Baseball: #24 Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall) vs Rose-Hulman (Ind.) (0-0 Overall) @ Auburndale (Fla.)
Game 1
Game 1
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rose-Hulman (Ind.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
#24 Ohio Northern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Game 2
Game 2
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
#24 Ohio Northern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Rose-Hulman (Ind.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 5 | 1 |
Team Stats
Game 1
Rose-Hulman (Ind.)
#24 Ohio Northern
Game 2
#24 Ohio Northern
Rose-Hulman (Ind.)
Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016 - 12:30 pm, Lake Myrtle Field 7, Auburndale (Fla.)
Sunday's Preview: The No. 24-ranked Ohio Northern baseball team will open its season Sunday in Auburndale (Fla.) as they take on Rose-Hulman (Ind.) at Lake Myrtle Field 7 ... Northern will play a twinbill Sunday to open the 2016 season and play Rose-Hulman in both games ... The Polar Bears finished last season with a 30-9 overall record ... Northern returns a deep roster which features 2015 1st Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference honoree Nick Eltzroth ... Eltzroth finished second on the team with a .364 batting average and ranked fourth on the team with RBI's (26) and hits (39) ... Eltzroth also served as the team ace finishing the 7-3 record and a team-high 51 K's ... The senior was also named 2nd Team All-Mideast Region in 2015 ... Also returning for Northern is senior Alex Crabtree who was named Second Team All-OAC in 2015 and is a 3-time letterwinner ... He posted a perfect 6-0 record last season with 44 strikeouts ... Sophomore Jordan Bostater returns after a successful freshman season where he was named 2nd Team All-OAC ... Northern returns 19 letterwinners in all this season.
Batting Leaders (2015 Stats)
Batting Average | Hits | Runs | RBI's |
1. Eltzroth .364 | 1. Bostater 43 | 1. McMullen 23 | 1. Bostater 37 |
2. Bostater .361 | 2. Eltzroth 39 | 2. Eltzroth 22 | 2. Eltzroth 26 |
3. McMullen .316 | 3. Kasberg 31 | 3. Bostater 18 | 3. Kasberg 19 |
Pitching Leaders (2015 Stats)
Wins | ERA | Strikeouts |
1. Eltzroth 7 | t1. Eckert 0.82 | 1. Eltzroth 51 |
2. Crabtree 6 | t1. Foster 0.82 | 2. Crabtree 44 |
ONU head coach Gene Stechschulte: Stechschulte is in his fifth season at ONU with an overall record of 90-65 and a winning percentage of .581.