MILWAUKEE – Three Raiders earned NACC Student-Athlete of the Week honors after the conference awarded Jessa Alderman, Carlos Lopez and AJ Springer for their performances across the week of Feb. 2^nd- Feb. 11^th.

Alderman, a senior from Janesville, Wisconsin, threw a massive personal best and school record throw in the shot put at the Red Hawk Invite, tossing 14.55 meters (47-9) on her final throw of the competition, improving her previous best by nearly 2.5 feet. Her mark is now second in Division III. She also had a second-place finish in the weight throw with a toss of 16.43 meters (53-11), just two inches off her personal best, and sits 24th nationally.

Lopez, a sophomore from Choloma, Honduras, secured three wins for the Raiders over the weekend. In a 6-1 win over Central College, he scored a 6-3, 6-2 win over Nile Christensen at No. 5 singles. In MSOE's 4-3 win over Grand View, Lopez paired with Randy Funez for a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles and clinched the match with a 6-7, 6-4, 1-0 marathon win at No. 5 singles.

Springer, a junior from Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, won the 800-meter run at the Ripon College Red Hawk Invitational with a time of 1:52.94. Converted to reflect the differences in times between the 200-meter flat layout at Ripon and the 200-meter banked layout that will be used at the national meet, Springer's time of of 1:51.35 ranks sixth on the NCAA Division III performance list.

Alderman, Springer and the rest of the Raiders will be back in action on February 14^th, when they head to the Dick Hendricks Invite, hosted by Ripon College.  The meet is set to start at 11:00 A.M.

Lopez and the men's tennis team will head to Kenosha, Wisconsin this Sunday, February 15^th for a matchup with the Carthage College Firebirds.  The action is set to begin at 4:30 P.M.

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