Softball tops Catholic (D.C.) 7-2, falls to #8 Case Western Reserve 4-2 on second day of spring break trip

Softball tops Catholic (D.C.) 7-2, falls to #8 Case Western Reserve 4-2 on second day of spring break trip
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March 11, 2024

CLERMONT, Fla. — The Ohio Northern softball team defeated Catholic (D.C.) 7-2 and fell to No. 8-ranked Case Western Reserve 4-2 Monday on the second day of its annual spring break trip.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (3-1 overall), Catholic (3-4 overall), Case Western Reserve (8-1 overall)
  • Venue: Legends Way #2 - Clermont, Fla.

Game 1 - W, 7-2

  • Junior Kayla Runyon (Tipp City) threw a complete game 6-hitter, allowing only one earned run while striking out one, to earn the win in the circle and improve to 2-0 on the season.
  • Junior Taylor Hilty (Kettering/Fairmont) and sophomore Allie Wilson (Wapakoneta) and each had two hits to lead the ONU offense.
  • ONU broke open a 2-2 tie with a 3-run fifth frame.
  • Northern made it 7-2 with two more runs in the bottom of the sixth.
  • The Polar Bears out-hit the Cardinals 10-6.

Game 2 - L, 2-4

  • Fifth-year Sydney Motylinski (Ida, Mich.) and junior Ashley Lenser (Brookville) led the Polar Bear offense with two hits each.
  • Lenser (1-1) allowed 11 hits and three earned run while striking out five over 6.0 innings in the circle for Ohio Northern.
  • Northern scored single runs in the top of the second and fourth innings, sandwiched around a 3-run bottom of the third for the Spartans, who won for the sixth consecutive time this season.
  • Wilson had an RBI ground out in the second to score Motylinski with the game's first run.
  • Lenser then singled home Wilson in the fourth to get ONU within 3-2.
  • CWR added an insurance run in the sixth.
  • The Spartans out-hit the Polar Bears Mariners 11-10.

Notables

  • The Polar Bears have played four of the 10 games scheduled on their spring break trip.
  • Northern is now 4-3 all-time against Catholic and 1-8 all-time against Case.
  • Ohio Northern is in its 57th season of softball. The Polar Bears are 975-661-4 all-time, a winning percentage of .593.
  • Seventh-year head coach Jackie Price is now 157-93-1 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .629.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action on Tuesday when they face Gettysburg (Pa.) at 9 am and Ithaca (N.Y.) at 11:15 am at Legends Way.