Ottawa split with Bethany College last Friday in Lindsborg in the regular season final. The Swedes took game one, 9-6, but the Braves won game two, 8-0, in five innings.
Through 50 games this season, Ottawa has a .319 batting average, a .391 on base percentage, and a .473 slugging percentage. OU has hit 29 home runs and score 333 runs.
OU is ranked fifth in the NAIA in at bats (1,361), seventh in runs (333), 14th in hits (434), 17th in doubles (83), fourth in triples (20), 27th in home runs (29), seventh in RBI (303), 10th in extra base hits (132), 12th in total bases (644), 14th in walks (147), 31st in stolen bases (94), 47th in batting average (.319), 40th in on base percentage (.391), 28th in slugging percentage (.473), 30th in ERA (2.27), 33rd in WHIP (1.23), 19th in shutouts (12), and 35th in at bats against (1,242).
Addison Spencer leads OU in batting average (.375),
Reagan Hammons is Ottawa's leader in RBI (55), and
Ashlynn Mercer is the Braves' leader in ERA (1.80) and strikeouts (82).
Ottawa is 53-40 all-time at the KCAC Tournament, winning the 2021 and the 2010 Championships. Wednesday is the 12th time that Ottawa and Kansas Wesleyan University have played against each other in the KCAC Tournament with OU having a record of 4-7 against KWU. The last time the two teams met in the post season was on May 2, 2014. KWU won the game, 5-0. Ottawa's last win over KWU in the KCAC Tournament was on April 29, 2010. OU won the game in five innings, 14-1.
The Braves have a record of 34-41 against KWU. Ottawa swept the regular season series that took place on March 23 in Salina. The Braves won game one, 4-3, and took game two, 9-0. OU head coach
Jay Kahnt earned his 600th career coaching victory with OU's 9-0 win in game two. In the double header, Ottawa hit .308, outscored the Coyotes 13-3, hit four doubles and two home runs, had a .462 slugging percentage, walked four times, had a .343 on base percentage, and was 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts. Ottawa has won nine straight games against Kansas Wesleyan. The last time OU lost to the Coyotes was on April 20, 2019 in Salina. KWU won the game, 8-7.
Kansas Wesleyan University is 24-18 overall, finished tied for seventh with Tabor in KCAC with a record of 13-13, is on a two game winning streak, and has a mark of 2-3 in games at a neutral location. The Coyotes enter Wednesday's game coming off a sweep of Bethany College on April 24 in Salina.
Through 42 games this season, Kansas Wesleyan has a .282 batting average, a .362 on base percentage, and a .385 slugging percentage. KWU has hit nine home runs and scored 196 runs.
The Coyotes are ranked 41st in the NAIA in doubles (72), 27th in hit by pitch (30), 37th in sacrifice hits (40), and 51st in ERA (2.70).
Sydnee Fordham is KWU's leader in batting average (.377) and RBI (27). Caitlyn Collier leads the Coyotes in ERA (1.43) Miranda Fogal is the team's leader in strike outs (73).
In the Coyotes 24 wins, the team is hitting .333. In its 18 losses, they are hitting .212.
