The Braves opened its Texas trip with a 7-5 loss to Our Lady of the Lake University on Wednesday night. Ottawa hit .188, had a .375 slugging percentage, and a .250 on base percentage against the Saints.
Cole Broughton finished the game with two hits in four at bats. His two hits were doubles.
Josh Perez pitched in 4.2 innings, striking out nine.
Tyler Farnham leads the Braves in batting average (.529),
Cole Broughton is OU's leader in RBI (7),
Ryan Olchoway leads the team in ERA (0.00), and Josh Brown is Ottawa's leader in strike outs (9).
This will be the first meeting between Ottawa University and the University of Houston-Victoria.
Through five games this season, Ottawa Is scoring 29 runs, had hit four home runs, has a .295 batting average, a .361 on base percentage, and a .500 slugging percentage.
The University of Houston-Victoria is 2-6 to open the 2023 season. The Jaguars have lost four straight games after a 9-4 win over Wayland Baptist University on Jan. 28. UHV hosted MidAmerica Christian University in a four game series last weekend at Riverside Stadium, falling in all four games to the Evangels.
Through eight games, the Jaguars have scored 34 runs, hit six home runs, have a .246 batting average, a .352 on base percentage, and a .370 slugging percentage.
Haldemel Perez leads UHV in batting average (.438) and Ty Williams is the team's leader in RBI (8). In six innings, Allen Hernandez has a 4.50 ERA and Julian Garcia is UHV's leader in strike outs (19).
