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TIFFIN, Ohio – The Otterbein softball team won its second-consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) regular-season title with a sweep at Heidelberg on Friday afternoon. 

The Cardinals, now 31-6 overall, best their program record from last season for wins in a single-season (29) and match their 16-2 mark in league play. Otterbein concludes the regular season with wins in 10 of its last 12 games, having not lost more than one game in-a-row the entire year.

Heidelberg conversely secures the No. 2-seed in the upcoming OAC Tournament, which will be played at Otterbein next weekend beginning on May 5-7 at Rike Field. Full details and game schedule will be posted on the Cards' team page early next week.

Game One (Won 7-0)

The Cardinals were stellar offensively and defensively in game one thanks to major production in the fourth inning and the sixth complete-game shutout of the season from starting pitcher Gabby Johnson.

Johnson, who allowed just one hit in the game, also moved into elite territory among the program's single-season leaders in strikeouts after fanning a career-high 12 batters to boost her mark to 122 for second-best, two shy of the all-time record.

Otterbein tallied a pair of hits through the first three innings of play before exploding for five runs on three hits and a trio of errors by the Berg to lead off the fourth, starting with a run-scoring double by junior Bailey McElwain.

Senior Molly Riggs then reached on an error by the Berg's infield, before coming around to score along with McElwain on a sacrifice bunt off the bat of senior Tory Speakman. Fellow senior Niki Weaver added to the damage for the Cards with her first home run of the season, a two-run shot to right field.

The Cards piled on two additional runs between the fifth and sixth innings, thanks to McElwain's second double of the day and a single up the middle from sophomore Alyson Shaw, respectively.

Game Two (Won 11-3, 9 inn.)

Otterbein again scratched across the first run of the game, this time coming in the second frame on a passed ball which scored senior Chey Rowe who pinch ran for Garner who led off the inning with a walk.

Heidelberg scored its first runs of the game in the bottom half of the fourth on a trio of hits, capped off by a two-run double to left center. 

The Cardinals tied the game the following inning after junior Savannah Sarkine launched a triple to right field before eventually coming around to score on sacrifice next at bat from Shaw.

Heidelberg regained the lead in the bottom of the sixth following a single, which resulted in extra bases due to an error in the Cardinal outfield.

Sarkine and Shaw were again responsible for the Cards tying the game in the first half of the seventh, as Shaw hit a run-scoring double. Otterbein then notched six runs on six hits in extra innings to come away with a sweep. 

Freshman Kasey Morris came away with the win in the circle for the Cards after coming on in relief of starter Rachael Owens, who struck out seven over five and two thirds, before Morris went three and a third allowing four hits.