Softball tops Penn St.-Behrend, falls to Thomas (Maine) on penultimate day of spring break trip

Softball tops Penn St.-Behrend, falls to Thomas (Maine) on penultimate day of spring break trip
March 13, 2025

BARTOW, Fla. — The Ohio Northern softball team topped Penn St.-Behrend but fell to Thomas (Maine) on the penultimate day of their annual spring break trip on Thursday. ONU won 4-2 over PSU-Behrend and fell 3-1 to TC.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (2-6 overall), Penn St.-Behrend (4-4 overall), Thomas (4-5 overall).
  • Venue: Bartow Park - Bartow, Fla.

Game 1 - W, 4-2 v PSU Behrend

  • In the bottom of the first, senior Ashley Lenser (Brookville) singled home freshman Jaylee Fansler (Plainfield, Ind./Avon), then senior Callie Rosser (Republic/Monroeville) scored on a wild pitch to go up 2-0.
  • In the bottom of the second, Rosser singled home freshman Melanie Amann (Columbus/Upper Arlington), making the score 3-0.
  • The Lions scored one run in the top of the fifth, but the Polar Bears answered by scoring on a Behrend error.
  • Behrend scored once more in the top of the sixth.
  • Rosser and Lenser each went 2-for-3.
  • Lenser pitched a complete game with eight strikeouts.
  • ONU out-hit Behrend 7-5.

Game 2 - L, 1-3 v TC

  • The game remained scoreless until Thomas scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.
  • In the top of the seventh, freshman Lillie Marker (Saginaw, Mich./Heritage) doubled to left field to score freshman Mackenzie Hannahs (Alexandria/Northridge), but the Polar Bears came up short of the win.
  • Hannahs went 3-for-3 to lead ONU.
  • Sophomore Taylor Keck (Wadsworth) pitched all six innings, striking out two.
  • TC out-hit ONU 8-6.

Notables

  • Hannahs led the Polar Bears with a 4-for-6 day.
  • Lenser ranks 4th all-time in ONU history with 263 career strikeouts. She also has 89 career base hits.
  • Hannahs, Rosser and Fansler lead the team in batting through 8 games this season with averages of .333, .318 and .280, respectively.
  • Ohio Northern is in its 58th season of softball. The Polar Bears are 998-686-4 all-time, a winning percentage of .591.
  • First-year head coach Summer Collins is now 2-6 at Ohio Northern.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will wrap up their spring break trip on Friday when they face Nichols (Mass.) at 9:30 a.m. and St. Scholastica (Minn.) at 2:45 p.m.