Saturday, March 13, 2021, 1 p.m. - Clowson Field, Bexley, Ohio
Sunday, March 14, 2021, 1 p.m. - ONU Softball Field, Ada, Ohio
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This Weekend's Series: The Polar Bears will begin the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of their 2021 season underway with a four-game series with Capital this weekend ... ONU and CU will play twice in Bexley on Saturday and twice in Ada on Sunday ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games due based on the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Each player will receive two admissions each game ... No tickets will be available to the general public will not be admitted ... The OAC eliminated non-conference games for 2021 and adopted a 36-game, double round-robin league schedule ... The teams will play home-and-home series of DHs each Saturday and Sunday from March 13-May 9 with the OAC Tournament May 14-15 ... Ohio Northern is coming off a three-game split with Heidelberg last weekend in games that will not count in the OAC standings ... Heidelberg won the opener 10-9 and the two teams tied game two 6-6 due to darkness last Saturday at Tiffin ... ONU then scored in the bottom of the sixth inning to in 1-0 on Monday in Ada ... Thru 3 games this season, sophomore Sydney Motylinski leads the team with a .667 batting average and 4 RBI ... Senior Gabby Stewart is second with a .556 average ... Senior Brady Guest ranks 10th in ONU history with 13 HRs and is 31st with 111 base hits ... Senior Alicia Swierz needs only 6 hits to become the 40th member of ONU's 100-Hit Club ... Stewart ranks 10th on ONU's all-time career hits list with 161 and is seventh with 14 home runs and 113 RBI ... This weekend's contests will be the 2021 season openers for the Crusaders ... CU had its non-conference 4-game series with Marietta canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns ... Capital had a 2-5 record when its 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic ... CU posted a 12-28 overall record and was 4-14 in the Ohio Athletic Conference in 2019 ... Head Coach Andrea Nagy is in ehr second season at the helm of the Crusaders.
Ohio Northern Batting Leaders :
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Batting Ave. |
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Hits |
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Runs |
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RBI |
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| 1. |
Motylinski |
.667 |
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1. |
Motylinski |
6 |
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1. |
Stewart |
4 |
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1. |
Motylinski |
4 |
| 2. |
Stewart |
.556 |
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2. |
Stewart |
5 |
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2. |
Elliott |
3 |
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2. |
Guest |
2 |
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A.Hish |
.500 |
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3. |
R.Hish |
3 |
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3. |
Renner |
2 |
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Swierz |
2 |
Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders:
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Wins |
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ERA |
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Strikeouts |
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| 1. |
Walters |
1 |
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1. |
Harris |
0.00 |
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1. |
Bican |
4 |
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Daum |
0.00 |
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2. |
Walters |
3 |
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3. |
Bican |
1.40 |
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3. |
Harris |
2 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 46-30 margin, including a 24-12 mark at home ... ONU has won the last four meetings, including a 11-4 and 9-0 wins in 2019.
Head Coach Jackie Price: Price is in her fifth season at the helm of the Ohio Northern softball team … She owns an 88-47-1 record, a winning percentage of .653.
