Baseball Preview: Wittenberg (6-10 Overall, 2-2 NCAC) at Ohio Northern (11-9 Overall, 2-2 OAC)

April 6, 2016

Thursday, April 7, 2016 - 4 pm, Wander Field, Ada, Ohio

Thursday's Preview: Northern enters this afternoon’s matchup on a 4-game skid, including two losses to Ohio Athletic Conference foe John Carroll Sunday afternoon ... Through 20 games this season senior Andy Lubonovic leads the team with a .385 batting average, while senior Nick Eltzroth ranks second with a .361 BA ... Eltzroth and Lubonovic also rank 1-2 on the team with 26 and 25 hits, respectively ... Sophomore Jordan Bostater currently ranks first on the team with 17 RBIs and is tied for fourth on the team with 15 hits ... Eltzroth leads the pitching staff with 36 K’s and a 4-2 record ... Through 18.1 innings pitched this season, sophomore T.J. Storer has a team-best 0.00 ERA and has only given up four hits in six appearances on the mound ... The sophomore also leads the team and OAC with four saves and is tied for second all-time at ONU with nine career saves ... Lubonovic currently leads the OAC with 10 stolen bases, while Eltzroth is tied for second in the conference with four wins on the bump ... As a team, Northern currently ranks second nationally with a 2.24 team ERA ... Senior pitcher Ben Glischinski ranks second on the team with 32 strikeouts and has a team high 11.37 strikeouts per game ... Wittenberg enters today’s matchup after defeating DePauw twice on Saturday and dropping two games to DePauw on Sunday ... Junior Josh Kaplin leads the Tigers with a .318 BA, while ranking second on the team in RBIs (11) and OBP (.434) ... Freshman Matt Baker ranks first on the team with 19 hits ... The WU pitching staff is led by senior Luke Black with 12 strikeouts through 21 innings of work ... Senior Jordan Hitt has a team-low 3.72 ERA.

Batting Leaders

	Batting Average			Hits			Runs			RBIs
1.	Lubonovic	.385	1.	Eltzroth	26	1.	Lubonovic	17	1.	Bostater	17
2.	Eltzroth	.361	2.	Lubonovic	25	2.	Kasberg	13	2.	Eltzroth	11
3.	Small	.288	3.	Kasberg	19		Small	13		Lubonovic	11

Pitching Leaders

	Wins			ERA			Strikeouts
1.	Eltzroth	4	1.	Storer	0.00	1.	Eltzroth	36
2.	B.Glischinski	3	2.	Maier	0.64	2.	B.Glischinski	32
3.	Crabtree	2	3.	Crabtree	1.00	3.	Crabtree	22

Series Notes: The series between the two schools is knotted at 22-22 ... Northern won the most recent matchup in 2014 as they defeated the Tigers 8-3 at Wittenberg.

ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte in his fifth season at ONU with an overall record of 101-74, a winning percentage of .577.