G-MAC CHAMPIONS!!!!! Baseball Defeats Ohio Dominican 9-3 To Claim Tournament Title

OVERVIEW – OHIO DOMINICAN (G-MAC TOURNAMENT)

SCORES: No. 1 seed Northwood Timberwolves 9, No. 6 seed Ohio Dominican Dragons 3
RECORDS: Northwood 34-19, Ohio Dominican 24-29
LOCATION: Prasco Park – Mason, Ohio
RECAP: Northwood baseball earns the G-MAC Tournament championship and the automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament with a 9-3 win in the finals over Ohio Dominican Saturday afternoon (May 10).

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Northwood set the tone for the title game right away, scoring the first run of the game in the bottom of the first on a Drew Charters RBI single.
• Alex Jarboe followed with one of the key swings of the game. His three-run home run to left center made the score 4-0.
• ODU got on the board with a run in the bottom of the third to get within three at 4-1.
• Northwood got going again on offense in the fifth, starting with Myles Beale coming home on a wild pitch.
• Caden Duryea followed with an RBI double that gave NU a 6-1 lead.
• Another key play came in the bottom of the sixth. With two runners on, Josh Getz hit a deep drive down the left field line that was initially ruled a double. Video review confirmed the ball hit the foul pole, turning the hit into a three-run homer. It was Getz's first carer homer and made the score 9-1.
• The Panthers plated a pair in the seventh but were unable to get any closer, giving the title to the Timberwolves.

GAME STATS

• Runs/Hits/Errors Northwood: 9/7/0, Ohio Dominican 3/8/0
• Runners Left on Base: Northwood: 3, Ohio Dominican: 9
• Winning Pitcher – Danny Witbeck (1-0): 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 3 K
• Losing Pitcher – Steven Chapman (6-4): 4 IP, 3 H, 4 R, BB, 2 K

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Duryea: 3-4, 2B, R, RBI
• Jarboe: 1-3, HR, 3 RBIs
• Getz: 1-3, HR, 2 R, 3 RBIs
• Myles Beale: BB, 2 R
• Connor Foley:4 IP, 5 H, R, 3 BB, 2 K
• Blake Stockford: IP, 0 R
• Dominic Mauro: 2 IP, H, K

NORTHWOOD NOTES

• This is the fourth conference tournament championship in program history, joining the 2017, 2018 and 2023 teams. All four tournament titles came after Northwood finished the regular season with the best record in conference in the regular season as well.
• Northwood's title is their second as members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. In both championships, Northwood had to defeat Ohio Dominican in the finals. In 2023, NU needed to win two games, while needing to win just one this year. All three deciding games were decided by the score of 9-3.
• Pitching and defense were the keys to the Northwood title. In Northwood's four wins in the tournament, the Timberwolves posted a 1.88 ERA while posting a .994 fielding percentage (one error in four games). The next lowest ERA in the tournament belonged to Walsh at 5.50. No other team in the tournament had an ERA below 6.17.

UP NEXT

• Northwood find out their draw for the NCAA Tournament Sunday night (May 11). The field will be unveiled at 10:30 p.m. on NCAA.com.