Softball: Ohio Northern (11-9 Overall, 1-1 OAC) at John Carroll (6-8 Overall, 0-2 OAC)
Saturday, April 2, 2016, 11 am, Bracken Field, University Heights, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears enter today's match-up 11-9 overall, 1-1 OAC after splitting its conference opener with Marietta ... ONU claimed game one of the two game series 3-1, before falling in game two 6-5 ... Northern was led on the day by sophomore Kirsten Lightel ... The sophomore got the call in game one, pitching a complete game and surrendering just one hit in the contest ... The Northern offense is led this season by freshman Kylie Asmus, who is hitting a team-leading .446 ... The freshman has recorded a team-high 29 hits and 22 RBI's ... Senior Amanda Lahti is also having success at the dish for ONU, tying a team-high 22 RBI's, while hitting .323 ... In the circle, ONU is led by lightel with 63.2 innings of work and a team-high 55 strikeouts .. She leads the pitching staff with a 1.98 ERA ... John Carroll enters the contest 6-8 overall, 0-2OAC after dropping a double header to Capital ... The Blue Streaks are led this season by Quin Sobieszczanski who is hitting a team-leading .316 ... In the circle for John Carroll, AnnMarie Kirchner leads the way posting a 1.29 ERA through 38 innings of work ... Briana Lach (3.84 ERA, 27.1 IP) and Jessica Cook (4.52 ERA, 21.2 IP) completes the pitching staff for the Blue Streaks.
ONU Batting Leaders
| Batting Ave. |
Hits | Runs | RBI | |||||||||||
| 1. | Asmus | .446 | 1. | Asmus |
29 | 1. | Hollar | 19 | 1. | Asmus |
22 | |||
| 2. | Hollar | .443 | 2. | Hollar | 27 | 2. |
Asmus |
15 | Lahti | 22 | ||||
| 3. |
Lahti | .323 |
3. | Lahti | 21 | 3. | Hupp | 13 | 3. | Saturday | 9 |
Pitching Leaders
| Wins |
ERA | Strikeouts |
||||||||
| 1. | Lightel | 7 | 1. | Lightel | 1.98 | 1. | Lightel | 55 | ||
| 2. |
Surdej | 4 | 2. | Surdej | 4.43 | 2. | Surdej | 42 |
ONU head coach Ali Hess: Hess in her third season at ONU with an overall record of 54-42, a winning percentage of .563.