Thursday, May 6, 2021, 1 p.m. - ONU Softball Field, Ada, Ohio
Saturday, May 8, 2021, 1 p.m. - Otterbein Softball Field, Westerville, Ohio
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This Weekend's Series: The Polar Bears will wrap up their 2021 regular season with a four-game series with Otterbein this weekend ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games based on the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Each player will receive two admissions each game ... No tickets will be available to the general public ... The 6-team OAC Tournament will run next week from May 11-16 ... ONU is currently in fourth place and would clinch a spot in the tournament with one victory in the series with OU ... Seeds #3 and #4 will host seeds #6 and #5, respectively, in the quarterfinals on Tuesday ... Those winners will travel to the top two seeds for the semifinals on Thursday ... The finals will be a best-of-3 series on Saturday and Sunday ... ONU went 1-3 in last weekend's series against Muskingum ... Junior Stacey Walters threw a threw a 4-hit shutout to lead Ohio Northern to a 1-0 win in Game 3 ... Thru 34 games this season, sophomore Sydney Motylinski leads the team with a .390 batting average, 39 hits, 24 RBI, and 7 home runs ... Senior Abby Davis and junior Abby Elliott are tied for second in batting at .340 ... Davis is second in the OAC with 21 walks and leads the team with a .456 on base percentage ... Senior Brady Guest ranks tied for 6th in ONU history with 16 HRs and is tied for 21st with 126 base hits... Senior Alicia Swierz is tied for 25th with 122 hits ... Senior Gabby Stewart ranks 10th on ONU's all-time career hits list with 181, is fifth with 17 home runs, fourth with 130 RBIs and is fourth with 42 doubles ... Otterbein is still alive for a spot in next week's OAC Tournament ... OU needs to sweep ONU, get one win by Wilmington and 2 wins by Heidelberg in this weekend's action to qualify ... OU split a 4-game series with Marietta on Friday and Tuesday ... Senior Hannah Dobrick is third in the OAC with a .430 batting average ... She leads the team and is second in the OAC with 8 HRs and leads the league with 22 BBs ... Junior Macy Allen is second on the team in hitting at .330 ... Freshman Brook Crosby is 6-7 with 78 Ks and a 3.10 ERA in the circle.
Ohio Northern Batting Leaders:
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Batting Ave. |
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Hits |
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Runs |
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RBI |
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| 1. |
Motylinski |
.444 |
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1. |
Motylinski |
36 |
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1. |
Motylinski |
24 |
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1. |
Motylinski |
26 |
| 2. |
Davis |
.354 |
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2. |
Renner |
31 |
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2. |
Elliott |
21 |
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2. |
Elliott |
22 |
| 3. |
Elliott |
.341 |
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3. |
Davis |
29 |
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3. |
Davis |
19 |
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3. |
Davis |
19 |
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Renner |
.341 |
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Murray |
29 |
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Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders:
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Wins |
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ERA |
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Strikeouts |
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| 1. |
Walters |
8 |
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1. |
Walters |
3.82 |
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1. |
Walters |
61 |
| 2. |
Harris |
2 |
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2. |
Bican |
4.04 |
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2. |
Bican |
59 |
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Daum |
2 |
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3. |
Daum |
4.36 |
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3. |
Daum |
12 |
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Bican |
2 |
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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 51-22 margin ... Northern is 20-11 at home and 31-10 on the road ... ONU has won 3 of the last 5 meetings, but OU won the last two last season.
Head Coach Jackie Price: Price is in her fifth season at the helm of the Ohio Northern softball team … She owns an 103-63-1 record, a winning percentage of .620 ... She is 124-112-1 in seven seasons as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .525.
