The Braves went 2-2 on its Texas road trip with a 6-5 game two victory over Our Lady of the Lake University on Tuesday afternoon. It was OU's first win over a team that is ranked no. 1 in the NAIA. Through eight games, Ottawa has scored 51 runs. They have a .316 batting average, a .412 on base percentage, and a .444 slugging percentage. OU has hit one home run.
OU is ranked 22nd in the NAIA in runs (51), 51st in hits (59), fourth in triples (6), 28th in RBI (41), 41st in extra base hits (16), 45th in total bases (83), 30th in walks (28), 40th in hit by pitch (4), 39th in sacrifice flies (2), 35th in stolen bases (14), fifth in caught stealing (5), 37th in on base percentage (.412), and 47th in slugging percentage (.444).
Emma Melvin leads OU in batting average (.471), Melvin and
Kara Hafenstine are OU's leaders in RBI (7),
Macy Roever is the team's leader in stolen bases (7),
Lanie Becker leads the Braves in ERA (3.45), and Becker and
Cesara Roque is the team's leader in strike outs (7).
Ottawa has a record of 3-2 against College of Saint Mary. This will be the first time that OU has played Mount Marty University and Dakota Wesleyan University
College of Saint Mary has an overall record of 1-3. The Flames are on a two game losing streak with losses to Cornerstone (5-4) and At. Ambrose (1-0). This season the Flames are hitting .236, have a .311 on base percentage, and a .321 slugging percentage. CSM has hit one home run and has scored 17 runs in four games. Ella Watts leads the Flames in batting average (.545) and RBI (4). Kayla Reed and Watts are the team's leader in stolen bases (1). Shaylynn Campbell is CSM's leader in ERA (2.21) and strike outs (16).
Mount Marty University has an overall record of 3-5 this season and is on a two game losing streak with those to losses against Dickinson State (4-3) and Valley City State (11-3). MMU is ranked 15th in the NAIA in triples, 28th in walks (29), 25th in sacrifice flies (3), fifth in sacrifice hits (14), 17th in caught stealing (3), and 50th in at bats against (205).
Dakota Wesleyan University has an overall record of 9-3 and is on a five game winning streak. DWU has scored 91 runs this season and hit seven home runs. The Tigers have a .376 batting average, a .440 on base percentage, and a .564 slugging percentage. DWU is ranked eighth in the NAIA in at bats (330), fifth in runs (91), second in hits (124), first in doubles (27), second in triples (7), ninth in home runs (7), third in RBI (80), first in extra base hits (41), second in total bases (186), 19th in walks (33), eighth in hit by pitch (8), 15th in sacrifice flies (4), 25th in sacrifice hits (6), fourth in stolen bases (31), 10th in batting average (.376), 20th in on base percentage (.440), and 14th in slugging percentage (.564).
