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The Newark Catholic (Newark, OH) varsity softball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against St. Francis DeSales (Columbus, OH) by a score of 15-6.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
St. Francis DeSales	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	6	9	5
Newark Catholic	5	3	1	2	2	2	-	15	13	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

St. Francis DeSales (24-25)

St. Francis DeSales has not entered stats for this game.

Newark Catholic (24-25)

Newark Catholic

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.419	41	31	15	13	14	4	2
1	B. Kurtz Merricks (2027)	1.000	5	4	3	4	7	2	1
2	A. Sullivan (2027)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0	0
5	A. Gerber (2025)	.333	5	3	2	1	1	0	0
7	J. Snider (2026)	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	J. Whitney (2027)	.500	4	4	1	2	3	1	1
12	M. Gebhart (2026)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	V. Bailey (2026)	.750	5	4	5	3	0	0	0
15	E. Lohri (2025)	.500	5	4	2	2	1	1	0
18	A. Rothweiler (2026)	.000	4	1	1	0	2	0	0
22	M. Richards (2026)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
30	H. Farley (2027)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Newark Catholic

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	5	2	5	1	8	.500	.742	1.242
1	B. Kurtz Merricks (2027)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	3.250
2	A. Sullivan (2027)	0	0	1	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
5	A. Gerber (2025)	1	1	0	0	0	3	.500	.333	.833
7	J. Snider (2026)	1	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
9	J. Whitney (2027)	0	0	0	1	1	2	.500	1.500	2.000
12	M. Gebhart (2026)	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
13	V. Bailey (2026)	0	1	0	1	0	0	.800	.750	1.550
15	E. Lohri (2025)	1	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.750	1.250
18	A. Rothweiler (2026)	2	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500
22	M. Richards (2026)	0	0	1	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000
30	H. Farley (2027)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Newark Catholic

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
5	A. Gerber (2025)	1
7	J. Snider (2026)	1
9	J. Whitney (2027)	1
13	V. Bailey (2026)	2

Newark Catholic

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.906	32	20	9	3
1	B. Kurtz Merricks (2027)	1.000	7	7	0	0
2	A. Sullivan (2027)	1.000	1	1	0	0
5	A. Gerber (2025)	1.000	1	1	0	0
7	J. Snider (2026)	1.000	2	2	0	0
9	J. Whitney (2027)	.500	2	0	1	1
13	V. Bailey (2026)	.833	6	1	4	1
15	E. Lohri (2025)	1.000	5	2	3	0
18	A. Rothweiler (2026)	.667	3	2	0	1
22	M. Richards (2026)	1.000	1	1	0	0
30	H. Farley (2027)	1.000	4	3	1	0

Newark Catholic

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	5.00	1
9	J. Whitney (2027)	8.40	1
18	A. Rothweiler (2026)	1.91	1

Newark Catholic

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	9	6	5	5	7	38	33
9	J. Whitney (2027)	3.1	7	5	4	3	4	21	18
18	A. Rothweiler (2026)	3.2	2	1	1	2	3	17	15

Newark Catholic

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P
	Team Totals	.273	.368	118
9	J. Whitney (2027)	.389	.476	59
18	A. Rothweiler (2026)	.133	.235	59

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Game Story

Ohio High School Softball - Newark Catholic bounces St. Francis DeSales

March 26, 2025: Newark, OH 43055

In Wednesday's non-league match, the host Newark Catholic Green Wave softball team scored a nice 15-6 win over the St. Francis DeSales Stallions.

The Green Wave (1-1) will now prepare for their match against Elgin (Marion, OH). The Comets come into the non-league match with a 0-0 record.

In their next game, the Stallions battle the Big Walnut Golden Eagles (Sunbury, OH) in a non-league match, on Friday, March 28. St. Francis DeSales will attempt to better on its 1-3 season record. The Golden Eagles come into the match with a 0-1 record after their 8-2 non-league loss to Centerburg (Centerburg, OH).

SFDS @ NCHS Softball Game Info

Wed., Mar. 26, 2025 @ 5p

The Newark Catholic (Newark, OH) varsity softball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against St. Francis DeSales (Columbus, OH) by a score of 15-6.

Rankings & Records

St. Francis DeSales (24-25)

OH	Div.
524	89

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
3-14	0-6	3-6	0-8	.176	.000	102	210

Newark Catholic (24-25)

OH	Div.
266	24

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
10-15	4-11	8-6	2-8	0-1	.400	.267	150	160

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
St. Francis DeSales	1.1	.9	1.9	.9	.7	1.1	1.1	6.0	8.4	2.2
Newark Catholic	1.9	1.3	1.1	.8	1.1	.5	.6	6.0	7.8	1.8

Team Stat Comparison

St. Francis DeSales		Newark Catholic
-	Batting Average	.285
-	On Base Percentage	.357
-	Slugging Percentage	.425
-	Fielding Percentage	.889

Team Leaders

St. Francis DeSales		Newark Catholic	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#4 Joanna Bailey (2026).423	.287
-	On Base Percentage	#30 Hanna Farley (2027).500	.406
-	Slugging Percentage	#1 Brooklyn Kurtz Merricks (2027).646	.393
-	Fielding Percentage	#4 Joanna Bailey (2026)1.000	.829

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
St. Francis DeSales	0-1		Newark Catholic	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
5/19/25	St. Francis DeSales	Bloom-Carroll	(L) 12-0		3/28/25	Newark Catholic	Bloom-Carroll	(L) 10-0

Record Breakdown

St. Francis DeSales (24-25)		Newark Catholic (24-25)
3-14	Overall	10-15
0-6	League	4-11
3-7	Non-League	3-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	0-1
3-6	Home	8-6
0-8	Away	2-8
0-0	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	2-1
3-14	In-State	10-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0