Softball: Mount Union (9-13 Overall, 2-4 OAC) at Ohio Northern (18-4 Overall, 4-2 OAC)
Sunday, Apr. 8, 2018 - 1 p.m. - ONU Softball Field - Ada, Ohio
Preview: Northern enters Sunday afternoon's twinbill with Ohio Athletic Conference foe Mount Union winners of seven of its last eight contests ... ONU split a double header at Wilmington on Thursday afternoon, falling 4-2 in the first contest before responding with a 7-2 victory in game two ... Through 22 games this season, the Polar Bear offense has got off to a hot start ... Senior Jenna Hollar leads the team and OAC and is 22nd nationally with a .553 batting average ... The senior also leads the team and OAC with 27 stolen bases and ranks fifth nationally with 1.23 stolen bases per contest ... Hollar's 42 hits also lead the team and OAC and is tied for the 25th best mark nationally ... Sophomore Gabby Stewart currently leads the team and OAC with 28 RBI, which ranks in the top-50 nationally in Division III softball ... Sophomore Brady Guest currently ranks second on the team and is tied for fourth in the OAC, hitting a solid .452 at the plate ... In the pitchers circle, senior Kirsten Lightel leads the OAC with in ERA (1.46), wins (10), and strikeouts (82) ... Her 82 K's rank tied for 24th nationally, while her 10 victories are tied for 18th nationally ... The senior is currently 10 wins shy of tying the all-time wins record at ONU ... Mount Union enters the contest after splitting a double header against Muskingum ... The Purple Raiders are led offensively this season by freshman Allie Goldy's 28 hits ... Goldy also leads the team and is tied for fourth in the OAC, batting .452 ... Sophomore Morgan Riley leads the team with 18 RBI this season and has a team-best (tied second in the OAC) five home runs this season ... Freshman Brooklyn Hellman currently leads the team and ranks second in the OAC with 11 stolen bases ... In the pitchers circle, sophomore Hannah Reusser leads the team with seven victories ... Reusser also leads the team and ranks fourth in the OAC with 56 K's.
Batting Leaders
| Batting Ave. | Hits | Runs | RBI | |||||||||||
| 1. | Hollar | .553 | 1. | Hollar | 42 | 1. | Hollar | 32 | 1. | Stewart | 28 | |||
| 2. | Guest | .452 | 2. | Stewart | 26 | 2. | Swierz | 13 | 2. | Guest | 14 | |||
| 3. | Stewart | .400 | 3. | Guest | 19 | 3. | Huddle | 11 | 3. | Huddle | 11 |
Pitching Leaders
| Wins | ERA | Strikeouts | ||||||||
| 1. | Lightel | 10 | 1. | Lightel | 1.46 | 1. | Lightel | 82 | ||
| 2. | Surdej | 8 | 2. | Surdej | 2.71 | 2. | Surdej | 44 |
Series Notes: The Polar Bears lead the all-time series by a 48-41-1 margin ... The two teams have split the season series in each of the last three seasons ... Northern is 24-20-1 all-time against Mount Union at home.
ONU head coach Jackie Price: Price is in her second season as head coach of the Polar Bears and owns an 43-17 record, a winning percentage of .717.