Baseball: Ohio Northern (2-1 Overall) v Finlandia (Mich.) (0-2 Overall)
Wednesday, March 4, 2014, 9 am, Terry Park #3, Ft. Myers, Fla.
Wednesday's Matchup: Wednesday's contest will be the fourth of eight during ONU's Spring Break trip to Ft. Myers, Fla., and the Gene Cusic Classic ... Northern is coming off a 17-3 victory over Northland (Wis.) on Monday ... Senior Jack LaMarca became the first Polar Bear in at least a generation to hit for the cycle, going 4-4 with a grand slam and 7 RBI ... Through 3 games this season, junior Nick Eltzroth leads the team in batting with an .833 average ... LaMarca is second at .556 and senior Dan Belliveau is third at .429 ... Northern's starting pitchers have not yet give up an earned run this season, as Eltzroth (7.0 IP), junior Ben Glischinski (6.0 IP) and junior Alex Crabtree (6.0 IP) all have 0.00 ERAs.
Batting Leaders
| Batting Average |
Hits | Runs | RBIs | |||||||||||
| 1. | Eltzroth | .833 | 1. | Eltzroth | 5 | 1. | Belliveau | 5 | 1. | LaMarca | 8 | |||
| 2. | LaMarca |
.556 | LaMarca | 5 | 2. | LaMarca | 4 | 2. | Eltzroth | 3 | ||||
| 3. |
Belliveau |
.429 |
3. | Belliveau | 3 | 3. | Foley |
3 | 3. | Guitar | 2 | |||
Pitching Leaders
| Wins |
ERA | Strikeouts |
||||||||
| 1. | Eltzroth | 1 |
1. | Eltzroth | 0.00 |
1. | Glischinski |
7 |
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| Crabtree | 1 | Glischinski |
0.00 | 2. |
Crabtree | 7 | ||||
| Crabtree |
0.00 |
3. | Eltzroth | 6 | ||||||
All-Time Series: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 2-0 margin ... The Polar Bears swept the Lions 9-2 and 14-3 in 2012 in Ft. Myers.
Head Coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his third season as head coach of the Polar Bears. He has a career record of 62-57 (.521).