Softball: Ohio Northern (25-11 Overall, 9-7 OAC) at Capital (23-15 Overall, 10-6 OAC)

Sunday, Apr. 30, 2017, 1 pm - Clowson Field, Columbus, Ohio

Preview: The Polar Bears look to wrap up their regular season with a twinbill at Capital on Saturday ... Northern is coming off of a non-conference sweep over Wooster ... The Polar Bears won game one in thrilling fashion as sophomore Hailee Loughman hit a walkoff double to left field after the international run rule was instituted in the eighth inning ... In the second contest, freshman Gabby Stewart posted her second career multi home run game as she went 3-for-4 and racked up five RBI and three runs scored ... Junior Jenna Hollar currently leads the team with a .386 batting average and leads the team and ranks second in the Ohio Athletic Conference with 25 stolen bases ... Hollar also has a team-leading 44 hits ... Loughman currently ranks second on the team with a .376 batting average and leads the team and is fourth in the OAC with 32 RBI ... Loughman is also tied for third in the conference and leads the team with five home runs this season ... Stewart currently ranks second on the team with 42 hits and 29 RBI and ranks third on the team with a .359 BA ... Hollar currently ranks second all-time at Ohio Northern with 82 stolen bases ... Junior Anna Martin currently ranks third all-time at Northern with 58 career stolen bases ... Junior pitching standout currently leads the team and OAC in all three major pitching categories ... The junior leads the conference with a 1.01 ERA, 14 victories, and 125 K's ... Lightel's career ERA of 1.52 currently ranks first all-time at ONU ... The junior also owns the career strikeouts record at ONU with 367, and ranks second all-time at Northern with 46 career victories ... Sophomore Kaitlin Surdej currently ranks second on the team and third in the OAC with 1.94 ERA, and ranks second on the team and fifth in the conference with 97 K's ... As a staff, the Polar Bears rank 16th nationally with an ERA of 1.52 ... Capital enters the contest after splitting a double header against Bluffton ... Both contests went into extra innings ... The Crusaders currently hold on to the No. 3 seed in the OAC standings, while Northern is tied for fourth in the conference standings heading into the final weekend ... Junior Pam Vickers currently leads the team and OAC with a .463 BA and leads the team with 50 hits ... Freshman Morgan Fadel ranks second on the team with 45 hits, while junior Bailey Walter ranks third with 44 hits ... Walter currently leads the team with 27 RBI and has a team and OAC-best six home runs this season ... Senior Amber Martinelli leads the pitching staff and is tied for second in the conference with 13 victories ... Martinelli also leads the team and ranks fifth in the OAC with a 2.12 ERA ... The senior ranks first on the team with 56 K's, while freshman Kayla Wild ranks second on the team with nine victories and 35 K's.

2017 ONU Batting Leaders

2017 ONU Pitching Leaders 

Series Notes: Northern owns a 42-28 advantage in the all-time series between the two schools ... The two schools split the season series in 2016 ... Northern leads the series by a 19-13 margin on the road.

ONU head coach Jackie Mangola: Mangola is in her first season as head coach of the Polar Bears and owns an 25-11 record, a winning percentage of .694.