Baseball drops two close games with #13 Baldwin Wallace 2-0 and 3-2

Baseball drops two close games with #13 Baldwin Wallace 2-0 and 3-2
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April 25, 2026

BEREA — The Ohio Northern baseball team fell in two tight pitcher's duals in a double header at #13 Baldwin Wallace 2-0 and 3-2 on Saturday.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (24-11 Overall, 9-5 OAC), Baldwin Wallace (27-8 Overall, 13-3 OAC).
  • Venue: Fisher Field- Berea, Ohio.

Game 1 - L, 0-2

  • Sophomore Aslyn Farinelli (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) pitched a complete game, and only allowed a single earned run while striking out 8 batters
  • Baldwin Wallace jumped out in front early with 2 runs, and held onto to that 2-0 lead for the entire game.
  • Freshman Carson Stevens (Wyoming) hit a double in the game as one of Northern's 3 hits.

Game 2 - L, 2-3

  • Jnnior Kyle Callahan (Brunswick) hit solo homer in the top of the first.
  • Senior Andrew Stechschulte (Findlay) hit an RBI double in the first as well to give ONU a 2-0 lead.
  • The Yellow Jackets scored three times in the bottom of the ninth to grab the nightcap.
  • Sophmore Drew Tolfree (East Lansing, Mich./Lansing Catholic) pitched 6.0 scoreless innings of no-hit baseball on the hill. 

Notables

  • Stechschulte led the Ohio Northern offense at the plate going 3-7 with 3 hits and a RBI.
  • Ohio Northern now trails the all-time series with Baldwin Wallace 55-63
  • Through 35 games this season, Stevens leads the Polar Bears in batting with a .345 average.
  • Senior Chase Armstrong (Lousiville, Ky./Trinity)  is ONU's all-time leader in home runs with 29. He is also second all-time in ONU history in walks (101), is 3rd in RBIs (139), is fourth in doubles (42) and is fourth in runs scored (129).
  • Stechschulte (169), Reed (151), Armstrong (149), Lapp (141), and Russ (116) are all members of ONU's 100-Hit Club. 
  • Stechschulte is also fifth in ONU history with 41 career doubles and is now 10th with 109 RBI.
  • Ohio Northern is in its 121st season of baseball. The Polar Bears are 1519-1180-20 all-time, a winning percentage of .562.
  • 15th-year head coach Gene Stechschulte is now 331-231 at Ohio Northern for a winning percentage of .589.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will look to bounce back with a matchup against #1 Denison on Sunday.