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Case Western Reserve University sophomore Carter Shedd, a goalkeeper on the men's soccer team, and first-year Maya Zarow, an outside hitter on the volleyball team, have been named the Spartan Club Athletes of the Week for their performances this past week.
Shedd recorded a shutout to help the third-ranked Spartans secure their third-ever University Athletic Association Men's Soccer Championship on Saturday. Shedd saved five shots in a scoreless draw with Carnegie Mellon at DiSanto Field in Cleveland to keep the Tartans off the board in the contest. The clean sheet was the seventh of the season for Shedd and his fourth in UAA play. He ended the regular season with a goals against average of 0.45 (0.57 in league play) and a save percentage of .848. CWRU won the league title with a conference record of 3-0-4, becoming the first school in association history to win the conference championship after finishing last in the league the year prior. The Spartans completed their first-ever undefeated regular season, moving to 11-0-5 overall in 2026.
CWRU will host the first two rounds of the 2026 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship on Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14. The Spartans will play Penn State Behrend at 12 p.m. on Friday.
Zarow averaged more than four kills per set for the Spartans in a pair of sweeps last week. Zarow totaled 25 kills across six sets (4.17 per set) while hitting .489 in two victories. In a three-set win over Wooster on Saturday night in Cleveland, Zarow had 16 kills and just two errors on 26 attacks, adding six digs and two blocks. Earlier in the week, in a three-set home victory over Bethany on Wednesday, she had nine kills and one on 19 attacks, adding three service aces, five digs, and a block. Zarow has 325 kills this season (3.28 per set) on a .269 hitting percentage. CWRU improved to 11-16 this year with the two wins.
The Spartans will conclude the 2026 season with the 2026 UAA Volleyball Championship held at the Highmark Center in Pittsburgh. CWRU, seeded sixth in the eight-team draw, will face host and third-seed Carnegie Mellon on Saturday, November 14 at 1 p.m. in the quarterfinals with a match at 3 p.m. against either second-seeded WashU or seventh-seeded Brandeis.
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 Mentions:
Senior Logan Brown (men's basketball) was named to the Bill Sudeck Tournament All-Tournament team following his standout performance over two games to open the campaign. Brown averaged 10.5 points and 6.0 rebounds over the two games, adding an assist, two steals, and a block. He finished the weekend shooting 75.0% (9-of-12) from the floor, including 50.0% (1-of-2) from three-point range, and made two-of-four free throw attempts. The highlight of his weekend came on Saturday, when he scored a career-high 21 points and added 10 rebounds with an assist, a block, and a steal in an 85-84 overtime loss to Oswego State. The Spartans stand at 1-1 on the season following the opening weekend.
The Spartans will be back in action on Wednesday, traveling to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, for a 7 p.m. matchup against Saint Vincent College.
First-year swimmer Eddie Campion (men's swimming and diving) won the 1650 Free with a top 10 time in Division III on Saturday in a dual meet with Division II Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania. Campion finished the race in 16:28.21, the ninth-fastest time in Division III and the fourth-fastest in the University Athletic Association this season. Campion also has the 28th-best time in the country in the 1000 Free, swam at the dual with Carnegie Mellon last week. CWRU lost 166.5 to 121.5 to the Golden Knights, falling to 2-2 in dual meets.
CWRU will take a week off from intercollegiate competition before wrapping up the fall portion of the schedule with the Total Performance Invite in Gambier, Ohio, from November 19-21 and the Phoenix Fall Classic in Chicago from November 21-22.
Graduate student Lorenzo Collier (men's cross country) won the men's 5K race at the Wooster Twilight at John C. Papp Stadium in Wooster, Ohio, on Friday night. Collier was the top finisher out of 32 runners with a time of 15:46.7.
The Spartans will now turn their attention to the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championship at Forest Akers East in East Lansing, Michigan, on Saturday, November 14. The women's race is scheduled for an 11 a.m. start, followed by the men's race at 12 p.m. The top-finishing team from each regional meet, along with 22 at-large teams, will earn qualification to the NCAA Championships. In addition, the top seven finishers from each regional not on a qualifying team will secure an individual berth to the championship meet.
Junior Chase Crutchley (wrestling) placed second in the 174-pound bracket at the Mount Union Invitational on Saturday at Peterson Field House in Alliance, Ohio. Crutchley went 4-1 in five matches, recording a technical fall and two major decisions. He started the day with an 18-2 technical fall in 5:28 over Lucas Zombotti of West Liberty. In the following round, he won 17-3 over John Carroll's Niko Kalamaras and reached the semifinal with a 4-2 decision over Bellarmine's Cole Walton. Crutchley picked up a major decision in the semifinal, easily defeating Aiden Stecker of Mount Union 12-4. In the final, the Spartan wrestler battled Division II's Brayden Gautreau of Gannon. Both wrestlers recorded an escape in regulation with Crutchley losing on a sudden-victory takedown in the first overtime period. Crutchley improved to 58-27 for his career with 13 technical falls. The Spartans placed fourth out of 17 teams with 139.5 points at the season-opening invitational.
