2021 Softball Records
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2021 Softball Records 2021 CONTENTS WHY BATTLING BISHOPS? Why Battling Bishops? // 1 The nickname “The Battling Bishops” dates to 1925; before then Ohio Wesleyan University’s 2019 NCAC Standings and Statistics // 2-5 teams were simply known as “The Red and Black,” Ohio Wesleyan Softball Ohio Wesleyan NCAC Statistical Leaders 1998-2020 // 6-8 or sometimes as “The Methodists.” Ohio Wesleyan is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, NCAC Special Awards // 9 and long has produced many of its bishops. By April, 1925, according to that issue of the NCAC Records // 10-11 Alumni Magazine, the present name had finally About the NCAC // 12 been derived. “Ohio sports writers have been at a loss,” the magazine reported. “There are count- Last Time It Happened // 13 less colleges throughout the country claiming red Bishop Softball Year-by-Year // 14 and black as their colors, and 14 Methodist col- leges in Ohio alone.” Pi Delta Epsilon journalism All-Time Series Records // 15-16 fraternity therefore sponsored a contest, and the winning nickname, “The Battling Bishops,” was All-Time Results // 17-22 “placed before the sports writers of the state as Bishop Records // 23-32 the teams’ official title.” Senior Harold Thomas of Lima submitted the winning entry. Bishop Statistical Leaders 2000-20 // 33 The new nickname must have provided in- All-Star Bishops // 34-35 spiration. The 1925 football team, under George Gauthier, “The Little Giant,” went 7-1-1. Its only Bishop Letterwomen 1980-84, 2000-19 // 36 loss came to Ohio State by a 10-3 score, and it tied Syracuse, 3-3, en route to winning the Ohio Confer- ence championship. Ohio Wesleyan Softball Ohio Wesleyan On the cover: Rachel Seibel (photo by Sara Blake) 2021 1 3/2021 2020 NCAC STANDINGS BISHOPS IN THE NCAC NCAC* Overall Year ALL DEN HIR KEN OBE WITT WOO TOT Team W L T Pct W L T Pct 2000 0-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 4-10 Allegheny 0 0 0 — 0 4 0 .000 2001 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 — 1-1 8-4 Denison 0 0 0 — 3 6 0 .333 2002 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 2-0 1-1 0-2 6-8 2003 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 0-2 2-0 8-6 DePauw 0 0 0 — 6 3 0 .667 2004 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 11-3 Hiram 0 0 0 — 4 10 0 .286 2005 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 0-2 11-3 Kenyon 0 0 0 — 12 4 0 .750 2006 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 2-0 2-0 1-1 8-6 2020 NCAC REVIEW Oberlin 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 — 2007 0-2 0-2 0-2 1-1 2-0 0-2 2-0 5-9 Ohio Wesleyan 0 0 0 — 5 5 0 .500 2008 0-2 2-0 1-1 1-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 10-4 Wittenberg 0 0 0 — 7 3 0 .700 2009 2-0 1-1 0-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 8-6 Wooster 0 0 0 — 6 6 0 .500 2010 2-0 1-1 0-2 2-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 10-4 2011 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 11-3 +Tournament winner Year ALL DEN DPU HIR KEN OBE WITT WOO TOT 2012 1-1 2-0 1-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 