After playing just four regular season matches at The Ohio State University and University of Pittsburgh, the Case Western Reserve Team Handball Club ended with a 2 win and 2 loss record. The team traveled to the University of Kentucky for the Trailblazer Conference Championships from March 1-2. After an unfortunate series of injuries to key players on the first day of the tournament, the team finished last out of the 7 teams.
Despite this result, the team was determined to finish the season strong in the College National Championships the following month at James Madison University. After the six-hour car ride into Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Friday, April 4, they won their group of 3 teams with back-to-back victories over SUNY Cortland and San Jose State after trailing for a majority of both matches.
After securing an automatic bid to the semifinals late Saturday afternoon, the team pulled off yet another tightly contested battle over Olin College of Engineering with a final score of 30:27. In the Division 2 championship match on Sunday, the team fell to the University of Kentucky by a final score of 36:30. However, centre-back Yosef Michemich and left-back Joshua Ko finished 2nd and 7th respectively in total goals scored, combining for 83 goals over 4 matches. Overall, the valiant efforts by the Case Western Team Handball Club this past weekend led to their securing of the silver medal.