Softball: Ohio Northern (27-7 Overall, 13-5 OAC) at Transylvania (Ky.) (28-6 Overall, 14-2 HCAC)
Monday, Apr. 30, 2018 - 4:30 p.m. - John & Donna Hall Field - Lexington, Kentucky
Preview: Ohio Northern travels to Transylvania (Ky.) for its regular season finale on Monday afternoon ... The Polar Bears enter the twinbill after splitting a double header against Muskingum on Saturday ... Northern clinched the No. 3 seed in this weekend's OAC Tournament with the split ... Heading into its regular season finale, senior Jenna Hollar leads the team and is second in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a .463 batting average ... Sophomore Brady Guest ranks second on the team and fourth in the OAC with a .436 batting average ... Hollar's 56 hits leads the team and ranks second in the OAC ... Sophomore Gabby Stewart currently leads the team and is tied for fourth in the OAC with 35 RBI ... Stewart also ranks second on the team with 42 hits ... Hollar, ONU's all-time single season and career steals leader currently leads the team and OAC with 37 stolen bases and ranks fourth nationally with 1.13 stolen bases per contest ... Senior Kirsten Lightel leads the pitching staff and OAC with a 1.40 ERA and 15 victories ... Lightel's 111 K's ranks third in the OAC ... The senior is the only pitcher in school history to log 100 K's in each of her four seasons at ONU ... Junior Kaitlin Surdej ranks second on the team and fifth in the OAC with a 2.59 ERA ... Surdej is also second on the team and tied for fourth in the OAC with 12 victories ... Transylvania enters the contest after splitting a DH with Mt. St. Joseph ... The Pioneers are led offensively this season by junior Brittany Mumford's 45 hits ... Mumford also leads the Pioneer offense with 36 runs scored and a .413 batting average ... Senior Madison Dorsey leads the team with 25 RBI, while Mumford is second on the team with 21 RBI ... Senior Renae Morton leads the Transylvania pitching staff with a 15-4 record this season ... The senior has tossed a team-high 105.0 innings this season and leads the team with 137 strikeouts and a 0.47 ERA ... Morton leads the country in ERA, while the Pioneer pitching staff ranks second nationally with a 1.05 team ERA.
Batting Leaders
| Batting Ave. | Hits | Runs | RBI | |||||||||||
| 1. | Hollar | .463 | 1. | Hollar | 56 | 1. | Hollar | 46 | 1. | Stewart | 35 | |||
| 2. | Guest | .436 | 2. | Stewart | 42 | 2. | Swierz | 21 | 2. | Guest | 27 | |||
| 3. | Stewart | .412 | 3. | Guest | 34 | 3. | Stewart | 19 | 3. | Loughman | 19 |
Pitching Leaders
| Wins | ERA | Strikeouts | ||||||||
| 1. | Lightel | 15 | 1. | Lightel | 1.40 | 1. | Lightel | 111 | ||
| 2. | Surdej | 12 | 2. | Surdej | 2.59 | 2. | Surdej | 66 |
Series Notes: Transylvania (Ky.) leads the all-time series by a 2-0 margin ... The two teams met for the first time in 2006 where the Pioneers swept a twinbill.
ONU head coach Jackie Price: Price is in her second season as head coach of the Polar Bears and owns an 52-20 record, a winning percentage of .722.