Softball: Alma (Mich.) (9-6 Overall) and Calvin (Mich.) (11-5 Overall) at Ohio Northern (6-6 Overall)

Softball: Alma (Mich.) (9-6 Overall) and Calvin (Mich.) (11-5 Overall) at Ohio Northern (6-6 Overall)
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Team Stats

March 28, 2023

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 3 p.m. – ONU Softball Field, Ada, Ohio

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 3 p.m. – ONU Softball Field, Ada, Ohio

| Alma (Mich.) Game Program (.pdf) | Calvin (Mich.) Game Program (.pdf) |

Game Previews: Ohio Northern is hosting a doubleheader against Alma (Mich.) on Wednesday for its 2023 home opener and will host a doubleheader with Calvin (Mich.) on Thursday in games that were postponed from March 24 … The Polar Bears are coming off Sunday's doubleheader losses at No. 3 Trine (Ind.) by scores of 8-1 and 13-6 … Sophomore Taylor Hilty scored ONU's lone run in Game 1, hitting a solo home run … Sophomore Callie Rosser paced the offense in Game 2, recording a double and two RBIs … Through 12 games this season, Rosser leads the Polar Bears with a .316 batting average, followed by seniors Annika Murray (.310) and Lauren Walls (.286) … Rosser has a team-best 12 hits and seven RBIs and is tied with senior Sydney Motylinski for the team lead in runs with nine … In the pitching circle, sophomore Ashley Lenser is 4-2 with a 2.41 ERA and 19 strikeouts, and senior Allie Bican is 2-4 with a 3.08 ERA and 31 strikeouts … Lenser is tied for fifth in the OAC in wins … Bican ranks ninth in the OAC in strikeouts … Lenser is 16-6 with a 1.72 ERA and 93 strikeouts in her ONU career … Bican has a career ERA of 2.99 and ranks ninth all-time at ONU in career strikeouts with 190 … Fifth-year senior Abby Elliott has 125 career hits, which is tied for 24th all-time at ONU … Motylinski has 82 career hits, including 12 home runs, which is two shy of breaking into the top 10 all-time at ONU in that category … Alma (Mich.) is coming off Sunday's doubleheader sweep of Anderson (Ind.) by scores of 10-2 and 9-0 … Through 15 games, seniors Jessica Eva (.467) and Emma Fraser (.440) lead the Scots in batting average … Fraser has a team-high 19 RBIs … Eva and senior Taylor Griffith share the team lead in steals with 11 … In the pitching circle, AC is led by senior Daniella Little (3-1, 2.79 ERA, 37 strikeouts) and freshman Morgan Westall (3-1, 2.96 ERA, 29 strikeouts) … Calvin (Mich.) is coming off its 2023 home opener with a doubleheader sweep of Bluffton by scores of 9-0 and 4-0 ... Through 16 games, senior Sydney Duong (.456), graduate student Hannah Biddlecome (.455) and senior Kali Yant (.408) lead the Knights in batting average … Duong has a team-best 26 hits, seven doubles, four triples and 20 runs … Freshman Carly Dole has a team-best 14 RBIs ... Biddlecome is 7-for-8 on steal attempts this season, and Duong is 6-for-6 … Freshman Emma Ludema (5-1, 1.44 ERA, 25 strikeouts) and sophomore Zoe Hazelhoff (3-0, 1.64 ERA, 15 strikeouts) lead the CU pitching staff.

2023 Ohio Northern Batting Leaders:

  Batting Avg.       Hits       Runs       RBI  
1. Rosser .316   1. Rosser 12   1. Motylinski 9   1. Rosser 7
2. Murray .310   2. Murray 9     Rosser 9   2.  Elliott 6
3. Walls .286   3. Walls 8   3. Elliott 7   3.  Griffin 5

2023 Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders:

  Wins       ERA       Strikeouts  
1. Lenser 4   1. Lenser 2.41   1. Bican 31
2.  Bican  2    2.  Bican 3.08   2. Lenser 19
                     

All-Time Series: Alma (Mich.) leads the all-time series with Ohio Northern by a 20-10 margin … The teams met three times in 2022, as Alma swept a regular-season doubleheader by scores of 6-2 and 5-4 and defeated ONU 4-1 in the NCAA Tournament … Calvin (Mich.) leads the all-time series with Ohio Northern by a 7-4 margin ... This marks the teams' first meeting since 1997 when Calvin won a pair of games over ONU by scores of 6-0 and 7-4.

Head Coach Jackie Price: Price is in her seventh year at the helm of the Ohio Northern softball team … She owns a career record of 141-81-1, a .635 winning percentage.