and 20-6 in doubles play this season. The Spartans, 27-5 overall, will be playing in the NCAA quarterfinal round for the sixth time in program history.
CWRU will face the fourth-ranked University of Chicago on Monday, May 19 in Claremont, California, in a rematch of the University Athletic Association Championship played last month.
Iagnemma ran the third-fastest 5,000-meter run time in program history on Friday night at the Harrison Dillard Twilight hosted by Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio. Iagnemma won the event with a personal-best time of 17:03.07, beating runners from Division II and III schools across to the finish line. The time ranks 40th in Division III this season, sixth in the University Athletic Association, and seventh in the Great Lakes Region. Iagnemma ran the fastest time by the Spartan in the event in 15 years.
Members of the Spartan track and field teams will have two final opportunities to qualify for the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships when the squads travel to Geneva, Ohio, for the SPIRE NCAA Last Chance Meet on Monday, May 12, and Alliance, Ohio, on Thursday, May 15 for the Mount Union Final Qualifier.
The Spartan Club Athletes of the Week are selected by the CWRU Department of Athletics each Monday, based on their performance during the previous week of competition.
Honorable Mention:
First-year jumper Pierre-Andre Geoffrion (men's track and field) placed sixth in the long jump on Friday at the Harrison Dillard Twilight in Berea, Ohio. Geoffrion leaped 6.71 meters, a season-best mark, to finish fourth among Division III competitors. The mark ranks seventh in the UAA this season and 21st in the Great Lakes Region.
Senior runner Hans Holst (men's track and field) ran a pair of top 15 times in the Great Lakes Region on Friday at the Harrison Dillard Twilight in Berea, Ohio. Holst placed ninth and third among Division III competitors in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.42, the third-fastest mark in program history. The time ranks 10th in the conference, ninth in the region, and 85th nationally. In the 1,500-meter run, Host placed seventh among Division III competitors in 3:56.02, the 15th-best time in the region this season.
Senior pitcher Kylie Hosey (softball) allowed just two earned runs in two appearances against Carnegie Mellon over the weekend at Mather Park in Cleveland. Hosey went 1-0 in the circle, allowing three runs (two earned) on nine hits and no walks in 10 innings. She struck out 10 batters and held opponents to a .243 batting average and 1.40 earned run average. She entered the first game of the series, a 6-4 loss, as a relief pitcher, allowing just one unearned run in four innings of work. Hosey retired the final 10 batters she faced in the contest. In the series finale, an 8-2 Spartan win, she pitched the first six innings to earn the victory in the circle, conceding just two runs while striking out three hitters. Hosey improved to 10-6 in 2025 with a 2.97 ERA and 65 strikeouts in 96 and two-third innings. The Spartans finished the regular season with an overall record of 28-10 and a 13-5 mark in league games, placing second in the UAA.
With the regular season complete, the Spartan softball team will await the announcement of the field for the 2025 NCAA Division III Softball Championship. CWRU, ranked 21st in the final NCAA Power Index (NPI) which is used to determine at-large selections, will likely receive a bid to the postseason for the fourth consecutive year. The pre-taped selection show will air later today on ncaa.com starting at 11 a.m.
Sophomore infielder Karen Potts (softball) reached base in eight of her 12 plate appearances for the 14th-ranked Spartans during the team's three-game weekend series with Carnegie Mellon at Mather Park in Cleveland. Potts hit .500 (four-for-eight) in the three contests, driving in three runs, scoring four times, walking thrice, and stealing a pair of bases. She reached twice in the first game on two walks, scoring both times. In the second game of the series, a 3-2, eight-inning win, Potts singled twice in four trips to the plate. She concluded the series with a two-for-three performance in the finale, driving in three runs in an 8-2 victory. Potts ended the regular season with a .376 batting average, .483 on-base percentage, and .530 slugging percentage, starting every contest at shortstop for CWRU. Her 24 walks are tied for the third-most ever by a Spartan batter in a single season.
First-year thrower Sarah Viveiros (women's track and field) threw the javelin a season-best distance on Thursday at the Marty Goldberg Gator Invitational hosted by Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Viveiros recorded a mark of 38.94 meters in the event, the second best mark in the conference in 2025, to place third at the meet. She currently ranks seventh in the Great Lakes Region and 51st nationally.
2024-25 Spartan Club Athletes of the Week:
Sept. 3: Aidan Nathan (men's cross country) & Amanda Ngo (volleyball)
Sept. 9: Bradley Winter (men's soccer) & Sydney Schenk (women's soccer)
Sept. 16: Alex Fromberg (football) & Rea Marfatia (volleyball)
Sept. 23: Ansh Shah (men's tennis) & Ceci Dapino (women's soccer)
Sept. 30: Ethan Dahlem (football) & Amanda Ngo (volleyball)
Oct. 7: Jacob Slater (men's cross country) & Arianna Holbrook (women's cross country)
Oct. 14: Alex Fromberg (football) & Gabriella Chambers (women's swimming and diving)
Oct. 21: Kaden Tong (football) & Rea Marfatia (volleyball)
Oct. 28: Bradley Winter (men's soccer) & Carly Scott (volleyball)
Nov. 4: Lauren Iagnemma (women's cross country) & Donovan Crowley (men's cross country)
Nov. 11: Sam Trunley (men's basketball) & Lily Crouch (volleyball)
Nov. 18: Art Martinez (wrestling) & Lauren Iagnemma (women's cross country)
Nov. 25: John Drumm (men's swimming and diving) & Claire Kozma (women's swimming and diving)
Dec. 9: Art Martinez (wrestling) & Evie Miller (women's basketball)
Jan. 6: Emily Plachta (women's basketball) & Mathew Gummere (wrestling)
Jan. 13: Sam Trunley (men's basketball) & Evie Miller (women's basketball)
Jan. 21: Mason Bencurik (men's swimming and diving) & Gabriella Chambers (women's swimming and diving)
Jan. 27: Kwabena Agyemang (men's track and field) & Sarah Ball (women's track and field)
Feb. 3: Gabriella Chambers (women's swimming and diving) & Peter Meng (men's swimming and diving)
Feb. 10: Art Martinez (wrestling) & Mya Hartjes (women's basketball)
Feb. 17: Abigail Wilkov (women's swimming and diving) & Emil LaSida (men's swimming and diving)
Feb. 24: Dane Camphausen (baseball) & Gabriella Chambers (women's swimming and diving)
March 3: Sam Trunley (men's basketball) & Michelle Lee (women's track and field)
March 17: Nick Harms (baseball) & KaiLi Gross (softball)
March 24: Abigail Wilkov (women's swimming and diving) & Peter Meng (men's swimming and diving)
March 31: Anmay Devaraj (men's tennis) & Lexi Miskey (softball)
April 7: Zach Barnes (baseball) & Lily McCloskey (women's tennis)
April 14: Kylie Hosey (softball) & Yusuf Shaaban (men's track and field)
April 21: George Kosseifi (men's tennis) & Michaela Burkhauser (women's track and field)
April 28: Ajay Mahenthiran (men's tennis) & Michaela Burkhauser (women's track and field)
May 5: Oliver Miller (baseball) & Karen Potts (softball)
May 12: Ajay Mahenthiran (men's tennis) & Lauren Iagnemma (women's track and field)
