The Braves played their final home game of the season at Alumni Park on Tuesday, sweeping Southwestern College. Ottawa won both games in five innings, taking game one 15-2 and game two, 12-2.
Through 48 games this season, OU has a .316 batting average, a .390 on base percentage, and a .470 slugging percentage. Ottawa has hit 27 home runs and 319 runs.
Addison Spencer leads the team in batting average (.366),
Reagan Hammons is OU's leader with 55 RBI, and
Ashlynn Mercer leads the Braves in ERA (1.40) and strike outs (81).
Reagan Hammons set a new school record for single season home runs in game one yesterday against Southwestern College. She hit her 13th home run of the season in the bottom of the second inning. With Hammons' 10 RBI in the double header against SWC, she broke the OU single season record for RBI. She now has 55.
Ottawa has a record of 36-36 against Bethany College. The two teams split the double header last season on April 19, 2023 in Ottawa. Bethany took game one, in eight innings 4-3. The Braves won game two, 2-1. Neither team has swept a double header in Lindsborg since April 21, 2012. Bethany won game one, 7-1 and game two, 2-1. The last time OU took two from Bethany in Lindsborg was on April 21, 2010. OU won game one, 7-3, and took game two, 5-4. The first meeting between the two teams was at the KCAC Round Robin Tournament on April 13, 1996. Bethany won the game, 15-5.
The Braves are ranked sixth in the NAIA in at bats (1,303), sixth in runs (319), 16th in hits (412), 16th in doubles (80), third in triples (20), 26th in home runs (27), fifth in RBI (290), ninth in extra base hits (127), 12th in total bases (613), 12th in walks (142), 31st in stolen bases (90), 42nd in on base percentage (.390), 30th in slugging percentage (.470), 28th in ERA (2.15), 31st in WHIP (1.21), 24th in shut outs (11), 18th in at bats against (1,197), and 45th in opponent batting average (.253).
Bethany College has an overall record of 18-18, a KCAC mark of 11-11, is on a four game winning streak, and has a home record of 9-5. Bethany enters Friday's double header coming off a pair of 1-0 victories over McPherson on April 17 and a 4-0 and 12-0 sweep of Southwestern on April 20.
Through 36 games this season, Bethany has a .294 batting average, a .362 on base percentage, and a .418 slugging percentage. BC has hit 17 home runs and scored 174 runs.
Melinda Cratty leads the team in batting average (.422) and RBI (28). Dylann Baker is BC's leader in ERA (2.63) and Lilliana Martinez leads the Swedes in strike outs (70).
