Softball opens 2022 season with win over Misericordia (Pa.), loss to Nebraska Wesleyan
| BOT 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Misericordia (Pa.) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| BOT 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Ohio Northern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Team Stats
Ohio Northern
Misericordia (Pa.)
Nebraska Wesleyan
By Tim Glon
LEESBURG, Fla. — The Ohio Northern softball team opened its 2022 season with a 3-2 win over Misericordia (Pa.) and a 4-2 loss to Nebraska Wesleyan at The Spring Games on Sunday at the Sleepy Hollow Softball Complex.
The Polar Bears (1-1) used a 3-run fourth inning to open the day with the win over the Cougars (2-1).
Senior Stacey Walters (Sunbury/Big Walnut) threw a complete game 3-hitter, striking out a career-high 11 batters, to earn the win in the circle.
Each team had three hits in the pitcher's duel.
In the night cap, the Prairie Wolves (5-1) scored four times in the top of the seventh inning, keyed by a 2-out, 3-run double, to rally from a 2-0 deficit.
Junior Allie Bican (Solon) had a 3-hit shutout entering the top of the seventh and got the first two outs. But the next six NWU batters reached to grab the lead.
Bican was 1-3 with an RBI to lead the ONU offense.
The Polar Bears will return to action on Monday with games against Emmanuel (Mass.) and Coast Guard (Conn.) at Hancock Park in Clermont, Fla.