Baseball falls to Albion (Mich.) 11-4 as ONU's 5-game win streak ends
March 26, 2025
ADA — The Ohio Northern baseball team fell to Albion (Mich.) 11-4 on Wedneday afternoon, ending ONU's 5-game winning streak.
The Basics
- Records: Ohio Northern (14-6 Overall), Albion (Mich.) (6-8 Overall).
- Venue: Wander Field - Ada, Ohio.
The Game
- Freshman Charlie Oakleaf (New Albany) knocked in two runs for the Polar Bears on an RBI single in the 6th, cutting the game to 10-2.
- Albion jumped on top early, and scoring the game's first 10 goals.
- Northern would get two more runs on an RBI double by sophomore Kyle Callahan (Brunswick) in the bottom of the ninth.
- Oakleaf led the ONU offense on the day, going 2-4 with 2 RBIs.
Notables
- Ohio Northern now leads the all-time series 12-6 over Albion.
- Through 20 games this season, sophomore Evan Russ (Westfield, Ind.) leads the Polar Bears with a .367 batting average, going 18-for-49 with 17 RBI.
- Junior Chase Armstrong (Louisville, Ky./Trinity) has now recorded 96 hits in 94 games. He is also tied for 7th all-time at ONU with 20 career home runs.
- Senior Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) has 94 hits in 105 games.
- Ohio Northern is in its 120th season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1480-1160-20 all-time, a winning percentage of .560.
- 14th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 292-212 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .588.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will return to action on Saturday when they face off in a Ohio Athletic Confrence double header against Marietta at 1 p.m at Wander Field.
