Baseball opens 10-game spring break schedule with 13-3 loss to No. 19-ranked Salve Regina (R.I.)

AUBURNDALE, Fla. — The Ohio Northern baseball team began its 10-game spring break schedule on Saturday with a 13-3 loss to No. 19-ranked Salve Regina (R.I.) at the Lake Myrtle Main Complex.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (2-2 overall), #19 Salve Regina (6-1 overall)
• Venue: Lake Myrtle Main - Auburndale, Fla.

Game Highlights

• Junior Sam Sells (Lewis Center/Olentangy Orange) led the ONU offense with a 3-for-4 day.
• Salve Regina broke open a tight 3-3 game with 10 runs in the top of the ninth.
• The Polar Bears rallied from a 2-0 deficit with a 3-run fifth inning to take a 3-2 lead.
• Freshman Kyler Lapp (Hall, Ill.) hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to score sophomore Chase Armstrong (Louisville, Ky./Trinity) and junior Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) followed with a ground out RBI to score senior Logan Stevens (Plain City/Jonathan Alder) and tie the game.
• Sells then singled home senior Logan Stevens (Plain City/Jonathan Alder) to make it 3-2.
• The Seahawks tied the game at 3-3 with a run in the seventh.
• Senior Noah Truax (Lewis Center/Bishop Watterson) threw six strong innings on the hill, allowing just two unearned runs while striking out seven.

Notables

• The Polar Bears are scheduled to play nine more games over the next eight days.
• Ohio Northern is in its 119th season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1444-1140 all-time, a winning percentage of .559.
• Asbury competes in the National Christian College Athletic Association.
• 13th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 256-191 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .573.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Monday when they play a pair of 7-inning games against Mount Saint Joseph beginning at 9:15 am at Lake Myrtle Main #2.