The Braves have won three straight with a sweep of Kansas Wesleyan University on Saturday afternoon at Salina South High School.
Ashlynn Mercer struck out 11 in game one, tying a career high.
The game two win was OU head coach
Jay Kahnt's 600th career coaching victory. His first career coaches victory was also against the Coyotes. He has a coaching record of 600-414-1.
This season the Braves have a .302 batting average, a .384 on base percentage, and a .434 slugging percentage. OU has hit 17 home runs and scored 199 runs.
Ottawa is ranked seventh in the NAIA in at bats (870), eighth in runs (199), 11th in hits (263), 32nd in doubles (44), 19th in triples (10), 21st in home runs (17), sixth in RBI (181), 14th in extra base hits (71), 13th in total bases (378), fourth in walks (104), 34th in hit by pitch (16), 36th in sacrifice flies (8), 47th in on base percentage (.384), 42nd in ERA (2.41), 36th in WHIP (1.19), 25th in shut outs (6), 10th in at bats against (817), and 41st in opponent batting average (.245).
Addison Spencer leads the team in batting average (.415) and
Reagan Hammons is OU's leader in RBI (32).
Ashlynn Mercer is OU's leader in ERA (1.55) and strike outs (62).
The Braves have a record of 6-4 on the road this season. Ottawa is hitting .264, has a .368 slugging percentage, a .325 on base percentage, walked 26 ties, have struck out 60 times, and is 19-for-19 in stolen base attempts. OU's pitching staff has a 1.91 ERA with 34 strike outs in 66 innings. Opponents are batting .218 against OU.
Ottawa has a record of 14-11 against Oklahoma Wesleyan University. The teams split the double header last season in Ottawa. OU won game one, 8-4 but fell in game two, 3-2. The Braves have a record of 3-3 against OKWU in Bartlesville. The last double header in Bartlesville, the teams split. OKWU took game one, 4-3 but OU took game two, 3-2 on April 6, 2022. The first time the two teams met was on March 25, 2006 at the Baker Invitational in Baldwin City. OU won the game in eight innings, 11-8.
In OU's eight KCAC games, the Braves are hitting .289, have a .391 slugging percentage, and a .377 on base percentage. Ottawa is outscoring opponents 51-19. In the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, the Braves are outscoring opponents 19-1 in KCAC play. OU's pitching staff has a 1.75 ERA, striking out 43 in 56 innings.
Oklahoma Wesleyan University has an overall record of 24-7, a KCAC mark of 7-1, is on an eight game winning streak, and has a record of 11-1 at home this season. In OKWU's eight KCAC games, the Eagles are outscoring opponents 69-23.
Through 31 games this season, OKWU has a .356 batting average, a .435 on base percentage, and a .512 slugging percentage. The Eagles have hit 17 home runs and scored 254 runs.
OKWU is ranked sixth in the NAIA in at bats (871), first in runs (254), first in hits (310), first in doubles (67), 29th in triples (9), 21st in home runs (17), first in RBI (236) fourth in extra base hits (93), fourth in total bases (446), first in walks (116), seventh in batting average (.356), fifth in on base percentage (.435), 11th in slugging percentage (.512), and 33rd in at bats against (731).
Jamie Keeling leads the Eagles in batting average (.425), Raegan Rector is OKWU's leader in RBI (36), and Saige Smith is the team's leader in ERA (2.93) and strike outs (74).
Five Eagles have 20 or more RBI this season: Abby Huie (21) | Maddy Wiese (25) | Jess Watson (26) | Jewell Caudle (28) | Raegan Rector (36).
