A year ago, John Carroll was the last to leave the party. This year, the Blue Streaks were the first to go.
Three home runs by the host team were more than enough firepower to get past the Streaks by a 5-3 score in an Ohio Athletic Conference tournament elimination game Saturday morning in Ada, Ohio.
Box Score
Ohio Northern led early on with a pair of solo home runs in the second and third, but a three run bottom of the third gave John Carroll its first lead. An RBI double by
Samantha Becker and a fielder's choice RBI by
Mackenzie Griffin fueled the JCU ourburst.
The Polar Bears, who shared the OAC regular season title with John Carroll, would score twice in the fourth and once in the sixth to pull away from JCU and end the Blue Streaks' season.
Brittany Danilov had six strikeouts in taking the loss.
John Carroll completes its 2011 season with a record of 26-14.
