Softball drops twin-bill with Baldwin Wallace on Senior Day

BLUFFTON — The Ohio Northern softball team dropped a doubleheader to Baldwin Wallace on Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears fell 6-5 in the opener and 13-10 in the nightcap.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (9-24 Overall, 3-10 OAC), Baldwin Wallace (17-9 Overall, 10-6 OAC).
• Venue: Bluffton Field — Bluffton, Ohio.

Game 1 — L, 5-6

• Baldwin Wallace scored first in the top of the first.
• In the bottom of the inning, freshman Alexa Ray (Worthington/Bishop Watterson) scored on a throwing error after junior Carlie Schroeder (Wapakoneta) flied out to center field.
• In the second inning, senior Allie Wilson (Wapakoneta) reached on a fielder's choice to score senior Kylie King (London/Jonathan Alder), giving Northern a 2-1 lead.
• The Yellow Jackets tied the game in the fourth inning, then scored three runs in the top of the fifth to take a 4-2 lead.
• The Polar Bears answered with three runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game 5-5.
• King hit an RBI double down the left field line, freshman Molly Goudy (Hilliard/Darby) stole home, and Wilson hit a sacrifice fly.
• Baldwin Wallace hit a home run in the top of the seventh to reclaim the lead.
• ONU and BWU each had 10 hits.

Game 2 - L, 10-13

• Baldwin Wallace scored five runs in the top of the first.
• In the bottom of the inning, Schroeder started things off for the Polar Bears with an RBI single to score Ray.
• King then hit a 2-RBI double to cut BWU's lead to 5-3.
• In the second inning, Ray hit an RBI double, then Mason hit an RBI single to tie the game up.
• Northern then took a 6-5 lead with another RBI single from Schroeder.
• The Yellow Jackets scored one run in the third inning, then four runs in the fourth inning.
• Schroeder hit her third RBI single of the game in the bottom of the fourth.
• King hit another 2-RBI double to cut the lead to 10-9.
• Baldwin Wallace scored three more runs in the fifth inning.
• In the bottom of the seventh, junior Alaina Baughn (Greenville) hit an RBI single to score Wilson.
• ONU out-hit BWU 15-11.

Notables

• Ohio Northern is now 56-41 all-time against Baldwin Wallace.
• Through 33 games this season, Ray leads the team in batting at .376, followed by Schroeder at .337.
• Mason is batting .279 with team-bests of 20 RBIs and 11 doubles.
• Sophomore Mackenzie Hannahs (Alexandria/Northridge) leads the team with 13 stolen bases.
• Senior Allie Wilson (Wapakoneta) is 17th all-time at ONU with 148 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 1,025-727-4 all-time, a winning percentage of .584.
• Head coach Summer Collins is in her second season at Ohio Northern with a 29-47 record.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Sunday with a make-up game against Wilmington at Bluffton University at 12 p.m.