Ohio State Buckeyes
Big Ten (35-16, 15-8)
Big Wins: 2/18 at North Carolina (10-2), 4/9 Michigan (5-0), 5/5 at Illinois (7-4)
Bad Losses: 4/15 Indiana (1-3), 4/22 at Michigan State (6-7), 4/30 Iowa (2-4)
Coach: Kelly Kovach Schoenly
Key Field Players:
Lilli Piper, Sophomore, IF, .424 BA, 17 HR, 51 RBI
Emily Clark, Sophomore, C/UTL, .338 BA, 9 HR, 44 RBI
Alex Bayne, Senior, OF, .301 BA, 14 RBI 32 RBI
Becca Gavin, Junior, UTL, .291 BA, 18 RBI
Taylor White, Junior, C/OF, .279 BA, 10 HR, 42 RBI
Anna Kirk, Senior, IF, .266 BA, 6 HR, 24 RBI
Key Pitchers:
Shelby Hursh, Senior, P, 2.33 ERA, 15-5 W/L, 8 CG, 129.0 IP, 115 SO
Lena Springer, Senior, P, 2.79 ERA, 8-4 W/L, 5 CG, 72.2 IP, 52 SO
Shelby McCombs, Junior, P, 2.53 ERA, 6-2 W/L, 1 CG, 63.2 IP, 50 SO
Morgan Ray, Sophomore, P, 2.17 ERA, 6-4 W/L, 2 CG, 61.1 IP, 49 SO
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .299 (55th in nation, 5th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.29 (141, 9)
Doubles per Game: 1.13 (148, 9)
Earned Run Average: 2.40 (45, 3)
Fielding Percentage: .969 (44, 2)
Home Runs per Game: 1.23 (4, 1)
Scoring Offense: 5.58 (28, 6)
Slugging Percentage: .491 (14, 4)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.10 (104, 5)
Triples per Game: 0.17 (112, 5)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2016 Regional lost to Arizona, defeated Marist, eliminated by Tennessee
2010 Regional lost to Kentucky, defeated Bucknell, defeated Kentucky, eliminated by California
2009 Regional defeated Canisius, defeated BYU, defeated Kentucky
2009 Super Regional eliminated by Georgia
2007 Regional defeated Cal State Fullerton, defeated Virginia Tech, lost to Cal State Fullerton, eliminated by Cal State Fullerton
2006 Regional defeated Auburn, lost to Arizona, eliminated by Auburn
2004 Regional lost to South Florida, defeated Bethune-Cookman, eliminated by Cal State Northridge
*all team stats through 5/7