Softball opens spring break trip with victories over Mitchell (Conn.) and Utica (N.Y.)

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Ohio Northertn softball team opened its annual spring break trip with victories over Mitchell (Conn.) and Utica (N.Y.) on Sunday.

ONU defeated MC 10-2 and UC 8-0.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (2-0 overall), Mitchell (0-3 overall), Utica (0-1 overall)
• Venue: Legends Way #2 - Clermont, Fla.

Game 1 - W, 10-2

• Junior Ashley Lenser (Brookville) allowed only three hits and one run while striking out seven over 6.0 innings to earn the win in the circle for Ohio Northern.
• Lenser and sophomore Kylie King (London/Alder) led the Polar Bear offense with three hits each.
• Senior Kaylie Griffin (Grafton/Elyria Catholic) was 2-for-4 with a triple and 2 RBI.
• Northern blew open a scoreless tie with a 7-run fourth inning and cruised to the win.
• The Polar Bears out-hit the Mariners 11-5.

Game 2 - W, 8-0

• Junior Kayla Runyon (Tipp City) threw a 2-hit shutout with four strikeouts in her first career appearance to lead ONU.
• Fifth-year Sydney Motylinski (Ida, Mich.) went 2-for-3 with a double, triple and 4 RBI to lead the Northern offense.
• Lenser was 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.
• Northern scored three times in the bottom of the third and five more times in the bottom of the fourth to lead 8-0.
• The game was called after 4.5 innings due to the NCAA's 8-run rule.

Notables

• The Polar Bears have now won three consecutive season openers.
• Lenser finished the day 4-for-6 with two runs and three RBI at the plate.
• Ohio Northern is in its 57th season of softball. The Polar Bears are 974-660-4 all-time, a winning percentage of .593.
• Seventh-year head coach Jackie Price is now 156-92-1 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .629.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Monday when they face Catholic (D.C.) at 4 pm and No. 19 Case Western Reserve at 6:15 pm at Legenda Way #1