Softball drops twin-bill at Capital

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Northern softball team dropped a doubleheader at Capital on Friday afternoon 5-2 and 6-5.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (8-20 Overall, 2-8 OAC), Capital (16-12 Overall, 5-5 OAC).
• Venue: Clowson Field — Columbus, Ohio.

Game 1 — L, 2-5

• Freshman Ellie Mason (New Philadelphia) smashed a 2-run home run to lead the Polar Bears.
• The Comets scored twice in the second and third innings and got a single run in the fifth to build a 5-0 lead.
• Junior Carlie Schroeder (Wapakoneta) and sophomores Mackenzie Hannahs (Alexandria/Northridge) and Alyssa Hochstetler (Akron/Springfield) each had two hits in the game for Ohio Northern.
• ONU out-hit CU 8-7.

Game 2 — L, 5-6

• Ohio Northern broke open a 2-2 tie with a 3-run seventh inning, capped by an RBI double by Schroeder, to grab a 5-2 lead.
• But Capital would answer with four runs in the bottom of the seventh to escape with the 6-5 win.
• Schroeder had a RBI ground out in the top of the first and sophomore Clare Flory (Marcellus, Mich.) had a run-scoring single in the fourth for ONU.
• Schroeder hit another RBI single in the fifth inning to score freshman Alexa Ray (Worthington/Bishop Watterson).
• ONU out-hit CU 10-7.

Notables

• Ohio Northern is now 53-38 all-time against Capital.
• Through 28 games this season, Schroeder leads the team in batting at .355, followed by Ray at .347.
• Mason is batting .289 with team-bests of 16 RBIs and 11 doubles.
• Hannahs leads the team with 12 stolen bases.
• Wilson is 17th all-time at ONU with 146 career base hits, is tied for 10th in home runs with 14 and is 10th in doubles with 34.
• Ohio Northern is in its 59th season of softball. The Polar Bears are 1,024-723-4 all-time, a winning percentage of .586.
• Head coach Summer Collins is in her second season at Ohio Northern with a 28-43 record.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Monday with a double header at Calvin (Mich.)