Ottawa finished the series with Kansas Wesleyan University with a record of 1-2. The Braves fell 5-3 in game one and 8-6 in game two. OU won game three, 14-4 in eight innings.
This season, OU has a .260 batting average, a .339 on base percentage, and a .393 slugging percentage. The Braves have hit 11 home runs and scored 67 runs.
Brent Swearingen leads OU in batting average (.560)and
Cole Broughton is the Braves' leader in RBI (7).
Zack Melendez is OU's leader in ERA (1.06) and strike outs (27).
Ottawa is 3-4 on the road this season, hitting .218. OU's pitching staff has a 7.35 ERA and in 49 innings has 47 strike outs. Three of those game for the Braves were against no. 1 Southeastern and OU has won three straight road games.
OU is ranked 45th in the NAIA in hits (104), 36th in home runs (11), 48th in total bases (157), 35th in hit by a pitch (19), and 25th in opponent batting average (.229).
The Braves have a record of 13-7-1 against Southwestern College and are on a six game winning streak against the Moundbuilders. The tie came on April 11, 1913 in Winfield, 5-5. OU is 5-1 in its last five games against Southwestern in Winfield. The first meeting between the two teams happened on April 9, 1909 in Ottawa. The Braves won the game, 10-7. Ottawa took the series last season, 3-0, on April 22, 2023. OU won game one, 12-2, game two, 13-8, and game three, 13-9.
Southwestern College is 0-8 to start the 2024 season. SWC enters Friday's game coming off a 7-4 loss to Newman University on Feb. 20.
Dante Bravo leads Southwestern in batting average (.333), Carlos Camacho is the team's leader in RBI (6), Nathan Simmons leads the team in ERA (0.00) in three appearances, and Taylor Petty is SWC's leader in strike outs (8).
This season the Moundbuilders have a .159 batting average, a .260 on base percentage, and a .247 slugging percentage. They have hit four home runs, and have scored 27 runs.
Southwestern is ranked 40th in the NAIA in sacrifice hits (4).
In the Moundbuilders four home games, they are hitting .119, struck out 45 times, have 14 hits and have driven in eight runs.
