Baseball: Capital (8-22 Overall, 1-11 OAC) and Defiance (7-18 Overall) at Ohio Northern (13-17 Overall, 4-8 OAC)

Saturday, April 23, 2022, 1 p.m. – Wander Field, Ada, Ohio
Sunday, April 24, 2022, 2 p.m. – Wander Field, Ada, Ohio

| Capital Game Program (.pdf) | Defiance Game Program (.pdf) |

Weekend Preview: Ohio Northern closes out the week with an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader at home against Capital on Saturday and a non-conference game at home against Defiance on Sunday … The Polar Bears are celebrating Senior Day after Saturday's second game against Capital when they will recognize seniors Jon Hillberry, Corey McMann, Chayten Overholt, Tom Pitko and Sam Zeleznik … Northern is coming off Wednesday's doubleheader sweep at No. 13 Baldwin Wallace, falling 11-2 and 12-2 … McMann had a two-run home run, and sophomore Logan Stevens added three hits, including a double, in Game 1 … Junior Jacob Wenning had two hits, including a double, to go with two hits from freshman Joey Kennedy to lead the ONU offense in Game 2 … Through 30 games, Wenning leads the team in batting average (.405), hits (47), runs (25) and RBIs (26) … Wenning ranks eighth in the OAC in batting average and tied for eighth in hits … Freshman Ethan Spears ranks second on the team in batting average (.373), and his team-high seven home runs is tied for second in the OAC … McMann ranks third on the team in batting average (.345) and second in hits (38) … Junior Nate Webb ranks second on the team in runs scored (22) and third in hits (32) and RBIs (22) … Stevens ranks second on the team in RBIs (23) … Kennedy has a team-high nine stolen bases … McMann has 10 doubles this season and is tied for third all-time at ONU with 40 career doubles … McMann is tied for 17th in program history with 150 career hits, and Overholt has 103 career hits, which is tied for 61st all-time … Sophomore Noah Truax leads the Polar Bears' pitching staff in ERA (1.86), and junior Tim Knapschaefer ranks second with a 3.25 ERA … Knapschaefer has a team-high 40 strikeouts, which is tied for 10th in the OAC, and ranks fifth among qualified pitchers in the conference in ERA … Capital enters Saturday's doubleheader coming off Friday's doubleheader at Wilmington … The Comets lost 13-8 in Game 1 and 4-3 in 10 innings in Game 2 … Logan White led the CU offense, going a combined 5-for-10 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored … Through 30 games, White has a team-high .414 batting average, 48 hits, 10 doubles, 34 RBIs and 29 runs scored … Ryne McKinney is batting .305 with a team-high four home runs … Cole Callaghan has a team-high 15 stolen bases … On the mound, Brennon Newell has a team-best 3.33 ERA, and Curtis Clark has a team-high 24 strikeouts … Heartland conference member Defiance will enter Sunday's game coming off a Saturday doubleheader against Anderson (Ind.) … Nate Keffenbarger enters the weekend with a team-high .457 batting average, 42 hits and nine doubles … Hunter Bostater has a team-high 20 RBIs … On the mound, Cohen Nies has a team-best 4.26 ERA and 49 strikeouts and is 4-2 on the season.

Ohio Northern Batting Leaders

Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Capital by a 71-32-1 margin, including a 32-16 mark at home … ONU has won 11 of the past 13 meetings … The teams last met for a two-game set in Ada in April 2019 with ONU winning 11-10 in Game 1 and Capital winning 5-1 in Game 2 … Northern leads the all-time series with Definance by a 39-27-1 margin, including a 25-8-1 mark at home … ONU has won six of the past seven meetings … The teams last met in March 2019 with Defiance getting a 4-0 home win.

Head Coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his 11th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern baseball team … He has a 221-170 record, a winning percentage of .565.