The Braves are 12-14 overall and 2-2 in the KCAC. Ottawa enters Thursday's coming off a double header sweep of McPherson College last Sunday. Ottawa won game one 17-8 and game two, 3-2.
Through 26 games this season, Ottawa has scored 150 runs and hit 10 home runs. OU has a .299 batting average, a .379 on base percentage, and a .455 slugging percentage.
Macy Roever leads the Braves in batting average (.405),
Addison Spencer is OU's leader in RBI (23), Roever is the Braves' leader in stolen bases (29),
Cesara Roque is the team's leader in ERA (3.62), and
Lanie Becker leads the team in strike outs (17).
Macy Roever is ranked second in the NAIA in stolen bases with 29. As a team the Braves have 66 stolen bases, which ranks OU eighth in the NAIA.
OU is ranked 21st in the NAIA in at bats (696), 25th in runs (150), 29th in hits (208), 14th in doubles (47), first in triples (16), 42nd in home runs (10), 25th in RBI (134), ninth in extra base hits (73), 21st in total bases (317), 10th in walks (83), 26th in sacrifice flies (8), 31st in hit into a double play (6), eighth in stolen bases (66), 30th in caught stealing (7), 46th in slugging percentage (.455), and 15th in at bats against (703).
The Braves have a record of 6-8-1 against Evangel University. The two teams split the double header last season on March 20 at Alumni Park. Evangel won game one, 3-0. The Braves took game two, 9-4. Ottawa has a record of 3-3 in Springfield against the Valor. The last time the two teams played in Springfield was on March 6, 2023. The double header was split with Evangel taking game one, 5-3 and the Braves winning game two, 12-10. The last time a double header between Ottawa and Evangel was won by the same team was March 10, 2020 at Alumni Park. Ottawa won both games, 4-1 and 4-2. The last time the double header was swept by the Valor was on March 1, 2016. Evangel won game one 4-1 and game two, 4-3. The first time the two teams met was at the NAIA World Series on May 20, 2006. The Valor won the game, 8-2.
Evangel University is 20-4 overall and has a 4-0 record in the KCAC. The Valor are on an 11 game winning streak, have a record of 6-1 at home, and is receiving votes in the NAIA Top 25 Poll. EU enters Thursday's game coming off a double header sweep of Bethany College in Lindsborg on March 15. The Valor won game one 12-4 and game two 12-5.
The Valor have scored 148 runs and hit seven home runs. They have a .346 batting average, a .406 on base percentage, and a .519 slugging percentage.
EU is ranked 35th in the NAIA in at bats (642), 27th in runs (148), 25th in hits (222), second in doubles (60), second in triples (15), 24th in RBI (135), fifth in extra base hits (82), 12th in total bases (333), 21st in hit by pitch (17), 35th in sacrifice hits (18), 31st in hit into a double play (6), eighth in stolen bases (66), 30th in caught stealing (7), 28th in batting average (.346), 37th in on base percentage (.406), 17th in slugging percentage (.519), 24th in ERA (1.83), 30th in WHIP (1.15), second in shut outs (9), and second in opponent batting average (.186).
Ellie Facklem leads Evangel in batting average (.453), Karlie Romines leads the team in RBI (25), Kenna Mayfield is EU's leader in stolen bases (24), and Maddy Meierer is Evangel's leader in ERA (0.59) and strike outs (72).
