Softball: Ohio Northern (20-4 Overall, 6-2 OAC) at Baldwin Wallace (10-12 Overall, 3-5 OAC)
Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2018 - 3 p.m. - BW Softball Field - Berea, Ohio
Preview: The Ohio Northern softball team enters Wednesday afternoon's contest after winning three straight, including a double header sweep over Mount Union on Sunday ... Sophomore Gabbey Stewart earned Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Hitter of the Week last week for her efforts during Northern's 3-1 week ... Through 24 games this season, senior Jenna Hollar leads the team and OAC in both batting average (.542), hits (45), and stolen bases (28) ... Her 1.17 stolen bases per game currently ranks fifth overall ... Stewart currently leads the team and ranks second in the OAC with 29 RBI ... Sophomore Brady Guest currently ranks second on the team and fifth in the OAC, hitting .447 ... Defensively, senior Kirsten Lightel leads the team and OAC in the pitchers circle in ERA (1.46) and wins (11) and is second in the conference with 87 strikeouts ... Junior Kaitlin Surdej is second on the team and fifth in the OAC with a 2.56 ERA, and is second on the team and in the OAC with nine victories ... Baldwin Wallace enters the contest after splitting a double header with Oberlin ... Through 22 games for the Yellow Jackets, junior Alexis Boledovic leads the team with 35 hits, while junior Erica English ranks second on the team with 27 hits ... Boledovic also leads the team with 16 RBI and leads the team and is tied for second in the OAC with 11 stolen bases ... On the pitchers mound senior Sam Mott leads the team with four victories and also leads the team and ranks fourth in the OAC with 70 K's ... Her 2.92 ERA also leads the team.
Batting Leaders
| Batting Ave. | Hits | Runs | RBI | |||||||||||
| 1. | Hollar | .542 | 1. | Hollar | 45 | 1. | Hollar | 35 | 1. | Stewart | 29 | |||
| 2. | Guest | .447 | 2. | Stewart | 28 | 2. | Swierz | 16 | 2. | Guest | 17 | |||
| 3. | Stewart | .400 | 3. | Guest | 21 | 3. | Huddle | 13 | 3. | Loughman | 14 |
Pitching Leaders
| Wins | ERA | Strikeouts | ||||||||
| 1. | Lightel | 11 | 1. | Lightel | 1.46 | 1. | Lightel | 87 | ||
| 2. | Surdej | 9 | 2. | Surdej | 2.56 | 2. | Surdej | 46 |
Series Notes: The Polar Bears lead the all-time series by a 45-29 margin ... The two teams split the season series a season ago, while Northern has won seven of the last eight meetings.
ONU head coach Jackie Price: Price is in her second season as head coach of the Polar Bears and owns an 45-17 record, a winning percentage of .726.