Baseball: Trine (Ind.) (3-5 Overall) at Ohio Northern (7-4 Overall)
Saturday, March 19, 2016 - 1 pm, Wander Field, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Northern enter’s Saturday's matchup riding a 3-game win streak, including a 16-2 victory over Bluffton University Wednesday evening ... Sophomore Jordan Bostater posted his first career homerun to lead the way for Northern offensively ... The sophomore also added two runs and a game-high three RBIs ... Senior Andy Lubonovic went 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs for ONU, while senior Nick Eltzroth went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a run scored ... Senior Ben Glischinksi earned the victory on the mound for Northern after striking out a career-high 10 batters through five innings of work ... Through 11 games this season Eltzroth leads the team with 15 hits and a .385 BA ... Bostater leads Northern and is tied for fifth in the Ohio Athletic Conference with 12 RBIs ... Glischinski currently leads the team and ranks second in the OAC with a 0.60 ERA ... Glischinski is tied with senior Alex Crabtree with a team-high 22 strikeouts which also ranks third in the OAC ... Sophomore T.J. Storer currently leads the OAC with saves (2) and ranks third all-time at Ohio Northern with seven career saves ... Trine enter’s Saturday’s matchup after returning from the RussMatt Invitational in Auburndale, Florida where they posted a 3-5 record ... The Thunder are led by senior Kory Shackle who has a team-high .481 BA and 13 hits ... Shackle and freshman Jake Labounty lead the team with six RBI’s ... Junior Shaun Seigneur leads the pitching staff with nine K’s on the year, while sophomore Ben Wheaton leads the pitching staff with a team-low 4.09 ERA.
Batting Leaders
| Batting Average |
Hits | Runs | RBIs | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Eltzroth | .385 | 1. | Eltzroth |
15 | 1. | Lubonovic |
9 | 1. | Bostater | 12 | ||||||
| Lubonovic | .385 | 2. | Kasberg |
11 | 2. |
Bostater | 8 | 2. |
Barna | 5 | |||||||
| 3. | Barna | .357 |
3. | Barna | 10 | 3. | Small | 7 | Kasberg | 5 |
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| Lubonovic | 10 | McMullen | 5 |
Pitching Leaders
| Wins |
ERA | Strikeouts |
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| 1. | Crabtree | 2 | 1. | B.Glischinski | 0.60 | 1. | Crabtree | 22 | ||||
| Eltzroth | 2 | 2. | Crabtree | 1.00 | B.Glischinski | 22 |
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| B.Glischinski | 2 | 3. | Maier | 1.80 | 3. | Eltzroth | 20 | |||||
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4. |
Storer | 1 |
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 5-0 margin, including a double header sweep at Trine in 2015 ... Last season’s double header was the first time the two schools have played each other since the 2004 season where Northern won two games at TU.
ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte in his fifth season at ONU with an overall record of 97-69, a winning percentage of .584.