Softball: Ohio Northern (19-13 Overall, 9-5 OAC) at Mount Union (27-7 Overall, 10-4 OAC)

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 3 p.m. – 23rd Street Softball Field, Alliance, Ohio

Thursday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Thursday with a doubleheader at Mount Union … The Polar Bears are in fourth place in the OAC standings behind a three-way tie for first between Mount Union, Muskingum and Marietta … ONU is coming off falling 6-3 and 6-5 in a doubleheader against Capital on Wednesday … Senior Sydney Motylinski became the 43rd member of ONU's 100-Hit Club with four hits on the day … Through 32 games, fifth-year senior Abby Elliott leads the Polar Bears with a .337 batting average, followed by sophomore Callie Rosser (.327) and Motylinski (.294) … Rosser has a team-best 35 hits, shares the team lead with Elliott with 15 RBIs and shares the team lead with Motylinski with 22 runs … Junior Kaylie Griffin leads the team with seven doubles, and Motylinski has a team-high four home runs … In the pitching circle, sophomore Ashley Lenser is 10-6 with a 2.09 ERA and 55 strikeouts, and senior Allie Bican is 9-7 with a 3.13 ERA and 89 strikeouts … Lenser is tied for fourth in the OAC in wins and ranks fifth in ERA … Bican ranks seventh in the OAC in wins and is tied for fifth in strikeouts … In her career, Lenser is 22-10 with a 1.78 ERA and 129 strikeouts, which ranks 13th in program history … Bican is 21-17 with a career ERA of 3.03 and ranks fifth all-time at ONU in career strikeouts with 248 … Elliott has 149 career hits, which ranks 14th all-time at ONU … Motylinski has 101 career hits, including 16 home runs, which is tied for sixth all-time at ONU … Mount Union is coming off Sunday's 18-2, 18-1 doubleheader sweep of Wilmington … The Purple Raiders tallied a combined 30 hits on the day … Adri George (.411), Faith Reicosky (.406) and Sydney Mercer (.402) lead UMU in batting average, ranking fourth, fifth and ninth, respectively, in the OAC … Mercer ranks second in the OAC in runs (35), is tied for second in RBIs (31) and is tied for third in hits (45) … Grace Heath has an OAC-high 23 steals … Kendyll Cahill (18-4, 1.08 ERA, 120 strikeouts) and Chloe Bird (4-1, 3.03 ERA, 21 strikeouts) lead the UMU pitching staff … Cahill leads the OAC in ERA, wins and strikeouts.

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Mount Union by a 58-44-1 margin, including a 24-18 mark in Alliance … ONU has won six straight meetings … Last season, ONU came away with a 3-2, 5-3 doubleheader sweep at UMU during the regular season and defeated the Raiders 6-4 and 4-3 in the OAC Tournament.

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 154-88-1, a .636 winning percentage.