Softball: Ohio Northern (12-13-1 Overall, 11-12 OAC) vs. Baldwin Wallace (18-8 Overall, 16-6 OAC)

Saturday, April 24, 2021, 1 p.m. - BW Softball Field, Berea, Ohio
Sunday, April 25, 2021, 1 p.m. - ONU Softball Field, Ada, Ohio

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This Weekend's Series: The Polar Bears will continue the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of their 2021 season with a four-game series with Baldwin Wallace this weekend ... The sites were switched due to expected rain in the Ada area earlier on Saturday ... The teams will now two games at BW on Saturday at 11 am and two at ONU on Sunday at 1 pm ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games 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 ... 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 6-team OAC Tournament May 12-15 ... Ohio Northern dropped three of four to Wilmington in last weekend's series losing the first two games Saturday in Ada on Senior Night 5-4, 5-2 and splitting with a 5-4 loss, and a 11-2 win Sunday at Wilmington ... Junior Stacey Walters recorded her team-best tenth complete game and seventh win of the season striking out eight and not allowing a single earned run in the series finale ... Sophomore Sydney Motylinski reached base all five plate appearances in the series finale recording a two-run home run, three RBI, four runs scored and two walks ... Thru 26 games this season, Motylinski leads the team with a .459 batting average, 34 hits, 24 RBI, and 7 home runs ... Her .459 batting average is third best in the OAC and is tied for the league lead with 7 home runs ... She also is tied for 18th nationally with 7 home runs ... Senior Brady Guest ranks tied for 6th in ONU history with 16 HRs and is tied for 22nd with 125 base hits... Senior Alicia Swierz became the 40th member of ONU's 100-Hit Club, and now ranks 30th with 123 hits ... Senior Gabby Stewart ranks 10th on ONU's all-time career hits list with 176, is fifth with 17 home runs, fifth with 128 RBIs, is fourth with 41 doubles, and eighth with 268 total bases  ... The Polar Bears will be in action next weekend with a 4-game series against Muskingum ... Baldwin Wallace won three of four games against Marietta last weekend by winning the first two 5-1, 7-2 in Berea then winning 12-1 and losing 2-1 in Marietta ... Junior Ashley Matousek leads the Yellow Jackets with a .388 batting average and 33 hits and is second with 27 RBIs and four home runs ... Freshman Bridie Bricker leads the league and is 18th nationally with 7 home runs and and has a team-leading 29 RBI ... Junior Nikki Camarati leads the nationa with 160 Ks and leads the OAC with a 2.00 ERA, 12 wins, 2 saves in 94.1 innings in the circle ... Camarati won OAC Pitcher of the Week honora last week with 37 strikeouts in 20 innings in the circle.

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 50-30 margin, including a 20-14 mark at home and 25-14 on the road ... ONU has won six of the last seven meetings including 3 wins in 2019 including a 4-2 win in the OAC Tournament. 2019

Head Coach Jackie Price: Price is in her fifth season at the helm of the Ohio Northern softball team … She owns an 99-59-1 record, a winning percentage of .626 ... She is 120-108-1 in seven seasons as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .526.