Softball: Wilmington (5-17 Overall, 1-3 OAC) at Ohio Northern (11-6 Overall, 3-1 OAC)
Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 3 pm, ONU Softball Field, Ada, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: The Polar Bears play host to Ohio Athletic Conference opponent Wilmington ... Ohio Northern enters the contest 11-6 overall, 2-2 OAC after splitting a double header with Mount Union ... Junior Amanda Lahti led the Polar Bears in the double header as she recorded five hits, two doubles and three RBI ... This season ONU is lead by freshman Jenna Hollar who is batting .419 with 18 hits and 15 runs .... Freshman Gia Saturday is second in batting on the season with a .385 average, recoding 13 hits, six doubles, and a team-high 25 RBI ... Senior Kelly Sheridan and Lahti are tied for most hits with 21 apiece ... Freshman pitcher Kirsten Lightel leads ONU in the circle this season with a 7-1 record and a 1.38 ERA ... Wilmington enters todays contest 5-17 overall, 1-3 OAC after dropping both games of a double header to John Carroll ... The Quakers fell in game one 4-3 and 12-2 in game two ... Wilmington is led this season by freshman Savannah Hooper who is hitting a .443 average, with 27 hits and 11 runs ... Sophomore Kerrie Trautman is also among the top hitters for the Quakers hitting a .311 average with 23 hits and 9 runs ... Trautman also leads the Quakers in the circle with 29 strikeouts and 45.1 innings pitched..
Series Record: Ohio Northern is 24-2 lifetime against the Quakers ... The Polar Bears claimed the double header last season as they defeated Wilmington 23-15 in game one and 8-1 in game two .. Ohio Northern is 13-1 when playing the Quakers at the ONU Softball Field.
Batting Leaders
Batting Average |
Hits | Runs | RBI's | ||||||||||||||
1. | Hollar | .419 | 1. | Lahti |
21 | 1. | Martin | 16 | 1. | Saturday |
25 | ||||||
2. | Sheridan |
.368 | 2. | Sheridan | 21 | 2. | Hollar |
15 | 2. | Martin | 10 | ||||||
3. |
Lahti | .382 |
3. | Saturday | 20 | 3. | Saturday | 13 | 3. | Lahti | 9 | ||||||
Pitching Leaders
Wins |
ERA | Strikeouts |
|||||||||||
1. | Lightel | 7 | 1. | Lightel |
1.38 | 1. | Lightel | 54 | |||||
2. | Ordean | 3 | 2. | Ordean | 3.55 | 2. | Burden | 27 | |||||
3. |
Burden |
1 |
3. |
Burden |
5.20 | 3. |
Ordean |
15 |
ONU head coach Ali Hess: Hess in her second season at ONU with an overall record of 34-25.