Softball falls in doubleheader to No. 25-ranked Muskingum

FINDLAY — The Ohio Northern softball team dropped a doubleheader to No. 25-ranked Muskingum on Thursday afternoon.

The Polar Bears dropped game one 4-1 and fell 11-8 in game two.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (7-15 Overall, 1-3 OAC), #25 Muskingum (18-4 Overall, 3-1 OAC).
• Venue: Anderson Field — Findlay, Ohio.

Game 1 — L, 1-4

• The game remained scoreless until the fourth inning, when Muskingum scored on a wild pitch.
• The Muskies scored two more runs in the top of the seventh.
• In the bottom of the seventh, sophomore Clare Flory (Marcellus, Mich.) hit her first career home run, a solo shot to make the score 3-1.
• Sophomore Avery Neth (Williamsburg) (3-4) pitched a complete game with four strikeouts.
• MU out-hit ONU 5-2.

Game 2 — L, 8-11

• Muskingum scored five runs in the first two innings.
• In the bottom of the second inning, freshman Ellie Mason (New Philadelphia) scored on a wild pitch, then freshman Kyla Fry (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) scored on a fielding error to make the score 5-2.
• Senior Allie Wilson (Wapakoneta) hit an RBI single up the middle in the third inning to add another run for ONU.
• In the sixth inning, Northern added four more runs to take a 7-5 lead.
• The first two runs in the sixth were scored off wild pitches, then two more runs were scored as a result of a throwing error by the Muskingum pitcher.
• In the top of the seventh, Muskingum scored two runs to tie the game up 7-7, then blasted a grand slam to take an 11-7 lead.
• In the bottom of the seventh, Fry scored on a fielding error.
• Freshman Molly Goudy (Hilliard/Darby) went 3-for-4 to lead the Polar Bears.
• MU out-hit ONU 13-12.

Notables

• The game was moved up from Apr. 3 due to anticipated inclement weather.
• The remainder of Ohio Northern's home schedule will be played at Marathon Diamonds in Findlay due to storm damage at Durbin-Hileman Stadium.
• Ohio Northern is now 61-79 all-time against Muskingum.
• Mason and fellow freshman Alexa Ray (Worthington/Bishop Watterson) lead the team in batting at .333, followed by junior Carlie Schroeder (Wapakoneta) (.327).
• Wilson is 18th all-time at ONU with 144 career base hits and is 10th in doubles with 34.
• Wilson needs just one home run and one RBI to break into ONU's top-10 lists in those categories.
• Ohio Northern is in its 59th season of softball. The Polar Bears are 1,023-718-4 all-time, a winning percentage of .587.
• Head coach Summer Collins is in her second season at Ohio Northern with a 27-38 record.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Wednesday with a doubleheader at OAC foe Otterbein at 1 p.m.