7-9 PREVIOUS NCAC REGULAR SEASON LEADERS 2013 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 6-10 Year Champion (Record) Runner-Up (Record) OWU 2014 0-2 1-1 0-2 1-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 9-7 1998 Allegheny (4-1) Wittenberg (6-2) — 2015 0-2 0-2 0-2 2-0 0-2 2-0 0-2 0-2 4-12 1999 Allegheny (5-2-1) Case Reserve (5-3) — 2016 2-0 0-2 0-2 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 9-7 2000 Wittenberg (13-1) Denison (12-2) 4-10, 6th 2017 2-0 1-1 0-2 2-0 2-0 2-0 0-2 0-2 9-7 2001 Denison (13-1) Wooster (10-4) 8-4, 3rd 2018 0-2 1-1 0-2 2-0 2-0 2-0 0-2 2-0 9-7 2002 Denison (12-2) Allegheny, Wooster (10-4) 6-8, 5th 2019 2-0 0-2 0-2 2-0 0-2 1-1 0-2 0-2 5-11 2003 Denison (12-2) Wittenberg (10-4) 8-6, 4th 2020 season canceled 2004 OWU, Allegheny (11-3) Wittenberg (10-4) — TOT 21-19 18-22 1-15 22-18 22-18 36-4 17-21 21-19 158-136 2005 Ohio Wesleyan (11-3) Allegheny, Wooster (9-5) — 2006 Denison (11-3) Kenyon (10-4) 8-6, T3rd 2007 Denison (13-1) Wittenberg (11-3) 5-9, 6th 2008 Allegheny (11-3) Ohio Wesleyan (10-4) — 2009 Denison (11-3) Hiram (10-4) 8-6, T4th 2010 OWU, Denison (10-4) Hiram (9-5) — 2011 Denison (12-2) Ohio Wesleyan, Hiram (11-3) 2012 Allegheny (12-4) Wooster (11-5) 7-9, T6th 2013 DePauw (13-3) 4 tied at (10-6) 6-10, T6th 2014 DePauw (13-3) Wittenberg (11-5) 9-7, 4th 2015 DePauw (14-2) Wittenberg (11-5) 4-12, 8th 2016 DePauw (15-1) Wittenberg (13-3) 9-7, 4th 2017 Wittenberg (15-1) DePauw (13-3) 9-7, 5th 2018 Wittenberg (15-1) Denison, DePauw (13-3) 9-7, 5th 2019 DePauw (16-0) Wooster (12-4) 5-11, 7th 2020 season canceled NOTE: The NCAC champion is determined by the highest regular sea- son winning percentage. The NCAC tournament champion receives the conference’s automatic qualifier into the NCAA Division III tournament. Ohio Wesleyan Softball Ohio Wesleyan 2 2021 2021 NCAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY NCAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS BISHOPS IN THE NCAC TOURNAMENT PREVIOUS NCAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS Year ALL DEN HIR KEN OBE WITT WOO TOT Year Champion (Score) Runner-Up 2001 — — — — — 1-0 0-2 1-2 2001 Denison (2-0) Wooster 2002 — — — — — — — — 2003 — 1-1 — — — 0-1 — 1-2 Ohio Wesleyan Softball Ohio Wesleyan 2002 Denison (6-4) Allegheny 2003 Wittenberg (2-1) Denison 2004 1-2 — — — — 2-0 — 3-2 2004 Allegheny (7-3) Ohio Wesleyan 2005 0-2 1-0 — — — — 1-0 2-2 2005 Allegheny (6-5) Ohio Wesleyan 2006 — 0-2 — 2-0 — — — 2-2 2006 Denison (5-3) Ohio Wesleyan 2007 — — — — — — — — 2007 Allegheny (2-0) Denison 2008 0-1 0-1 — — — — — 0-2 2008 Denison (13-2) Hiram 2009 0-1 1-0 0-1 — — — — 1-2 2009 Hiram (4-2) Allegheny 2010 — 0-1 1-0 — — 0-1 — 1-2 2010 Denison (6-2) Wittenberg 2011 — 0-1 0-1 — — 1-0 — 1-2 2011 Hiram (3-2) Denison Year ALL DEN DPU HIR KEN OBE WITT WOO TOT 2012 Denison (4-2) DePauw 2012 — — — — — — — — — 2013 Allegheny (3-2) Wittenberg 2013 — — — — — — — — — 2014 DePauw (5-4) Wittenberg 2014 — 1-0 0-1 — — — 0-1 — 1-2 2015 DePauw (6-0) Denison 2015 — — — — — — — — — 2016 Wittenberg (12-3) DePauw 2016 — — 1-1 — — — 0-1 — 1-2 2017 DePauw (6-0) Denison 2017 — — — — — — — — — 2018 DePauw (5-4) Denison 