Baseball continues spring break trip with 7-3 loss to No. 14-ranked Rowan (N.J.)

AUBURNDALE, Fla. — The Ohio Northern baseball team dropped a 7-3 decision to No. 14-ranked Rowan (N.J.) on day five of its annual spring break trip on Wednesday morning.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (4-5 overall), Rowan (7-1 overall)
• Venue: Lake Myrtle #1 - Auburndale, Fla.

Game Highlights

• Junior Joey Kennedy (Sterling Heights, Mich./Foley Catholic) and freshman Kyler Lapp (Hall, Ill.) each had two hits to lead Northern's 8-hit attack.
• The Profs took a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the bottom the second.
• Northern rallied to take a 3-2 lead with a 3-run fifth inning.
• Lapp doubled home Kennedy with the first run and came home to tie the game at 2-2 on a double by senior Logan Stevens (Plain City/Alder).
• Junior Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) hit a sac fly to score Stevens with the go-ahead run.
• Rowan immediately answered with four runs in the bottom of the frame to regain the lead at 6-3.
• RU added an insurance run in the seventh to cap the scoring.

Notables

• This is the sixth of 10 games for Ohio Northern during its annual spring break trip.
• Ohio Northern is in its 119th season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1446-1142 all-time, a winning percentage of .559.
• 13th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 258-193 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .572.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Friday when they face Milwaukee School of Engineering (Wis.) at 4 pm at Northeast Regional Park #1.