Marshall University Athletics
Herd Softball Renews Old Rivalry at Ohio
4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM | Softball
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ATHENS, Ohio - The Marshall softball team continues its road-swing with a single game against its oldest and longest running rivalry at the Ohio Bobcats. The midweek matchup is set for Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Ohio Softball Field.
Fans can tune into the game through Marshall's audio broadcast on 88.1 WMUL-FM and online at www.marshall.edu/wmul through one of the Listen Live links.
The Series
The Thundering Herd and the Bobcats have met 56 times with the first contest on March 5, 1994, the first season of Marshall's program and the 21st for Ohio. The Bobcats won that first game, 5-1, at the EKU Tournament in Richmond, Ky. Since then the two teams have met every season since 1996. Marshall is 36-20 overall against Ohio, including an 18-4 record since moving out of the Mid-American Conference after the 2005 season.
Marshall scored its single-game record for runs with an 18-3 win at Dot Hicks Field on March 19, 2015. Former Herd pitcher Jordan Dixon threw her first career no-hitter versus the Bobcats on March 22, 2016 at Dot Hicks Field in a six-inning, 8-0 victory. Ohio took the next game in the doubleheader that day, 7-0.
Marshall defeated the Bobcats in the most recent contest, April 18, 2017, with a 3-2 win at home. Morgan Zerkle and Taylor McCord combined to record five of the Herd's seven hits. McCord finished the day 2-for-2 with a double and her first career triple while driving in two runs. Dixon pitched the complete-game win allowing just three hits and striking out six.
Scouting Ohio
The Bobcats enter the game 28-14 overall and 15-2 in the MAC. The only conference losses have come against Northern Illinois and Miami (OH). The Redhawks defeated Ohio in the last game of the series, 5-3, in 12 innings on Saturday, April 21. Prior to the loss, the Bobcats had won 10-straight including a 7-0 victory over Ohio State. Ohio had three run-rule wins during the streak; 22-7 at Kent State, 8-0 and 12-0 over Akron at home.
Ohio is hitting .278 as a team, has outscored its opponents 224-165, and has 115 extra base hits (58 doubles, 12 triples and 45 home runs). Mikayla Cooper and Alex Day have led the power barrage this season. Cooper leads the squad hitting .350 with 10 homers, seven doubles and three triples. Day is next with a .338 average, 11 home runs, seven doubles and two triples. Both players are slugging over .600.
Danielle Stein leads the team in the circle with a 1.92 ERA, an 18-5 record, 157.0 innings pitched and 187 strikeouts. Madi McCrady is next with a 4.14 ERA, a 6-6 record in 74.1 innings pitched.
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