2018 — — — — — — — — — 2019 DePauw (6-3) Denison 2019 — — — — — — — — — 2020 season canceled 2020 season canceled TOT 1-6 4-6 1-2 1-2 2-0 0-0 4-4 1-2 14-22 NOTE: The NCAC champion is determined by the highest regular sea- son winning percentage. The NCAC tournament champion receives the conference’s automatic qualifier into the NCAA Division III tournament. Ohio Wesleyan Softball Ohio Wesleyan 2021 3 2020 NCAC TEAM STATISTICS PREVIOUS NCAC TEAM LEADERS BATTING SCORING BATTING SCORING Team AB H Avg Team G R R/G Year Team Avg Year Team Runs/G 1998 Case Reserve .341 1998 Case Reserve 6.80 KEN 463 179 .387 KEN 16 132 8.25 1999 Wittenberg .325 1999 Case Reserve 5.82 OWU 280 98 .350 OWU 10 52 5.20 2000 Wittenberg .334 2000 Wittenberg 6.13 ALL 87 28 .322 ALL 4 20 5.00 2001 Denison .306 2001 Kenyon 5.56 DPU 236 73 .309 WITT 10 46 4.60 2002 Kenyon .281 2002 Hiram 5.20 WITT 277 80 .289 DPU 9 37 4.11 2003 Wittenberg .297 2003 Wittenberg 4.33 2020 NCAC REVIEW HIR 382 105 .275 WOO 12 48 4.00 2004 Kenyon .298 2004 Ohio Wesleyan 5.18 DEN 241 66 .274 HIR 14 43 3.07 2005 Ohio Wesleyan .290 2005 Ohio Wesleyan 5.11 WOO 323 78 .241 DEN 9 24 2.67 2006 Denison .314 2006 Ohio Wesleyan 5.60 2007 Wittenberg .326 2007 Hiram 5.67 2008 Allegheny .334 2008 Denison 6.03 2009 Denison .329 2009 Ohio Wesleyan 5.20 EARNED RUN AVERAGE FIELDING 2010 Denison .337 2010 Denison 5.97 Team IP ER ERA Team G E Pct 2011 Ohio Wesleyan .330 2011 Hiram 6.07 WITT 68.0 23 2.37 DEN 9 6 .975 2012 DePauw .314 2012 DePauw 5.27 WOO 81.1 31 2.67 KEN 16 21 .952 2013 Kenyon .307 2013 Kenyon 5.24 DPU 60.0 26 3.03 HIR 14 20 .951 2014 Wittenberg .334 2014 Wittenberg 5.94 KEN 98.0 52 3.71 WOO 12 19 .949 2015 Kenyon .327 2015 Kenyon 6.15 2016 Wittenberg .328 2016 Kenyon 5.95 DEN 58.2 32 3.82 DPU 9 15 .944 2017 Denison .329 2017 Ohio Wesleyan 5.72 HIR 88.1 68 5.39 WITT 10 18 .941 2018 Denison .343 2018 Denison 6.72 OWU 62.0 58 6.55 OWU 10 19 .935 2019 Oberlin .330 2019 Denison 5.47 ALL 18.0 44 17.11 ALL 4 9 .878 2020 Kenyon .387 2020 Kenyon 8.25 EARNED RUN AVERAGE FIELDING Year Team ERA Year Team Pct 1998 Case Reserve 2.10 1998 Case Reserve .951 1999 Wittenberg 2.46 1999 Case Reserve .952 2000 Denison 1.64 2000 Allegheny .949 2001 Denison 0.87 2001 Denison .953 2002 Denison 1.74 2002 Kenyon .952 2003 Denison 1.58 2003 Ohio Wesleyan .949 2004 Allegheny 1.56 2004 Allegheny .957 2005 Denison 1.61 2005 Allegheny .940 2006 Denison 1.53 2006 Denison .959 2007 Denison 1.64 2007 Hiram .959 2008 Ohio Wesleyan 2.06 2008 Allegheny .958 2009 Wittenberg 1.74 2009 Hiram .965 2010 Ohio Wesleyan 2.71 2010 Ohio Wesleyan .959 2011 Ohio Wesleyan 2.41 2011 Denison .959 2012 Allegheny 1.52 2012 Denison .969 2013 Denison 2.51 2013 DePauw .963 2014 Wittenberg 2.26 2014 Kenyon .967 2015 Wittenberg 2.77 2015 Wooster .963 2016 Wittenberg 2.05 2016 Wooster .956 2017 Wittenberg 1.39 2017 Wooster .964 2018 Denison 2.53 2018 Kenyon .959 2019 Wooster 2.12 2019 Wooster .967 2020 Wittenberg 2.37 2020 Denison .975 Ohio Wesleyan Softball Ohio Wesleyan 4 2021 2021 2020 NCAC INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 2020 NCAC REVIEW BATTING (2.5 AB/team G) G AB Hits Avg EARNED RUN AVERAGE G IP ER ERA Becca St.