Saturday, March 13, 2021, Noon - Wander Field, Ada, Ohio
Sunday, March 14, 2021, 1 pm - Peaceful Valley, Tiffin, Ohio
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This Weekend's Preview: Today's doubleheader will serve as the 2021 season opener for both teams ... The four games this weekend will be considered as non-conference games toward the OAC Regular Season title, as the four-game between ONU and HU, set April 10-11, will be classified as league contests ... Tenth-year head coach Gene Stechschulte welcomes back eight position starters, five pitchers and 20 lettermen from last year's squad that went 5-5 before the season was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... All-Conference seniors Nate Bye and Michael Rocco lead the list of returners ... Bye is a fifth-year senior that leads a strong and deep group of hurlers after being named First Team All-Conference as a junior in 2019 ... He expects to be the opening-day starter for the second consecutive year ... Bye is 10-6 with a 3.27 ERA in 28 career appearances and ranks 24th on ONU's all-time career strikeout list with 107 ... A career .363 batter, Rocco was All-OAC as a shortstop in 2019 and has also logged time at third base and second base ... ONU and HU will conclude their 4-game set on Sunday with a double header at Tiffin ... Heidelberg enters the 2021 season gunning for its second consecutive OAC title ... The Student Princes went 35-15, shared the OAC Regular Season title with a 14-4 record and won the OAC Tournament in 2019 ... The Student Princes then won the Mideast Regional Tournament ... HU was 7-5 last season before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Returning Ohio Northern Batting Leaders (2020 Stats):
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Batting Ave. |
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Hits |
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Runs |
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RBIs |
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Webb |
.417 |
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McMann |
14 |
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1. |
McMann |
11 |
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Thwaits |
9 |
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Burkett |
.412 |
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McMann |
14 |
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2. |
Mills |
7 |
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2. |
McMann |
7 |
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Thwaits |
.382 |
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Mills |
14 |
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2. |
Thwaits |
7 |
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3. |
Rocco |
6 |
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Wenning |
6 |
Returning Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders (2020 Stats):
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Wins |
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ERA (Min. 6 Inn.) |
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Strikeouts |
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Saves |
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Bye |
1 |
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1. |
Knapschaefer |
0.00 |
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1. |
Bye |
15 |
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1. |
Johnson |
1 |
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Fisher |
1 |
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2. |
Bye |
1.40 |
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2. |
Dodson |
7 |
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Knapschaefer |
1 |
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3. |
Dodson |
3.00 |
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3. |
Knapschaefer |
5 |
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All-Time Series: ONU leads the all-time series between the schools by a 84-61 margin ... ONU is 42-24 at home and 24-16 at Wander Field ... The teams split their last two games in the 2019 OAC Tournament.
Head Coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his 10th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern baseball team … He owns a 187-138 record, a .575 winning percentage.
