Ottawa fell to no. 15 Faulkner University 15-1 on Tuesday night in its second game of the NAIA Opening Round. OU will play Reinhardt for the second time in the tournament. The Braves defeated the Eagles 5-4 on Monday night.
Through 52 games this season, the Braves have scored 448 runs and hit 79 home runs. Ottawa has a .318 batting average, a .429 on base percentage, and a .544 slugging percentage.
Jonah Weisner had one stolen base last night, tying the OU school record for stolen bases in a single season with 32. He is tied with Jeff Strack who set the record in 2003.
Jonah Weisner leads OU in batting average (.427),
Holland Boan is the Braves' leader in RBI (69),
Creede Jeffers lead OU in ERA (2.52), and
Tyler Bryant and
Hector Sepulveda are OU's leaders in strike outs (117).
Ottawa has set 10 team school records this season. Wins (43), slugging percentage (.544), runs scored (448), doubles (104), home runs (79), RBI (395), walks (252), stolen bases (154), team ERA (3.59), and opponent strike outs (554).
Reinhardt University is 36-22 overall and snapped its three game losing streak with a 10 inning, 11-6Â victory over Keiser University on Tuesday afternoon. The Eagles finished second in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) with a record of 21-9 to Tennessee Wesleyan University.
Reinhardt had four named to the All-AAC Teams. First Team: Pablo Barquero (LHP), Ethan Foley (RHP), Tucker Zdunich (RF). Second Team: Jarrett Burney (3B). Zdunich and Foley were named to the ACC Gold Glove Team.
Through 58 games, the Eagles have scored 391 runs and hit 40 home runs. Reinhardt has a .289 batting average, a .401 on base percentage, and a .419 slugging percentage.
Tucker Zdunich leads RU in batting average (.380) and RBI (65). Ethan Foley is the Eagles leader in ERA (2.34) and strike outs (94).
