Cobleskill, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill Athletic Department announced today that senior pitcher
Marissa Wheeler, Kinderhook, N.Y., Ichabod Crane High School, a member of the softball team has been named the athletic program's Fighting Tiger Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending April 23, 202.
The Ichabod Crane High School graduate led the Fighting Tigers to a perfect week winning six home games versus North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Western Division opponents opening the week with a sweep of the SUNY Delhi Broncos on Tuesday by scores of 7-3 and 15-1 prior to sweeping four games over the weekend from the SUNY Canton Kangaroos winning twice on Friday by scores of 6-2 and 11-3 the taking two on Saturday by scores of 9-0 and 14-6 to improve to 10-19 overall including a 5-3 record in NAC Western Division action.
The Fighting Tiger senior pitcher went 3-0 on the week with a 1.47 ERA including a no-hit shutout victory over SUNY Canton on Saturday. During the week Wheeler hurled three complete game victories striking out 28 batters while walking only seven.
On the season Wheeler is currently 7-7 overall with a 4.34 earned run average in 17 appearances including 14 starts with 10 complete games and two shutouts while striking out 101 batters in 88.2 innings of work.
Cobleskill will next be in action on Friday April 28 when they travel to Cazenovia, N.Y. for a NAC Western Division contest versus the Wildcats of Cazenovia College beginning at 4:00 p.m.
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