Softball: Ohio Northern (15-11 Overall, 5-3 OAC) at John Carroll (13-9 Overall, 3-5 OAC)

Saturday, April 15, 2023, 1 p.m. – Bracken Field, University Heights, Ohio

Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday with a road doubleheader at John Carroll … The Polar Bears are currently tied with Muskingum, Otterbein and Heidelberg for third place in the OAC standings … Northern is coming off Wednesday's 9-0, 1-0 doubleheader sweep at Wilmington … Sophomore Ashley Lenser pitched a 6-hit shutout with 5 strikeouts in Game 1, and senior Allie Bican pitched a 7-hit shutout with 9 strikeouts in Game 2 … Through 26 games this season, fifth-year senior Abby Elliott leads the Polar Bears with a .342 batting average, followed by senior Annika Murray (.339) and sophomore Callie Rosser (.330) … Rosser has a team-best 29 hits and 17 runs and shares the team lead with Elliott with 13 RBIs … Junior Kaylie Griffin has 22 hits, including a team-high six doubles … In the pitching circle, Lenser is 8-5 with a 2.35 ERA and 42 strikeouts, and Bican is 7-6 with a 3.41 ERA and 69 strikeouts … Lenser is tied for fourth in the OAC in wins and ranks eighth in ERA … Bican is tied for seventh in the OAC in wins and ranks fifth in strikeouts … In her career, Lenser is 20-9 with a 1.86 ERA and 116 strikeouts, which ranks 14th in program history … Bican has a career ERA of 3.11 and ranks fifth all-time at ONU in career strikeouts with 228 … Elliott has 143 career hits, which is tied for 14th all-time at ONU … Senior Sydney Motylinski has 92 career hits, including 12 home runs, which is two shy of breaking into the top 10 all-time at ONU in that category … John Carroll is coming off splitting a doubleheader with Heidelberg on Wednesday, winning 4-3 before falling 6-1 … Mackenzie Stease (.370) and Kendall Trunzo (.306) lead the Blue Streaks in batting average … Stease has a team-best seven doubles … Alyssia Carmichael has a team-high 19 hits … Kaylyn Odelli leads the team with 10 RBIs … Brianna Callow (6-3, 2.25 ERA, 55 strikeouts) and Danielle Orendi (4-4, 2.77 ERA, 52 strikeouts) lead the JCU pitching staff … Callow ranks seventh in the OAC in ERA and strikeouts.

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with John Carroll by a 51-21 margin … Last season, ONU swept a home doubleheader with JCU, winning 9-0 and 10-0.

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 150-86-1, a .635 winning percentage.