Softball: Capital (12-14 Overall, 4-8 OAC) at Ohio Northern (19-11 Overall, 9-3 OAC)
Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 3 p.m. – ONU Softball Field, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Riding a seven-game win streak, Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday hosting a doubleheader with Capital … The Polar Bears are currently tied atop the OAC standings with Mount Union, Muskingum and Marietta … ONU is coming off last Wednesday's 8-0, 5-4 doubleheader sweep of Otterbein … Sophomore Ashley Lenser pitched a one-hit shutout in Game 1, marking her third consecutive shutout and the first time in 36 years that an ONU pitcher had thrown a third straight shutout, as Michelle Stillings pitched a school-record four straight shutouts in 1987 … Lenser also had a three-run homer in the game and added a save in Game 2 en route to being named OAC Pitcher of the Week … Through 30 games, fifth-year senior Abby Elliott and sophomore Callie Rosser lead the Polar Bears with a .337 batting average, followed by junior Kaylie Griffin (.314) … Rosser has a team-best 34 hits, shares the team lead with Elliott with 15 RBIs and shares the team lead with senior Sydney Motylinski with 20 runs … Griffin leads the team with seven doubles, and Motylinski and senior Lauren Walls have a team-high three home runs … In the pitching circle, Lenser is 10-5 with a 2.03 ERA and 52 strikeouts, and senior Allie Bican is 9-6 with a 3.24 ERA and 86 strikeouts … Lenser is tied for fourth in the OAC in wins and ranks fifth in ERA … Bican ranks seventh in the OAC in wins and sixth in strikeouts … In her career, Lenser is 22-9 with a 1.74 ERA and 126 strikeouts, which ranks 13th in program history … Bican is 21-16 with a career ERA of 3.07 and ranks fifth all-time at ONU in career strikeouts with 245 … Elliott has 147 career hits, which ranks 14th all-time at ONU … Motylinski has 97 career hits, including 15 home runs, which ranks ninth all-time at ONU … Capital is coming off last Wednesday's 1-0, 4-3 doubleheader sweep of Wilmington … Brianna Shearer pitched a three-hit shutout with seven strikeouts in Game 1 … Lexie Leggett (.481) and Kyleigh Kirby (.398) lead the Comets in batting average … Leggett ranks second in the OAC in batting average, is tied for fourth in RBIs (28), is tied for ninth in hits (38) and has an OAC-best 13 home runs … Kirby is tied for fourth in the OAC with 28 runs … Shearer (6-5, 3.24 ERA, 65 strikeouts) and Krislyn Bayles (3-3, 4.28 ERA, 8 strikeouts) lead the CU pitching staff … Shearer ranks 10th in the OAC in strikeouts.
2023 Ohio Northern Batting Leaders:
Batting Avg. | Hits | Runs | RBI | |||||||||||
1. | Elliott | .337 | 1. | Rosser | 34 | 1. | Motylinski | 20 | 1. | Elliott | 15 | |||
Rosser | .337 | 2. | Elliott | 29 | Rosser | 20 | Rosser | 15 | ||||||
3. | Griffin | .314 | 3. | Griffin | 27 | 3. | Elliott | 16 | 3. | Wilson | 12 |
2023 Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders:
Wins | ERA | Strikeouts | ||||||||
1. | Lenser | 10 | 1. | Lenser | 2.03 | 1. | Bican | 86 | ||
2. | Bican | 9 | 2. | Bican | 3.24 | 2. | Lenser | 52 | ||
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Capital by a 50-33 margin … Last season, ONU swept a doubleheader at Capital with wins of 2-0 and 9-0.
Head Coach Jackie Price: Price is in her seventh year at the helm of the Ohio Northern softball team … She owns a career record of 154-86-1, a .641 winning percentage.