Softball falls to Mount Union 3-2 on first day of OAC Tournament

BEREA — The Ohio Northern softball team fell 3-2 to Mount Union on the first day of the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament on Thursday afternoon.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (19-22 Overall), Mount Union (25-12 Overall).
• Venue: BW Softball Field — Berea, Ohio.

Game Highlights

• Mount Union scored two runs in the first inning and one more run in the third inning to take a 3-0 lead.
• In the top of the fourth inning, senior Taylor Hilty (Kettering/Fairmont) hit an RBI-double to score senior Ashley Lenser (Brookville).
• In the next at-bat, sophomore Carlie Schroeder (Wapakoneta) singled to right field to score Hilty, cutting the Purple Raiders' lead to 3-2.
• Schroeder went 3-for-3 with an RBI to lead the Polar Bears offensively.
• Lenser pitched a complete six innings, striking out four.

Notables

• Ohio Northern is the No. 3 seed in the tournament while Mount Union is the No. 2 seed.
• Ohio Northern is now 60-50-1 all-time against Mount Union.
• Lenser now has 127 strikeouts this season, which ranks fourth-best in ONU history. She also has 15 wins, which is ranked tied for sixth all-time.
• Lenser is now second in ONU history with 367 career strikeouts and third with 50 career victories in the circle.
• Junior Allie Wilson (Wapakoneta), senior Callie Rosser (Republic/Monroeville) and Lenser lead the team in batting through 41 games this season with averages of .420, .412 and .391, respectively.
• Ohio Northern is in its 58th season of softball. The Polar Bears are 1,015-702-4 all-time, a winning percentage of .591.
• Head coach Summer Collins is in her first season at Ohio Northern.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action in Day 2 of the OAC Tournament on Friday at 11 a.m. against the loser of Thursday's second game between Baldwin Wallace and Muskingum.