Case Western Reserve University junior right-handed pitcher Mark Gross and senior left-handed pitcher Liam Killingstad were each recognized for their performances over the first two games of the Spartan Southern Classic, as Gross was selected as the University Athletic Association Pitcher of the Week, and Killingstad was named the relief pitcher on the D3baseball.com Team of the Week.
Gross allowed just six hits and a walk in the Spartan's 3-2 win over fifth-ranked SUNY Cortland, striking out six and yielding just one earned run and two total. He kept the Red Dragons off the board for the first eight and two-thirds innings of the game, at one point retiring 14-consecutive batters between the fourth and ninth innings, throwing 110 total pitches in the game.