Ottawa split its double header with Avila University last Saturday at The Z in Kansas City, Mo. As a team, OU hit .316 scored 13 runs, had 18 hits, hit five doubles, drove in 13 runs, had a .404 slugging percentage, walked 11 times, was hit by a pitch twice, had a .443 on base percentage, and hit two sacrifice flies.
The Braves are 24-11-1 overall and are in second place, two games back of Oklahoma Wesleyan, with a record of 14-4 in the KCAC.
Through 36 games, Ottawa has scored 217 runs and hit 30 home runs. OU has a .300 batting average, a .381 on base percentage, and a .469 slugging percentage.
The Braves' 30 home runs this season is ranked third all-time in the OU record book in single season home runs. The school record is 39 set by the 2014 team.
The OU pitching staff has a 2.41 ERA this season with 199 strike outs. That ERA is second all-time in program history in single season ERA and the 199 strike outs are the ninth most by the Braves in program history.
Casson Rasmussen is two strike outs away from hitting the 100 K mark. It would be her second straight season with 100 or more strike outs. She would be just the second Brave to accomplish that feat. The first was Gabby Markham. She had two seasons with 100 or more strike outs. Markham had 166 in 2016 and 148 in 2014.
Ottawa is ranked 54th in the NAIA in runs (217), 44th in triples (11), 15th in home runs (30), 45th in RBI (196), 49th in walks (105), 50th in sacrifice flies (11), 40th in slugging percentage (.469), 37th in ERA (2.37), 13th in shut outs (12), and 16th in opponent batting average (.214).
Kansas Wesleyan University is 19-16 overall and tied for third in the KCAC with McPherson College with a record of 13-5. The Coyotes have won seven straight games and are 5-8 on the road this season. Kansas Wesleyan's last loss came on April 6 against Tabor in Salina. The Bluejays won the game 8-6.
The Coyotes swept their double header with Bethel last Saturday at Salina South High School, 5-4 in nine innings and 8-0 in five innings. The 8-0 win in game two was the fifth time in seven games that KWU had ended the game in five innings.
Through 35 games, the Coyotes have scored 155 runs and hit 21 home runs. They have a .279 batting average, a .345 on base percentage, and a .428 slugging percentage.
KWU is ranked 45th in the NAIA in home runs (21) and 24th in sacrifice flies.
Coyote freshman, Mia Hernandez has earned back-to-back KCAC Player of the Week honors. She has hit a home run in seven straight games Her seven straight games with a homer breaks the NCAA Division III record, ties the NCAA Division I record, and is one off the NCAA Division II record and is likely the NAIA record as well (courtesy of kwucoyotes.com).
Mia Hernandez leads KWU in batting average (.429) and RBI (28). Carmen Angulo is the team's leader in ERA (3.16) and strike outs (108).
