Baseball: Mount Union (11-6 Overall, 2-0 OAC) and Allegheny (Pa.) (11-4 Overall) at Ohio Northern (8-9 Overall, 1-1 OAC)

Saturday, April 2, 2022, 1 p.m. – Wander Field, Ada, Ohio

Sunday, April 3, 2022, 12 p.m. – Wander Field, Ada, Ohio

| Mount Union Game Program (.pdf) | Allegheny (Pa.) Game Program (.pdf) |

Weekend Preview: The Ohio Northern baseball team is playing three home games over the weekend, hosting a doubleheader against Ohio Athletic Conference foe Mount Union on Saturday and a non-conference game against Allegheny (Pa.) on Sunday … The Polar Bears are coming off Wednesday's 9-1 win at Ohio Wesleyan, marking their third straight victory … Junior Nick Rothmann paced the ONU offense with three hits, including a double, and three RBIs … Senior Corey McMann added a double as part of a two-hit game, and sophomore Dakota Durick also tallied two hits … Senior Chayten Overholt finished with a single and two RBIs … Sophomore Kaidan Domer earned his first career win, pitching 3.1 shutout innings in relief and allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out three … McMann leads the team in batting average (.379), is tied with junior Jacob Wenning for the team lead in hits (22) and is tied with junior Nate Webb with a team-high 13 runs … Wenning (.373) and Durick (.310) are also hitting above .300 on the season … Sophomore Logan Stevens leads ONU in RBIs with 15 … McMann has seven doubles this season and is tied for fourth all-time at ONU with 37 career doubles … McMann ranks 33rd in program history with 134 career hits … Overholt needs 11 hits to join the 100-Hit Club … Freshman Joey Kennedy leads ONU in steals (8) … Sophomore Noah Truax leads the Polar Bears' pitching staff in ERA (1.86) and is tied with freshman Kyle Lawrence in strikeouts (20) … Truax ranks eighth in the OAC in ERA, and junior Tim Knapschaefer ranks ninth with a 2.14 ERA … Mount Union enters Saturday's doubleheader at 11-6 overall and riding a four-game win streak coming off Wednesday's 14-9 home win over Oberlin … Zack Mazza led the way offensively in the victory with a home run and three RBIs … Nate Duliba leads the Purple Raiders in batting average (.403), hits (27) and doubles (6) and is tied with Eric Schilling and Trey Weaver for the team lead in RBIs (13) … On the mound, Dwayne Sumler has a team-best 1.55 ERA, and Thomas Gallant leads the team in strikeouts (47) … North Coast Athletic Conference member Allegheny (Pa.) has a three-game weekend with a doubleheader at Wabash (Ind.) on Saturday prior to Sunday's trip to Ohio Northern … The Gators enter the weekend at 11-4 overall and are riding a six-game win streak … Ben Kosbie (.409) and Brett Heckert (.396) lead the team in batting average … Heckert and Jacob Budnar have a team-high 19 hits … Tyson Bryant-Dawson leads the team with three home runs and 17 RBIs … The Gators' pitching staff is led by Bobby Kusinsky (4-0, 2.79 ERA, 29 strikeouts), Conor Deasy (4-1, 2.83 ERA, 39 strikeouts) and Daniel Morgano (3-2, 2.89 ERA, 36 strikeouts).

Ohio Northern Batting Leaders

Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Mount Union by a 64-44-1 margin, including 32-20 at home … Mount Union has won four of the past five meetings … Sunday marks the first all-time meeting between Ohio Northern and Allegheny (Pa.).

Head Coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his 11th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern baseball team … He has a 216-162 record, a winning percentage of .571.