The Braves have an overall record of 32-10, a KCAC mark of 20-8, a home record of 19-3, and enter Tuesday's game coming off a 14-5 victory over York University in the final game of the series on Saturday.

Ottawa finished the week with a record of 1-3 with a loss to Friends University (10-4) last Tuesday and defeat at York on Friday (9-8) and Saturday (11-6).

Through 42 games this season, Ottawa has scored 407 runs and hit a school record 82 home runs. OU has a .343 batting average, a .449 on base percentage, and a .612 slugging percentage.

The Braves hit five home runs in their final game of the series against York last Saturday. That brought their season total of home runs to 82 and breaks the school record of 80 that was set in 2022.

Ottawa is just two stolen bases away from breaking the school record of 155 that was set in 2022.

Jeremy Freeman, Jr. is just two stolen bases away from breaking the school single season stolen base record. Freeman sits at 31 with eight games remaining.

Brian Parry leads the Braves in batting average (.423), Cole Broughton is OU's leader in RBI (48), Jeremy Freeman, Jr. is the team's leader in stolen bases (31), and Zack Melendez is Ottawa's leader in ERA (3.99) and strike outs (58).

Ottawa is ranked 12th in the NAIA in runs (407), 10th in hits (453), 21st in doubles (88), 40th in triples (11), sixth in home runs (82), 14th in RBI (365), fifth in extra base hits (181), sixth in total bases (809), 14th in hit by pitch (83), 48th in sacrifice hits (19), fourth in stolen bases (154), first in caught stealing (35), 14th in batting average (.343), 25th in on base percentage (.449), 10th in slugging percentage (.612), and 36th in at bats against (1,284).

Tuesday is the 130th game between Ottawa University and Friends University. The Braves have a record of 58-71 against the Falcons. Friends is on a two game winning streak against the Braves. The Falcons defeated OU 11-4 on April 1 at Alumni Park and 10-4 on April 8 at Westside Field in Wichita. The first ever meeting between the two teams happened on May 1, 1912 in Wichita. Ottawa won the game, 4-1.

Friends University has an overall record of 25-17, a KCAC mark of 19-12, is on a one game losing streak, and has a road record of 10-8. The Falcons enter Tuesday's game coming off a 3-2 home loss to the University of Saint Mary last Saturday.

Through 42 games this season, the Falcons have scored 373 runs and hit 45 home runs. Friends has a .328 batting average, a .443 on base percentage, and a .488 slugging percentage.

Bernie Socarras leads the Falcons in batting average (.425), Zeke Henson is Friends' leader in RBI (55), Socarras is the team's leader in stolen bases (12), and Francisco Moscoso is the Falcons' leader in ERA (4.11) and strike outs (77).

The Falcons are ranked 22nd in the NAIA in runs (373), 12th in hits (451), 37th in home runs (45), 21st in RBI (330), 26th in total bases (672), 15th in walks (233), 49th in hit by pitch (65), 14th in sacrifice hits (25), fifth in hit into a double play (35), 32nd in batting average (.328), 30th in on base percentage (.443), and 28th in at bats against (1,301).

On the road this season, Friends has a .350 batting average, a .463 on base percentage, and a .520 slugging percentage. They have struck out 110 times in 18 games and walked 104 times.