Lapp goes 4-for-5 at the plate as Baseball takes down Saint John's 8-4

Lapp goes 4-for-5 at the plate as Baseball takes down Saint John's 8-4
Box Score
March 14, 2026

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Junior Kyler Lapp (Hall, Ill.) collected four hits to lead the Ohio Northern baseball team to an 8-4 victory over Saint John's (Minn.) on Saturday morning.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (10-3 Overall), Saint John's (4-3 Overall).
  • Venue:  Chain of Lakes #4 - Winter Haven, Fla.

The Game

  • Junior Kyler Lapp (Hall, Ill.) kicked off the scoring with an RBI double in the second inning to put ONU up 1-0. 
  • Saint John's scored runs in the fourth and fifth innings to go up 2-1.
  • Senior Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) knocked in Lapp after an error to tie the game, and junior Kyle Callahan (Brunswick) hit a 2 RBI single to put the Polar Bears up 4-2.
  • Senior Chase Armstrong (Louisville, Ky./Trinity) launched a 2-run home run in the seventh inning 
  • SJU managed to chip away at the Ohio Northern lead in the bottom of the eighth to make it 6-3.
  • Lapp continued his hot day at the plate in the top of the ninth with a 2-run home run which made it 8-3
  • Junior Drew Tolfree (East Lansing, Mich./Lansing Catholic) pitched a strong 7.0 innings allowing only 2 runs, picking up 9 K's along the way. 
  • ONU out hit SJU 15-7.

Notables

  • Lapp lead the Polar Bears offensively, going 4-5 at plate with an 3 RBI and also scoring 3 runs. 
  • Callahan went 2-3 and knocked in 2 RBIs
  • The Polar Bears improve to 7-3 on their 12-game spring break trip.
  • Ohio Northern now leads in the series 5-2 all-time with the Johnnies.
  • Lapp leads the team this season with a .452 batting average, 17 RBIs, and 10 extra base hits.
  • Junior Evan Russ (Westfield, Ind.) has a team-high 16 RBI.
  • Armstrong is tied for 4th all-time in ONU history in home runs (26), is fifth in doubles (38) and RBIs (122), and is 7th in walks (87). 
  • Stechschulte (132), Armstrong (132), senior Robby Reed (Goshen, Ky./Trinity) (131) and Lapp (121) are all members of ONU's 100-Hit Club. 
  • Ohio Northern is in its 121st season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1505-1172-20 all-time, a winning percentage of .562.
  • 15th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 317-223 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .587.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action on the final day of their annual spring break trip on Sunday at 10:30 am against Mass.-Boston.