The Braves swept Bethel College last Saturday at Alumni Park. OU took game one, 4-2, and won game two, 5-0. Ottawa hit .288 in the double header, outscoring the Threshers 9-2. Ottawa had a .404 slugging percentage, struck out 11 times, had a .356 on base percentage, and was 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts. The Ottawa pitching staff finished the double header with a 1.00 ERA, striking out five. Bethel had a .133 batting average.
Through 36 games this season, Ottawa has a .297 batting average, a .375 on base percentage, and a .429 slugging percentage. OU has hit 18 home runs and scored 212 runs.
Ottawa has a road record of 7-5 and is 3-1 in KCAC road contests this season. The Braves have a .255 batting average, are outscoring opponents 47-30, have a .368 slugging percentage, walked 27 times, struck out 75 times, had a .310 on base percentage, and are 20-for-21 in stolen base attempts.
Addison Spencer leads the team in batting average (.397) and
Reagan Hammons is OU's leader in RBI (33).
Ashlynn Mercer leads the team in ERA (1.55) and strike outs (65).
In KCAC play this season, Ottawa is outscoring opponents 64-25 (5.3-2.1). Opponents are hitting .223 against the Braves and struck out 52 times. The Braves have a .276 batting average with 65 strike outs.
The Braves are ranked fifth in the NAIA in at bats (971), 12th in runs (212), 15th in hits (288), 41st in doubles (47), seventh in triples (14), 28th in home runs (18), 12th in RBI (192), 21st in extra base hits (79), 12th in total bases (417), seventh in walks (110), 47th in hit by pitch (17), 29th in sacrifice flies (10), 28th in stolen bases (67), 38th in ERA (2.28), 25th in WHIP (1.17), 28th in shut outs (7), ninth in at bats against (914), and 37th in opponent batting average (.241).
OU has a record of 12-27 against Avila University. Ottawa won the regular season series, 2-0 in 2023. OU won game one, 3-1 and game two, 7-6, on March 25 at Alumni Park. Avila defeated the Braves 4-2 in the KCAC Tournament on May 3 in Great Bend, Kan. last season, snapping OU four game winning streak against the Eagles. The last double header played at The Z between Ottawa and Avila was on April 16, 2022. The teams split with Avila winning game one, 5-2 and the Braves taking game two, 11-8. The first ever meeting between Ottawa and Avila happened on March 11, 1996. Avila won the game, 11-8.
Avila University has an overall record of 24-10, leads the KCAC with a record of 11-1, has a home mark of 9-1 and enters Wednesday's game coming off a 9-4 loss to Sterling College on March 30 at The Z.
Through 34 games this season, Avila has a .331 batting average, a .392 on base percentage, and a .520 slugging percentage. The Eagles have hit 38 home runs and scored 215 runs.
Avila is ranked 11th in the NAIA in runs (215), 13th in hits (292), 39th in doubles (48), first in home runs (38), 12th in RBI (192), 12th in extra base hits (88), seventh in total bases (458), 36th in hit by pitch 19), 26th in sacrifice hits (28), first in stolen bases (143), first in caught stealing (23), 30th in batting average (.331), 35th in on base percentage (.392), ninth in slugging percentage (.520), 28th in shut outs (7), and 34th in at bats against (827).
Chelsea Kurtz leads the team in batting average (.424), Stephanie Hayes is AU's leader in RBI (33), and McKayla Cotton leads the Eagles in ERA (2.22) and strike outs (51).
