Softball: Wilmington (14-4 Overall, 2-2 OAC) at Ohio Northern (7-9 Overall, 1-1 OAC)
Game 2
Game 2
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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Wilmington | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
Ohio Northern | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 13 | 17 | 2 |
Game 1
Game 1
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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Wilmington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Ohio Northern | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 | 10 | 2 |
Team Stats
Game 2
Wilmington
Game 1
Wilmington
Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 3 p.m. — ONU Softball Field, Ada, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: Ohio Northern will kick off back-to-back OAC double headers with two games against Wilmington at the ONU Softball Field on Tuesday ... The Polar Bears will then travel to Capital for two games on Wednesday, after those games were postponed on Monday due to snow ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 3-2, 3-7 split with non-conference foe Wooster on Wednesday ... Junior Alicia Swierz hit a 2-run home run to break a 1-all tie and give ONu a 3-1 lead in the 6th in Game 1 ... Sophomore Brady Guest and senior Hailee Loughman each hit home runs to account for ONU's 3 runs ... Senior Kaitlin Surdej improved to 4-4 in the circle with the complete-game victory in Game 1 ... Through 16 games this season, Guest leads the team and is fifth in the OAC with a .481 batting average (26-for-54) ... She also leads the team with 26 base hits, 4 doubles, 3 home runs, 15 RBI and a .722 slugging percentage ... Junior Gabby Stewart is second on the team with a .434 batting average and freshman Kara May is third on the team with a .378 batting average ... In the circle, freshman Madison Anderson is 3-2 with a 1.40 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 20.0 innings and Surdej is 4-4 with a 3.39 ERA and 42 strikeouts in 64.0 innings ... Stewart ranks t28th all-time in ONU history with 115 career base hits ... Loughman recently joined ONU's 100-Hit Club and now has 105 career base hits, which ranks her t33rd all-time ... Surdej ranks 3rd all-time at ONU in strikeouts (287) and t7th in wins (36) in her ONU career ... Wilmington is riding a 6-game win streak with 2-1 and 9-4 wins over John Carroll on Monday ... The Quakers are led at the plate by freshman Hayley Suchland with a .466 batting average ... Senior Allison Pierce is batting .426 with a home run and 14 RBI and junior KenDahl Bowles is batting .368 with a team-best 16 RBI ... Sophomore Grace Shell is 7-1 with a 1.02 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 62.0 innings pitched this season.
Ohio Northern Batting Leaders
Batting Ave. | Hits | Runs | RBI | |||||||||||
1. | Guest | .481 | 1. | Guest | 26 | 1. | Stewart | 12 | 1. | Guest | 15 | |||
2. | Stewart | .434 | 2. | Stewart | 23 | May | 12 | 2. | Loughman | 12 | ||||
3. | May | .378 | 3. | May | 17 | Guest | 12 | 3. | Stewart | 11 | ||||
Loughman | 17 |
Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders
Wins | ERA | Strikeouts | ||||||||
1. | Surdej | 4 | 1. | Anderson | 1.40 | 1. | Surdej | 42 | ||
2. | Anderson | 3 | 2. | Surdej | 3.39 | 2. | Anderson | 14 | ||
3. | Walters | 10.00 | 3. | Walters | 6 |
Series Notes: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 31-3 margin ... ONU had won 9 straight in the series until the two teams split a DH last season at Wilmington.
ONU head coach Jackie Price: Price is currently in her third season as the head softball coach at Ohio Northern ... She owns a 64-33 overall record, a winning percentage of .660.