Softball: Ohio Northern (5-5-1 Overall, 4-4 OAC) v John Carroll (4-6 Overall, 4-4 OAC)
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carroll | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| Ohio Northern | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | X | 10 | 13 | 1 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carroll | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Ohio Northern | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 1 |
| John Carroll | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Team Stats
Game 1
John Carroll
Ohio Northern
Game 2
John Carroll
Ohio Northern
John Carroll
Saturday, March 27, 2021, 1 p.m. - ONU Softball Field, Ada, Ohio
Sunday, March 28, 2021, 1 p.m. - Bracken Field, University Heights, Ohio
This Weekend's Series: The Polar Bears will continue the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of their 2021 season with a four-game series with John Carroll this weekend ... ONU and JCU will play twice in Ada on Saturday and twice in University Heights on Sunday ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games based on the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Each player will receive two admissions each game ... No tickets will be available to the general public ... The OAC eliminated non-conference games for 2021 and adopted a 36-game, double round-robin league schedule ... The teams will play home-and-home series of DHs each Saturday and Sunday from March 13-May 9 with the OAC Tournament May 14-15 ... Ohio Northern continued its OAC schedule last weekend with a 3-1 record against Marietta ... ONU split Saturday's games in Marietta 9-0 and 5-0 ... ONU swept 15-9 and fell 6-0 in Ada on Sunday ... Senior Brady Guest smacked three home runs on Sunday to lead the Polar Bears to the sweep ... Thru 11 games this season, sophomore Sydney Motylinski leads the team with a .455 batting average ... Senior Abby Davis is second with a .583 average and junior Abby Elliott is third at .421 and has a team-best 8 RBI ... Senior Brady Guest ranks tied for 6th in ONU history with 16 HRs and is tied for 26th with 119 base hits ... Senior Alicia Swierz needs only 2 hits to become the 40th member of ONU's 100-Hit Club ... Senior Gabby Stewart ranks 10th on ONU's all-time career hits list with 165, is fifth with 17 home runs, tied for fifth with 122 RBIs and is eighth with 40 doubles ... The Polar Bears will be in action next weekend with a 4-game series against Mount Union ... John Carroll enters this weekend's series after going 3-1 in a 4-game series against Capital ... JCU split a pair of games 17-2 and 3-0 Saturday at Capital and swept 2-1 and 12-2 at home on Sunday ... Gracie Bressoud leads the Blue Streaks in batting at .471 and has a team-high 16 hits, 11 runs, 9 RBIs, and 3 triples ... Mallory Stonebraker is second in batting at .417 ... Katie DeBord also leads the pitching staff with a 4th in the OAC, 2.36 ERA and 13 strikeouts in 26.2 innings in the circle.
Ohio Northern Batting Leaders:
| Batting Ave. | Hits | Runs | RBI | |||||||||||
| 1. | Motylinski | .455 | 1. | Elliott | 12 | 1. | Stewart | 8 | 1. | Elliott | 10 | |||
| 2. | Davis | .400 | 2. | Davis | 10 | Elliott | 8 | Stewart | 10 | |||||
| 3. | Elliott | .375 | R.Hish | 10 | 3. | Renner | 7 | 3. | Guest | 9 | ||||
| Renner | 10 | Guest | 7 | |||||||||||
| Murray | 10 | R.Hish | 7 | |||||||||||
| Motylinski | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Guest | 10 |
Ohio Northern Pitching Leaders:
| Wins | ERA | Strikeouts | ||||||||
| 1. | Walters | 3 | 1. | Harris | 0.00 | 1. | Walters | 21 | ||
| 2. | Daum | 1 | 2. | Walters | 2.86 | 2. | Bican | 18 | ||
| Bican | 1 | 3. | Bican | 3.05 | 3. | Daum | 4 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 49-21 margin, including a 26-10 mark at home ... ONU has won the last four meetings, including 23-3 and 3-1 wins in 2019.
Head Coach Jackie Price: Price is in her fifth season at the helm of the Ohio Northern softball team … She owns an 92-51-1 record, a winning percentage of .642.
