Buckeyes Open Knoxville Regional Friday vs. Oregon State

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State softball crew will make its twelfth NCAA Event appearances – and fifth within the final six tournaments – on Friday afternoon when it opens play on the Knoxville Regional in opposition to Oregon State at 4 p.m. All motion this weekend for the Buckeyes within the double-elimination regional will happen and Sherri Parker Lee Stadium in Knoxville.

The Fundamentals
Ohio State vs. Oregon State // Friday, Could 20 // 4 p.m. // Sherri Parker Lee Stadium; Knoxville, Tenn.
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Briefly on the Buckeyes

• Ohio State enters the Knoxville Regional with a 35-15 general file. The Buckeyes had been 13-9 in Large Ten play and superior to the convention match semifinals final week in East Lansing, Mich.
• Ohio State completed within the prime half statistically within the convention in each batting common (fourth, .294) and earned run common (seventh, 2.83).
• The Buckeyes additionally possess good energy numbers: their 47 residence runs had been fifth-best within the Large Ten and their .466 slugging proportion was additionally fifth.
• Main the way in which within the energy class is junior Sam Hackenbracht, who has 14 lengthy balls this season and 26 over the past two years.
• Hackenbracht has additionally pushed in a team-high 48 runs.
• Fifth-year senior Niki Carver is having the very best statistical season of her profession, checking in with a .350 batting common, 32 RBI, 30 runs scored and a .494 on-base proportion.
• Three different on a regular basis starters – sophomore McKenzie Bump (.330, eight doubles, 25 RBI), Jaycee Ruberti (.309, team-high 36 runs scored) and freshman Melina Wilkison (.331, 10 doubles, 32 runs scored) – are batting .300 or higher.
• Within the circle, graduate scholar Lexie Handley is Ohio State’s first 22-game winner in 13 years and ranks third within the Large Ten with 259 strikeouts.
• Sophomores Allison Smith (8-4, 3.68 ERA) and Emily Ruck (5-2, 3.09 ERA) have dealt with the remainder of Ohio State’s innings within the circle.

We’re Again … Once more

• Beneath head coach Kelly Kovach Schoenly, Ohio State shall be making its fifth general NCAA regional look.
• The Buckeyes had earlier journeys in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
• There was no NCAA Event in 2020 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic and final season, convention groups performed Large Ten video games solely.
• Ohio State’s run of 5 appearances within the final six tournaments is the very best in program historical past.
• General, the Buckeyes have performed in 11 earlier NCAA Tournaments: 1990, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
• This shall be Ohio State’s fourth journey to Knoxville for NCAA Regionals of their final 5 appearances.

Breaking Down the Knoxville Regional

• Ohio State is the No. 2 seed within the Knoxville Regional whereas Oregon State (33-19) is the third seed.
• No. 11 nationwide seed Tennessee and Large South champion Campbell (37-17) play within the different recreation on Friday at 6 p.m.
• The winners on Friday’s recreation will play at midday on Saturday. The losers will face one another at 2:30 in an elimination recreation.
• The winner of the elimination recreation will play the loser of the midday recreation on Saturday at 5 p.m.
• On Sunday, the winner of the regional’s third recreation and fifth recreation play at 2 p.m. and if obligatory and winner-take-all regional remaining shall be performed at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday.
• The winner of the Knoxville Regional will transfer on to the best-of-three NCAA Tremendous Regional in opposition to the winner of the Tuscaloosa Regional.

Scouting Oregon State

• The Beavers enter postseason play with 33-19 general file and 9-15 mark in Pac-12 play.
• The postseason look for the Beavers is the fifth time underneath head coach Laura Berg whereas OSU collected probably the most wins throughout a single season since 2013.
• 5 gamers had been chosen to the All-Pac-12 groups final week, led first-teamers Mariah Mazon and Frankie Hammoude.
• Ohio State and Oregon State and performed seven occasions beforehand, most not too long ago in 2020.
• The truth is, the 2 video games vs. the Beavers had been two of the ultimate video games earlier than COVID-19 shut down the rest of the season.
• The Buckeyes received the primary matchup in 2020, 3-0, and misplaced the second, 7-3.
• Each video games had been on the ASU Invitational in Tempe, Ariz.

Weekend Schedule
Friday, Could 20
Recreation 1: Ohio State vs. Oregon State | 4 p.m.
Recreation 2: Tennessee vs. Campbell | 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Could 21
Recreation 3: G1 Winner vs. G2 Winner | 12 p.m.
Recreation 4: G1 Loser vs. G2 Loser | 2:30 p.m.
Recreation 5: G3 Loser vs. G4 Winner | 5 p.m.

Sunday, Could 22
Recreation 6: G3 Winner vs. G5 Winner | 2 p.m.
Recreation 7: G6 Winner vs. G6 Loser (If obligatory) | 4:30 p.m.

Going B1G

• Choice Sunday was excellent for the Large Ten.
• A conference-record tying seven colleges had been chosen for the NCAA Event. That’s tied with the Pac-12 for the second-most alternatives of any convention.
• The seven bids ties the convention file for probably the most alternatives in a single season (a mark initially set in 2003).
• The Buckeyes performed 4 of the seven NCAA-bound Large Ten colleges this yr.

Buckeye That and That

• Ohio State comes into the NCAA Event with an general RPI of No. 25, which is the third-highest of any Large Ten crew.
• The Buckeyes had the nation’s No. 28-ranked energy of schedule, additionally third-highest within the Large Ten.
• Second crew All-Large Ten choice Lexie Handley broke Ohio State’s single-season strikeout file this season and enters the Knoxville Regional with 259 on the season. The earlier file was 240 by Jamee Juarez in 2007.
• In 22 Large Ten video games, fifth-year senior Niki Carver hit .415 with 4 residence runs, 16 RBI and a conference-leading .581 on-base proportion.
• The Buckeyes have completed a lot of their injury away from residence this season with a 29-9 file in street/impartial video games. Ohio State was 13-5 in true street video games – together with 8-3 within the Large Ten – and 16-4 in impartial video games.
• Ohio State’s .700 profitable proportion is its finest in 12 years since, since going 39-14 (.735) in 2010.