Baseball: Ohio Northern (2-2 Overall) vs St. John Fisher (N.Y.) (3-3 Overall) @ Winterhaven (Fla.)
Thursday, March 3, 2016 - 2:30 pm, Chain of Lakes Park, Winterhaven (Fla.)
Thursday's Preview: The Ohio Northern baseball team enter's Thursday's game after dropping a 3-2 decision to No. 22-ranked Wartburg (Ia.) Tuesday afternoon ... The Polar Bears received 34 points in the first weekly d3sports.com poll ... Sophomore Dan Barna led the way for Northern offensively after going 2-of-3 on the afternoon and adding and RBI single to give Northern an early 1-0 lead ... Junior Zach Maier made his first start in two years after returning from Tommy John surgery and struck out seven batter in five innings ... St. John Fisher enter's the contest after falling to Neumann University Wednesday afternoon 9-7 ... Tom Kline led the Cardinals after going 2-of-2 at the the plate and adding an RBi and two runs scored ... Mike Roman went 2-of-4 on the day while tallying two RBI's and a run.
Batting Leaders (2016 Stats)
|
Batting Average |
Hits | Runs | RBI's |
| 1. Barna .500 | 1. Eltzroth 6 | 1. Lubonovic 3 | 1. Bostater 4 |
| 2. Eltzroth .462 | t2. Lubonovic 4 | t2. Eltzroth 2 | 2. Eltzroth 2 |
| 3. Lubonovic .400 | t2. Barna 4 | t2. Shenefield 2 | 3. Barna 1 |
Pitching Leaders (2016 Stats)
| Wins | ERA | Strikeouts |
| t1. Eltzroth 1 | 1. Eltzroth 0.00 | 1. Maier 7 |
| t1. Crabtree 1 | 2. Maier 1.80 | 2. Eltzroth 6 |
ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his fifth season at ONU with an overall record of 92-67 and a winning percentage of .579.