Baseball: #24 Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall) vs Rose-Hulman (Ind.) (0-0 Overall) @ Auburndale (Fla.)

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February 27, 2016

Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016 - 12:30 pm, Lake Myrtle Field 7, Auburndale (Fla.)

Sunday's Preview: The No. 24-ranked Ohio Northern baseball team will open its season Sunday in Auburndale (Fla.) as they take on Rose-Hulman (Ind.) at Lake Myrtle Field 7 ... Northern will play a twinbill Sunday to open the 2016 season and play Rose-Hulman in both games ... The Polar Bears finished last season with a 30-9 overall record ... Northern returns a deep roster which features 2015 1st Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference honoree Nick Eltzroth ... Eltzroth finished second on the team with a .364 batting average and ranked fourth on the team with RBI's (26) and hits (39) ... Eltzroth also served as the team ace finishing the 7-3 record and a team-high 51 K's ... The senior was also named 2nd Team All-Mideast Region in 2015 ... Also returning for Northern is senior Alex Crabtree who was named Second Team All-OAC in 2015 and is a 3-time letterwinner ... He posted a perfect 6-0 record last season with 44 strikeouts ... Sophomore Jordan Bostater returns after a successful freshman season where he was named 2nd Team All-OAC ... Northern returns 19 letterwinners in all this season.

Batting Leaders (2015 Stats)

Batting Average Hits Runs RBI's
1. Eltzroth .364 1. Bostater 43 1. McMullen 23 1. Bostater 37
2. Bostater .361 2. Eltzroth 39 2. Eltzroth 22 2. Eltzroth 26
3. McMullen .316 3. Kasberg 31 3. Bostater 18 3. Kasberg 19

Pitching Leaders (2015 Stats)

Wins ERA Strikeouts
1. Eltzroth  7 t1. Eckert 0.82  1. Eltzroth 51
2. Crabtree 6 t1. Foster 0.82 2. Crabtree 44

ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his fifth season at ONU with an overall record of 90-65 and a winning percentage of .581.