The Braves were defeated by Friends University on Tuesday afternoon in Wichita to open KCAC play. Friends won game one in eight innings, 7-6, and game two 10-8.
In the loss to Friends on Tuesday afternoon, OU had four players hit over .500 or better in the double header.
Addison Spencer was 4-for-6 (.667),
Megan Kennedy 3-for-5 (.600),
Kara Hafenstine 3-for-6 (.500), and
Mallory Dunn 3-for-6 (.500).
Ottawa has an overall record of 10-14 and a KCAC mark of 0-2. The Braves are on a two game losing streak and have a record of 3-5 on the road this season.
This season, OU has scored 130 runs and hit seven home runs. Ottawa has a .294 batting average, a .375 on base percentage, and a .446 slugging percentage.
Macy Roever leads the Braves in batting average (.410) and stolen bases (27).
Addison Spencer and
Katie Enneking lead the team in RBI with 18 apiece.
Cesara Roque is Ottawa's leader in ERA (3.52) and
Lanie Becker is OU's leader in strike outs (17).
Ottawa is 3-6 on the road this season. OU is being outscored 51-32 and 10-3 in the first inning. The Braves are hitting .253, has a .353 slugging percentage, and a .336 on base percentage.
Macy Roever is leading OU in batting average on the road, hitting .364.
The Braves have a record of 40-13 against McPherson College. Last season the teams split the double header in Ottawa on March 16. The Bulldogs took game one, 2-1 in nine innings. Ottawa rebounded to take game two in five innings, 13-0. OU is on a four game road winning streak against McPherson. The last time OU lost a road game against McPherson was on March 26, 2019. The Bulldogs won the game 6-4. The first game between the two teams happened in 2001. Ottawa won the game 4-1.
McPherson College has an overall record of 5-9 and KCAC record of 1-1. The Bulldogs have a record of 2-3 at home this season and enter Sunday's game coming off a double header split with Tabor College on March 11. MC fell in game one to the Bluejays 9-1 but took game two, 3-1.
This season, the Bulldogs have scored 68 runs and hit two home runs. MC has a .281 batting average, a .375 on base percentage, and a .370 slugging percentage.
Megan Wright leads McPherson in batting average (.348). Mackenzie Birch and Karisa Hernandez leads the Bulldogs in stolen bases with two apiece. Melaney Granados leads MC in RBI (10). Landri Lopez is McPherson's leader in ERA (5.08) and Samantha Hollingsworth is MC's leader in strike outs (12).
