Bowling Green State University Athletics
Friday, March 30
Athens, Ohio.
1:00 p.m.
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Falcons Open MAC Play With Games Against Ohio And Akron On The Road
March 29, 2012 | Softball
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio. -- The Bowling Green State University softball team opens MAC play Friday afternoon, facing off against Ohio in a road doubleheader. The Falcons will then head to Akron for a two-game set with the Zips. Bowling Green fell to Michigan in their most recent contest, losing to the Wolverines 12-2 on the road. Bowling Green opened MAC play last season with back-to-back losses at home to Kent State (April 1, 2011), before dropping both games of a doubleheader to Buffalo the following day (April 2, 2011). The Falcons went 12-32 in MAC play last season, and didn't earn their first conference win until April 17, 2011 (10-2 over Toledo).
- Sophomore Katie Yoho leads the Falcons with a .368 batting average; Yoho also leads the team with seven home runs and 23 RBI.
- Freshman Paris Imholz leads the team with a 1.76 ERA. Imholz also leads the team with 20 games played, and 4 complete games.
- The Falcons' pitchers have posted a 15-10 record with a 2.45 ERA through 25 contests this season.
- Junior Paige Berger leads the Falcons with 5 doubles, is 5-5 in stolen bases and leads the team with 79 at bats.
- The Falcons have stolen 20 bases this season, while only being caught twice on the base paths.
- Falcon pitchers have limited hitters to just a .253 batting average and have yielded only 8 home runs this season. Bowling Green surrendered two runs in a game for the first time this season to Michigan last Wednesday.
- Junior Hannah Fulk leads the team with a .457 on-base percentage.
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- The Falcons went 1-1 against Ohio last season, outscoring the Bobcats 6-5 in the series.
- Bowling Green leads the all-time series 52-41.
- The Bobcats are 11-14 this season, going 1-3 at home, 3-7 on the road and 7-4 at neutral sites
- Ohio has scored 118 runs this season, while allowing 125 runs against
- The Bobcats went on a five-game losing streak earlier this season, spanning from Feb. 17 - Feb. 24.
- Senior Jillian Van Wagnan leads all starters with a .379 batting average, while junior Lauren Gellerman leads the team in RBI (14) and is tied for the team lead in home runs (4).
- Freshman Lauren McClary leads Ohio in innings pitched (81.1), wins (6) and ERA (3.87).
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Akron Boxscore Game 1 | Akron Boxscore Game 2 | Akron Stats | Akron Schedule/Results
- The Falcons went 2-0 against Akron last season, outscoring the Zips 10-5 in the series.
- Bowling Green leads the all-time series 45-22.
- The Zips are 11-14-1 this season, going 0-1-1 at home, 1-3 on the road and 10-10 at neutral sites.
- Akron has scored 113 runs this season, while allowing 104 runs against
- The Zips are currently on a six-game winless streak, including five losses and one tie.
- Freshman Rachael Ratcliffe leads all starters with a .391 batting average, four home runs and 14 RBI.
- R-Freshman Brittany Maurer leads Akron in innings pitched (129), wins (10) and ERA (3.35).
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