Softball: Ohio Northern (22-4 Overall, 8-2 OAC) at John Carroll (11-10 Overall, 6-4 OAC)
Friday, Apr. 13, 2018 - 3 p.m. - Bracken Field - University Heights, Ohio
Preview: The Ohio Northern softball team will travel to University Heights to take on John Carroll on Friday afternoon ... The contest, originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon, was moved up to Friday to beat inclement weather in the forecast for Saturday ... Northern enters the contest on a 5-game winning streak, including a double header sweep over Baldwin Wallace ... Through 26 games this season, senior Jenna Hollar leads the team and Ohio Athletic Conference offensively with a .533 batting average and 30 stolen bases ... Northern's all-time steals leader currently ranks sixth nationally with 1.15 steals per contest ... Hollar also leads the team and OAC with 48 hits ... Sophomore Gabby Stewart currently leads the team and is second in the OAC with 31 RBI ... Her 11 doubles also leads the team and are tied for the best mark in the OAC ... In the pitchers circle, senior Kirsten Lightel leads the team and OAC with a 1.66 ERA and 12 victories ... Her 94 strikeouts lead the team and rank second in the OAC ... Junior Kaitlin Surdej ranks second on the team and OAC with a 2.38 ERA and 10 victories ... John Carroll enters the contest after splitting a double header with Heidelberg ... The Blue Streaks are led offensively by junior Lindsay McKnight ... McNight leads the way, hitting .403 and is tied with senior Hannah Mizener for first on the team with 27 hits ... Mizener's 20 RBI currently lead the team, while McKnight is second on the team with 13 RBI ... In the pitching circle, sophomore Jenn Patterson leads the team with six victories ... She also leads the team with 26 strikeouts, while junior Jessica Cook is second on the team with 24 K's.
Batting Leaders
| Batting Ave. | Hits | Runs | RBI | |||||||||||
| 1. | Hollar | .533 | 1. | Hollar | 48 | 1. | Hollar | 38 | 1. | Stewart | 31 | |||
| 2. | Guest | .434 | 2. | Stewart | 31 | 2. | Swierz | 18 | 2. | Loughman | 18 | |||
| 3. | Stewart | .403 | 3. | Guest | 23 | 3. | Stewart | 17 | 3. | Guest | 17 |
Pitching Leaders
| Wins | ERA | Strikeouts | ||||||||
| 1. | Lightel | 12 | 1. | Lightel | 1.66 | 1. | Lightel | 94 | ||
| 2. | Surdej | 10 | 2. | Surdej | 2.38 | 2. | Surdej | 51 |
Series Notes: The Polar Bears lead the all-time series by a 43-21 margin ... The two teams split the season series a season ago, while Northern has won six 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 47-17 record, a winning percentage of .734.