CWRU will host the Bob Del Rosa Open inside the Veale Center on Saturday, November 14. Action is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
Sophomore Maya DiPasquale (women's cross country) was the top finisher for the Spartans in the women's 5K race at the Wooster Twilight at John C. Papp Stadium in Wooster, Ohio, on Friday night. DiPasquale was second out of 22 runners with a time of 18:54.8.
Sophomore diver Jayna Kawas (women's swimming and diving) won both diving events in a dual meet with Division II Gannon University on Saturday in Erie, Pennsylvania. Kawas won the 3-meter dive with a score of 236.60 and placed first in the 1-meter dive by scoring 201.70. CWRU lost 171.5 to 122.5 to the Golden Knights.
Junior defensive back Jake Kavcic (football) had eight tackles (four solo) and a pass breakup during the team's 21-16 loss at Grove City College on Saturday. The strong safety helped to lead a defensive effort that held the Wolverines to just 143 passing yards in the game. Kavcic leads all Spartan players this season with 53 tackles (40 solo), while collecting six tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, one interception, 13 pass breakups, a forced fumble, a blocked kick, and a safety. The Spartans fell to 7-2 with a 4-2 league record following the loss.
The Spartans will wrap up their regular season next Saturday in Meadville, Pennsylvania, traveling to face Allegheny College (8-1, 6-1 PAC) at 1 p.m.
Senior wide receiver Jake Otto (football) caught a career-high six passes for 56 yards and a touchdown during the Spartans' 21-16 loss at Grove City College on Saturday. Otto caught a six-yard touchdown pass with 4:20 left in the game that pulled the Spartans back within one score late. He has appeared in all nine games for CWRU this season, recording career bests with 17 catches for 160 yards and two touchdowns.
Senior kicker Gabriel Petrozzi (football) became just the third kicker and seventh player overall in program history with 200 or more points over a career during the team's 21-16 loss at Grove City College on Saturday. Petrozzi successfully made his only extra point attempt of the day and added a 21-yard field goal with 23 seconds left in the first half to give CWRU a 10-7 lead going into the break. He also kicked off four times for an average of 57.0 yards during the game. Petrozzi has totaled 51 points this season, making five-of-seven field goal tries and 36-of-39 extra point tries, while averaging 60.4 yards per kickoff.
Sophomore swimmer Sohalya Rawlins (women's swimming and diving) recorded a top 15 national time in a dual meet with Division II Gannon University on Saturday in Erie, Pennsylvania. Rawlins finished the 50 Free in 23.80 seconds, a personal-best time and the 14th-fastest Division III this season. The time ranks sixth in the University Athletic Association. Rawlins also won the 100 Fly in a season-best time of 58.42 seconds, which ranks 16th in the UAA this year. She added a pair of second place finishes as the anchor on the 200 Medley (1:49.26) and 400 Free Relays (3:37.98).
Senior Maura Schorr (women's basketball) was named to the All-Tournament team at the Coach Vicki Staton Tipoff Classic during the team's opening weekend of the season. Schorr led all Spartan players with 19.0 points and 10.5 rebounds per game over the two contests, shooting 54.8% from the floor. She added 3.0 assists, 2.0 steals, and 1.5 blocks per game during the tournament. In a 79-72 loss to Chatham on Friday night, she led CWRU with 18 points (on eight-of-12 shooting), 12 rebounds, and five assists, while also collecting two blocks and three steals. The next day, she led the team with 20 points (nine-of-19 from the floor) and nine rebounds, adding an assist, a block, and a steal in a 65-49 loss to host Washington & Jefferson, which received votes in the D3hoops.com Preseason Top 25.
The Spartans are set to be tested again this week, when the team travels across town to take on 22nd-ranked John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio on Wednesday, November 11, at 6 p.m.
Sophomore diver Ryan Wells (men's swimming and diving) won both diving events in a dual meet with Division II Gannon University on Saturday in Erie, Pennsylvania. Wells won the 3-meter event with a score of 291.50 and took first in the 1-meter dive with a score of 276.00. Both marks meet the NCAA qualifying standards for the events.
2026-27 Spartan Club Athletes of the Week:
Sept. 8: Aaron Filips (football) & Izzy Probst (women's soccer)
Sept. 14: Micah Rossen (men's soccer) & Maya Zarow (volleyball)
Sept. 21: Andy Kavcic (football) & Reid Smith (women's cross country)
Sept. 28: Carter Shedd (men's soccer) & Gabby Lee (women's tennis)
Oct. 5: Rowan Matorin (men's tennis) & Izzy Probst (women's soccer)
Oct. 12: Jake Kavcic (football) & Sheila Monera Cabarique (women's swimming and diving)
Oct. 19: Yaw Gyamfi (football) & Halina Tompkins (women's cross country)
Oct. 26: Cormac Apostolides (men's soccer) & Madeline Halter (volleyball)
Nov. 2: Jacob Slater (men's cross country) & Izzy Probst (women's soccer)
Nov. 9: Carter Shedd (men's soccer) & Maya Zarow (volleyball)
