Baseball: Ohio Northern (11-6 Overall) at Trine (Ind.) (9-8 Overall)

Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 4 p.m. – Jannen Field, Angola, Ind.

Tuesday's Preview: Ohio Northern travels to Angola, Ind., on Tuesday for a non-conference game at Trine (Ind.) … The Polar Bears are coming off a doubleheader split at No. 3 Baldwin Wallace on Sunday, winning 9-6 in Game 1 before falling 11-6 in Game 2 in both teams' Ohio Athletic Conference play opener … Northern was led offensively by senior Nate Webb, who had five hits, including two doubles and a home run, and five RBIs in the two games … Sophomore Blake Peterson pitched 1.1 innings of relief in Game 1 and earned the win to improve to 2-0 on the season … Sophomore Vaughn Duncan pitched the final 1.2 innings and earned his fifth save of the season, which leads the OAC … Through 17 games this season, sophomore Joey Kennedy leads ONU with a .413 batting average followed by Webb (.315) and fifth-year senior Corey McMann (.308) … Kennedy ranks sixth in the OAC in batting average and third in stolen bases (11) and leads the team with 14 runs … McMann has a team-best 20 hits, followed by Kennedy (19) and junior Logan Stevens (18) … Stevens has a team-high three home runs and 14 RBIs … Senior Jack Hutchins ranks second in the OAC among qualified pitchers in ERA (1.48) and is 3-1 on the season … Senior Tim Knapschaefer is tied for eighth in the OAC in strikeouts (25) … Knapschaefer has 122 career strikeouts, which is tied for 20th in program history … McMann ranks fourth all-time at ONU with 184 career hits and is a career .330 hitter … McMann ranks third all-time at ONU with 45 career doubles, which is one shy of the program record of 46 shared by Luke Klinehoffer and Scott Bush … Senior Jacob Wenning is tied for 47th all-time at ONU with 119 career hits and is a career .333 hitter … MIAA member Trine is coming off Sunday's doubleheader sweep of Wright State-Lake by scores of 5-2 and 3-2 … Seniors Robert Kortas (.390) and Avery Fulford (.333) lead the team in batting average … Junior Dalton Nikirk has a team-high 18 hits … Sophomore Matthew Martin has a team-best 13 RBIs … Kortas leads the team with six stolen bases … On the mound, the Thunder are led by senior Cole Decker (2-0, 2.35 ERA, 14 strikeouts) and junior Josh Hoogewerf (2-1, 2.67 ERA, 28 strikeouts).

Ohio Northern Batting Leaders

Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Trine (Ind.) by a 10-3 margin, including a 5-2 mark in Angola… In the teams' meeting last season, ONU came away with a 12-11 victory at home.

Head Coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his 12th season at the helm of the Ohio Northern baseball team … He has a 238-180 record, a winning percentage of .569.