Softball: Ohio Northern (4-4 Overall) at Alma (Mich.) (11-7 Overall)
Game 2
Game 2
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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Ohio Northern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
Alma (Mich.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | X | 5 | 6 | 1 |
Game 1
Game 1
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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Ohio Northern | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Alma (Mich.) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 | 9 | 3 |
Team Stats
Game 2
Alma (Mich.)
Game 1
Alma (Mich.)
Monday, March 21, 2022, 3 p.m. – Scots Park, Alma, Mich.
Monday's Preview: The Ohio Northern softball team returns from its eight-game set at The Spring Games in Florida for a doubleheader at Alma (Mich.) on Monday starting at 3 p.m. … Northern posted a 4-4 record on its spring break trip … In those eight games, senior Hannah Rubel and sophomore Kaylie Griffin led the Polar Bears offensively … Rubel hit .471 (8-of-17) and tallied six RBIs … Griffin hit .429 (9-of-21) and had a team-high three doubles to go with her first career home run and five RBIs … Freshman Ashley Lenser also hit her first career home run as part of her six hits on the trip to go with four RBIs … Senior Stacey Walters shined in the pitching circle for ONU, posting a 2-1 record, 1.17 ERA and 20 strikeouts in three starts, including two complete games, spanning 18 innings … Lenser and sophomore MarQue Harris also earned wins in the circle for the Polar Bears … Rubel enters the week ranked seventh in the Ohio Athletic Conference in batting average (.471) … Griffin is tied for sixth in the OAC in runs (8) … Walters leads the OAC in ERA (1.17) and ranks eighth in strikeouts (20) … Walters ranks 11th all-time at ONU with 141 career strikeouts and is just six strikeouts away from tying Michelle Stillings ('86-'89) for 10th place on the all-time list … Seniors Rachel Hish and Abby Elliott are eight and 11 hits away, respectively, from 100 in their careers … Alma (Mich.) enters Monday's doubleheader coming off sweeping Sunday's doubleheader at Heidelberg by scores of 7-1 and 8-0 … Haley Ullrich leads the Scots in batting average (.551), hits (27), home runs (7) and RBIs (24) … Ullrich is also the team's top pitcher, as she enters Monday with a 6-3 record over nine starts to go with a 2.33 ERA and 65 strikeouts over 54 innings.
Ohio Northern Batting Leaders:
Batting Avg. | Hits | Runs | RBI | |||||||||||
1. | Rubel | .471 | 1. | Griffin | 9 | 1. | Griffin | 8 | 1. | Rubel | 6 | |||
2. | Griffin | .429 | 2. | Rubel | 8 | 2. | Elliott | 4 | 2. | Griffin | 5 | |||
Lenser | .429 | 3. | Hish, Lenser | 6 | Hish | 4 | 3. | Lenser | 4 | |||||
Lenser | 4 | |||||||||||||
Rubel | 4 |
Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders:
Wins | ERA | Strikeouts | ||||||||
1. | Walters | 2 | 1. | Daum | 0.00 | 1. | Walters | 20 | ||
2. | Harris | 1 | 2. | Walters | 1.17 | 2. | Lenser | 11 | ||
Lenser | 1 | 3. | Harris | 3.50 | 3. | Bican | 6 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern trails the all-time series with Alma (Mich.) by a 10-17 margin … The teams last met in 2016 at the NTC Games in Clermont, Fla., where ONU came away with a 9-1 win.
Head Coach Jackie Price: Price is in her sixth year at the helm of the Ohio Northern softball team … She owns a career record of 115-68-1, a .628 winning percentage.