Baseball wraps up spring break trip with loss to William Patterson (N.J.)

DAVENPORT, Fla. — The Ohio Northern baseball team wrapped up its annual spring break trip with an 11-0 loss to William Patterson (N.J.) on Sunday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (6-7 overall), William Patterson (5-6 overall)
• Venue: NE Regional Park #2 - Davenport, Fla.

Game Highlights

• The Pioneers scored six runs in the bottom of the third inning to grab an early 7-0 lead.
• WPU scored in each of the next three innings as the game was called after seven innings due to the 10-run rule in use during spring break games.
• Junior Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) went 2-for-3 to lead the Polar Bear offense.
• WPU out-hit ONU 10-6.

Notables

• Ohio Northern finished its 10-games spring break trip with a 4-6 record.
• Junior Joey Kennedy (Sterling Heights, Mich./Foley Catholic) and freshman Kyler Lapp (Hall, Ill.) lead the team with batting averages of .500 and .391, respectively.
• Ohio Northern is in its 119th season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1448-1144 all-time, a winning percentage of .559.
• 13th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 258-195 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .570.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return north and will continue their schedule on Thursday at 4 pm in their home opener at Wander Field against No. 16-ranked Denison.