Daly, the men’s No.1 singles and a No.1 doubles player, won both of his singles matches and combined with two separate doubles partners to earn the OAC Player of the Week accolades for the fifth time in his career and for the second time in the last three weeks.
In singles, Daly improved to 18-2 overall this season and is 69-7 in his career and 10 wins away from the B-W career singles victory mark of 79. He also beat John Carroll University’s James Steward, 6-4 and 6-1 to key a 5-4 win versus the Blue Streaks. Steward is the only OAC player ever to beat Daly in a singles match. Daly and sophomore Jim Kucera (Mentor) are 14-1 at No.1 doubles and have won their last 14 matches in a row. Daly and freshman Zach Apperson (Zanesville/ Rosecrans), who replaced Kucera due to an injury, also won last week and are 1-0. For his career, Daly is 60-9 in doubles and has a career combination mark of 129-16 for an .889 winning percentage.
This week, Daly will lead the Yellow Jackets, 14-1 overall and 2-1 in the OAC, against Capital University in Columbus on Tuesday, April 10 before playing home matches against Heidelberg College on April 14 at 3:30 p.m. and a doubleheader this Saturday versus Marietta College at 1:00 p.m. and Malone College at 4:00 p.m. All home matches are played at the “Pop” Collins Courts unless there is inclement weather.
Paulsen, a heptathlete who specializes in the hurdles and jumps, earned her honor for winning the 100-meter hurdles and long jump at the Ohio Wesleyan University Marv Frye Meet last Saturday. Paulsen won the 100-meter hurdles in a career-best and NCAA Division III National Meet qualifying time of 14.99 seconds and won the long jump with a leap of 15-feet and seven inches. Two weeks ago, at the ASICS Championship Meet at Liberty (Va.) University, Paulsen was second in the heptathlon and qualified for the national meet with a career-best 4,368 points. A year ago, she placed 14th at her first NCAA Division III national meet.
This week, Paulsen and the Yellow Jacket women hope to defend their All-Ohio Division III Meet title when they return to run at Ohio Wesleyan. The meet begins at 11:00 a.m.
Shy, playing her first season of collegiate tennis, earned her honor for having a 3-0 singles and 3-0 doubles record last week when B-W beat Cleveland cross-town rival Case Western Reserve University (9-0) in University Circle, beat JCU, 8-1, in University Heights and beat OAC arch-rival Mount Union College, 8-1, in Alliance.
Shy is having an outstanding season with a 19-2 singles record at the No.2 position, including 17 straight wins, and combines with junior No.3 singles player Tiffany Allison (Chagrin Falls/ Kenston) for a 16-4 record. Her 19 singles wins ties senior all-time victory leader Andrea Isaac’s (New Philadelphia) record for wins by a freshman.
This week, Shy and the Yellow Jacket women, 16-2 overall and a perfect and OAC-leading 5-0, host Capital University on Wednesday, April 11 at 3:30 p.m. on the “Pop” Collins Courts, play at The College of Wooster on Thursday, April 12 at 3:30 p.m. and at Marietta College on Saturday, April 14 at 1:00 p.m.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact B-W Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu.
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