Neth throws career-high 10 strikeouts, Softball drops doubleheader to Wooster

FINDLAY — The Ohio Northern softball team dropped a doubleheader to Wooster on Tuesday afternoon to wrap up the home portion of its schedule. ONU fell 5-4 in the opener and 4-3 in the nightcap.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (9-27 Overall), Wooster (18-16 Overall).
• Venue: Anderson Field — Findlay, Ohio.

Game 1 — L, 4-5

• Wooster scored one run in the first inning, one in the third and three in the fifth.
• In the bottom of the fifth inning, sophomore Clare Flory (Marcellus, Mich.) hit an RBI ground out to score sophomore Mackenzie Hannahs (Alexandria/Northridge).
• Freshman Paige Bashawaty (Royal Oak, Mich./Orchard Lake St. Mary's) hit an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth to cut the lead to 5-2.
• Northern scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh, but fell short of the comeback.
• Flory and freshman Karlie Jannings (Lapel, Ind.) each hit RBI singles to put the Polar Bears within one.
• CW out-hit ONU 15-9.

Game 2 — L, 3-4

• Wooster scored one run in each the first, third and fourth innings.
• In the bottom of the fourth inning, sophomore Avery Neth (Williamsburg) hit an sacrifice fly to score freshman Ellie Mason (New Philadelphia).
• The Scots scored again in the top of the fifth inning.
• Mason hit a solo homer in the bottom of the fifth.
• Neth pitched 6.0 innings and recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts.
• CW out-hit ONU 9-7.

Notables

• The game was played at Anderson Field in Findlay as ONU's Durbin-Hileman Stadium is under repair after suffering storm damage in March.
• Ohio Northern is now 10-5 all-time against Wooster.
• Through 36 games this season, junior Carlie Schroeder leads the team in batting at .374, followed by freshman Alexa Ray (Worthington/Bishop Watterson) at .370.
• Freshman Ellie Mason (New Philadelphia) is batting .281 with team-bests of 21 RBIs and 11 doubles.
• Hannahs leads the team with 14 stolen bases this season.
• Senior Allie Wilson (Wapakoneta) is tied for 16th all-time at ONU with 150 career base hits, is tied for 10th in home runs with 14 and is tied for 9th in doubles with 35. 
• Ohio Northern is in its 59th season of softball. The Polar Bears are 1,025-730-4 all-time, a winning percentage of .585.
• Head coach Summer Collins is in her second season at Ohio Northern with a 29-50 record.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will wrap up the season with a doubleheader at Heidelberg on Saturday at 1 p.m.