Softball: Ohio Northern (10-8 Overall, 6-2 OAC) at Otterbein (20-6 Overall, 7-3 OAC)

Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 3 p.m. - Otterbein Softball Field, Westerville, Ohio

Wednesday's Preview: The Ohio Northern softball team continues its Ohio Athletic Conference schedule on Wednesday with a doubleheader at Otterbein… The Polar Bears are coming off splitting Friday's doubleheader at Muskingum, winning 5-0 in Game 1 and falling 3-1 in Game 2 … Freshman Ashley Lenser pitched her first career no-hitter and second consecutive shutout in Game 1, giving up just two walks and notching four strikeouts to improve to 5-2 on the season … Sophomore Kaylie Griffin had three hits, including a double and home run, and two RBIs in the victory … Senior Rachel Hish recorded her 100th career hit in Game 1, making her the 41st member of ONU's 100-Hit Club … Senior Abby Elliott currently has 99 career hits … Senior Lauren Renner had a team-high two hits, including a double, in Game 2 on Friday … Griffin leads ONU in batting average (.375), hits (18) and runs (15) … Lenser ranks second on the team in batting average (.350) … Lenser and senior Hannah Rubel share the team lead in RBIs (9) …  Rubel ranks third on the team in batting average (.314) and second in hits (16) … Lenser leads the ONU pitching staff in wins (5), ERA (2.37) and strikeouts (36) … Lenser ranks fifth in the OAC in ERA, is tied for eighth in wins and ranks 12th in strikeouts … Senior Stacey Walters ranks 10th all-time at ONU with 148 career strikeouts, and Bican ranks 11th on that list with 133 career strikeouts … Otterbein enters Wednesday's doubleheader at 20-6 overall and riding a four-game win streak … The Cardinals are 10-0 at home this season … OU is coming off Friday's doubleheader sweep of Baldwin Wallace, winning 1-0 in 11 innings in Game 1 and getting a 3-0 victory in Game 2 … Bryn Grabowski pitched all 11 innings of Game 1, allowing just four hits and two walks while striking out eight to improve to 12-2 on the season … Jess Gunter pitched the shutout in Game 2, allowing just four hits and one walk while striking out four to improve to 8-4 … Through 26 games, Hannah Lewis (.375) and Savannah McCoppin (.338) lead OU in batting average … Caroline Heller has a team-high 28 hits, and Lewis leads the team in RBIs (25) … Lewis is tied for second in the OAC in RBIs … McCoppin has a team-high 13 stolen bases, which is tied for third in the OAC … Grabowski has an OAC-best 1.74 ERA and ranks sixth in the conference with 63 strikeouts … Gunter has a 3.81 ERA and ranks ninth in the OAC with 52 strikeouts.

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Otterbein by a 55-22 margin, including a 33-10 mark on the road … ONU has won seven of the past nine meetings … The teams last met for a four-game set in May 2021 with ONU going 4-0 by scores of 6-4, 1-0 and 3-1 and 4-3.

Head Coach Jackie Price: Price is in her sixth year at the helm of the Ohio Northern softball team … She is 121-72-1 at Ohio Northern, a winning percentage of .626.