Softball sweeps non-conference double header at Alma (Mich.)

ALMA, Mich. — The Ohio Northern softball team swept a non-conference doubleheader at Alma (Mich.) on Sunday.

The Basics

• ONU won the opener 8-3 and took the night game 13-3.
• Records: Ohio Northern (17-9 overall), Alma (17-9 overall).
• Venue: Scots Park - Alma, Mich.

Game 1 - W, 8-3

• A 4-run fourth inning broke open a tight 3-2 game and gave Ohio Northern a 7-2 lead in the first game of the doubleheader.
• Junior Ashley Lenser (Brookeville) went 3-for-4 with 2 runs scored and 3 RBIs to lead ONU's offense.
• Freshman Taylor Keck (Wadsworth) scattered eight hits and struck out three to earn the complete-game victory and improve to 4-0 on the season.
• Junior Callie Rosser (Republic/Monroeville) and sophomores Allie Wilson (Wapakoneta) and Lainie Howell (Upper Sandusky/Riverdale) also had two hits in the game.
• ONU out-hit AC 12-8.

Game 2 - W, 13-3

• Lenser threw 6.0 innings of 3-hit shutout ball to grab the win and improve to 8-1 on the season.
• Northern scored twice in the top of the second and four more times in the sixth to go up 6-0, then exploded for seven more runs in the seventh to go up 13-0.
• The Polar Bears then sent 12 batters to the plate in a 7-run seventh.
• Fifth-year senior Sydney Motylinski (Ida, Mich.) doubled, homered, scored three times and drove in four runs to lead ONU's 14-hit attack.
• Howell was 3-for-4 and Schroeder was 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.
• Sophomore Kylie King (London/Jonathan Alder), freshman Carlie Schroeder (Wapakoneta) and Howell had back-to-back-to-back run-scoring singles to score four unearned runs in the sixth.
• ONU out-hit AC 14-7.

Notables

• Howell finished the day 5-for-8 with 3 runs and 2 RBI, while Schroeder was 4-for-8 with 2 runs.
• Motylinski was 3-for-7 with a home run and 6 RBI on the day.
• Motylinski now has 24 home runs in her career at Ohio Northern, which moves her into fourth place in school history.
• She also has 137 career base hits and 97 career RBIs.
• Motylinski, Rosser, and Wilson lead Ohio Northern in batting through 26 games this season with averages of .421, .419 and .403, respectively.
• Lenser is now 8-1 with 46 strikeouts and a 1.89 ERA in 53 innings in the circle.
• ONU is now 14-20 all-time against AC.
• Ohio Northern is in its 57th season of softball. The Polar Bears are 989-669-4 all-time, a winning percentage of .596.
• Seventh-year head coach Jackie Price is now 171-101-1 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .628.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Wednesday at 3 pm with an OAC doubleheader at Otterbein.