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

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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.

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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.