Softball opens OAC slate with double header split with Marietta
Game 2
Game 2
8
Marietta
7-10, 1-1
AT
6
Ohio Northern
8-8, 1-1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| Ohio Northern | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
Game 1
Game 1
4
Marietta
6-10, 0-1
AT
9
Ohio Northern
8-7, 1-0
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| Ohio Northern | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 13 | 1 |
Team Stats
Game 2
Pitching
Batting
Marietta
2B:
Taylor Airy; Grace Elliott; Jordan Cholley
3B:
none
HR:
Jess Brown 2
Game 1
Pitching
Win: Ashley Lenser (4-1)
Loss: Breanna Zirkle (3-3)
Batting
Marietta
2B:
Rachel Kazmirski; Jillian Middleton
3B:
none
HR:
Jess Brown
March 29, 2024
ADA — The Ohio Northern softball team opened the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of its schedule with a doubleheader split against Marietta on Friday afternoon.
The Basics
- ONU won the opener 9-4 and dropped the nightcap 8-6.
- Records: Ohio Northern (8-8 overall, 1-1 OAC), Marietta (7-10 overall, 1-1 OAC).
- Venue: Durbin-Hileman Stadium - Ada, Ohio.
Game 1 - W, 9-4
- Northern scored four runs in both the first and third innings to build an early 9-4 lead.
- Junior Callie Rosser (Republic/Monroeville) went 2-for-4 with two triples, two runs scored and one RBI for ONU.
- Fifth-year senior Sydney Motylinski (Ida, Mich.) was 2-for-4 with a triple and 3 RBI.
- Junior Ashley Lenser (Brookville) scattered 10 hits, allowing four earned runs and struck out six to earn the win un the circle and improve to 4-1 on the season.
- Ohio Northern out-hit Marietta 13-10.
Game 2 - L, 6-8
- Marietta scored three times in the top of the fifth to expand its 5-3 lead into an 8-4 advantage.
- Northern rallied with two unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh to get within 8-6, but the Pioneers would get out of the jam with runners on first and second.
- Motylinski was 2-for-4 with a solo home run and junior Taylor Hilty (Kettering/Fairmont) was 2-for-3 with two doubles, two runs and 1 RBI.
- Each team had 10 base hits in the contest.
Notables
- The Polar Bears wrapped up a 6-game homestand at brand-new Durbin-Hileman Stadium.
- Lenser and Rosser lead Ohio Northern in batting through 16 games this season with averages of .435, and .426.
- Lenser is also 4-1 with 28 strikeouts and a 66 ERA in 29 innings in the circle.
- Northern is now 52-30 all-time against Marietta.
- Ohio Northern is in its 57th season of softball. The Polar Bears are 980-668-4 all-time, a winning percentage of .594.
- Seventh-year head coach Jackie Price is now 162-100-1 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .618.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will return to action on Wednesday with a 3 pm doubleheader at Baldwin Wallace.
