Softball: Ohio Northern (12-10 Overall, 3-3 OAC) v Mt. St. Joseph (17-7 Overall) and at Wilmington (10-12 Overall, 0-6 OAC)

Softball: Ohio Northern (12-10 Overall, 3-3 OAC) v Mt. St. Joseph (17-7 Overall) and at Wilmington (10-12 Overall, 0-6 OAC)
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Team Stats

April 10, 2023

Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 3:30 p.m. – ONU Softball Field, Ada, Ohio

Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 3 p.m. – Wilmington Softball Complex, Wilmington, Ohio

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Game Previews: Ohio Northern opens the week hosting a doubleheader against non-conference foe Mt. St. Joseph on Tuesday before playing an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader at Wilmington on Wednesday … The Polar Bears are coming off sweeping a home doubleheader against Muskingum by scores of 3-2 and 4-2 … Through 22 games this season, sophomore Callie Rosser leads the Polar Bears with a .342 batting average, followed by senior Annika Murray (.313) … Rosser has a team-best 25 hits, 14 runs and 12 RBIs … Rosser is tied for 10th in the OAC in hits … Junior Kaylie Griffin has 18 hits, including a team-high six doubles, which is tied for 10th in the OAC … In the pitching circle, sophomore Ashley Lenser is 7-4 with a 2.07 ERA and 34 strikeouts, and senior Allie Bican is 5-6 with a 3.71 ERA and 58 strikeouts … Lenser ranks sixth in the OAC in wins and eighth in ERA … Bican ranks fifth in the OAC in strikeouts … Lenser is 19-8 with a 1.71 ERA and 108 strikeouts in her ONU career, which ranks 15th in program history … Bican has a career ERA of 3.18 and ranks fifth all-time at ONU in career strikeouts with 217 … Fifth-year senior Abby Elliott has 136 career hits, which is tied for 16th all-time at ONU … Senior Sydney Motylinski has 87 career hits, including 12 home runs, which is two shy of breaking into the top 10 all-time at ONU in that category … Mt. St. Joseph is coming off sweeping a doubleheader over Hanover (Ind.) on Saturday by scores of 9-1 and 11-3 and has won six straight games … On the season, Kaci Finchum (.406) and Maddie Kennedy (.397) lead the Lions in batting average … Finchum has a team-best nine doubles … Macy Cornelius leads the team with 20 runs and 28 hits … Courtney Keller has a team-high eight home runs and 23 RBIs … Casey Kemp (8-3, 1.17 ERA, 61 strikeouts) and Keller (8-4, 3.36 ERA, 40 strikeouts) lead the MSJ pitching staff … Wilmington is coming off Friday's doubleheader sweep at Heidelberg, falling 6-0 in both games … On the season, Lindsey Carter (.452) and Judaea Wilson (.446) lead the Quakers in batting average … Carter ranks fifth in the OAC in batting average and is tied for fourth in steals (8) … Wilson leads the OAC in triples (4) and is tied for second in the conference in runs (22) and hits (37) … Logann Julian is tied for fourth in the OAC in RBIs (19) … Alexis Stringfellow (4-3, 4.11 ERA, 7 strikeouts) and Hillary Huffer (3-3, 4.06 ERA, 13 strikeouts) lead the WC pitching staff.

2023 Ohio Northern Batting Leaders:

  Batting Avg.       Hits       Runs       RBI  
1. Rosser .342   1. Rosser 25   1. Rosser 14   1. Rosser 12
2. Murray .313   2. Elliott 18   2.  Elliott 13   2.  Wilson 10
3. Elliott .300     Griffin 18     Motylinski 13   3.  Bican 9
  Griffin  .300                      Elliott  9 

2023 Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders:

  Wins       ERA       Strikeouts  
1. Lenser 7   1. Lenser 2.07   1. Bican 58
2.  Bican  5    2.  Bican 3.71   2. Lenser 34
                     

All-Time Series: The all-time series between Ohio Northern and Mt. St. Joseph is tied 1-1 after a doubleheader split in Ada in 2016, as ONU won 8-6 and MSJ won 6-5 … Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Wilmington by a 35-7 margin … Last season, the teams split a doubleheader in Ada, as ONU won 3-0 before falling 8-4.

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 147-85-1, a .633 winning percentage.