Softball: Heidelberg (15-22 Overall, 5-11 OAC) at Ohio Northern (19-15 Overall, 9-7 OAC)

Saturday, May 6, 2023, 1 p.m. – ONU Softball Field, Ada, Ohio

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Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern closes its regular season hosting an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader against Heidelberg on Saturday for Senior Day … The Polar Bears are in fifth place in the OAC standings, one game behind Baldwin Wallace … Baldwin Wallace is scheduled to play a doubleheader at John Carroll on Friday … The top four teams qualify for the OAC Tournament, which is scheduled for May 11-13 … ONU is coming off falling 4-0 and 2-0 in a doubleheader at Mount Union on April 27 … Through 34 games, fifth-year senior Abby Elliott leads the Polar Bears with a .330 batting average, followed by sophomore Callie Rosser (.319) and senior Sydney Motylinski (.297) … Rosser has a team-best 36 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 10-7 with a 2.23 ERA and 58 strikeouts, and senior Allie Bican is 9-8 with a 2.95 ERA and 93 strikeouts … Lenser ranks sixth in the OAC in wins and ERA … Bican is tied for seventh in the OAC in wins and ranks sixth in strikeouts … In her career, Lenser is 22-11 with a 1.85 ERA and 132 strikeouts, which is tied for 12th in program history … Bican is 21-18 with a career ERA of 2.96 and ranks fourth all-time at ONU in career strikeouts with 252 … Elliott has 149 career hits, which ranks 14th all-time at ONU … Motylinski has 103 career hits, including 16 home runs, which is tied for sixth all-time at ONU … Heidelberg is coming off dropping both games of a doubleheader to Marietta last Saturday, 4-3 and 12-8 … On the season, Emma Dean (.506) and Gabbie Stallbaum (.318) lead the Student Princes in batting average … Dean leads HU in hits (42) and doubles (15) and is tied with Ellie Tressler for the team lead in RBIs (23) … Stallbaum has a team-best five home runs … Hanna Blasinsky leads the team with seven steals … Jessica Voitko (8-9, 2.20 ERA, 71 strikeouts) and Caitlin Dems (5-4, 3.66 ERA, 36 strikeouts) lead the HU pitching staff.

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Heidelberg by a 64-19-1 margin, including a 44-5 mark in Ada … ONU has won four straight meetings … Last season, ONU swept a home doubleheader with HU, winning 6-3 and 2-1.

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 154-90-1, a .631 winning percentage.