No. 17 IU Sweeps Day One in Clearwater

Friday, March 8

Clearwater, Fla.

3:00 PM

Indiana University

18-2

Seton Hall

7-8

Seton Hall

Indiana

3/8/2019 9:26:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Box Score (PDF) vs. Seton Hall Box Score (PDF) - St. Joseph's

CLEARWATER, Fla. – No. 17 Indiana Softball improved to 19-2 on the season as the Hoosiers swept both games of Friday's USF-Clearwater Park and Recreation Tournament. Indiana defeated Seton Hall in the opener, 6-2, before scoring the go-ahead run in the seventh inning against Saint Joseph's to come away with a 2-1 win.

Game One: No. 17 Indiana 6, Seton Hall 2
KEY MOMENTS
• Junior Katie Lacefield put IU on the board in the opening inning via a two-run double down the left field line, plating sophomores Grayson Radcliffe and Taylor Lambert, who both singled to reach base.
• After freshman Paige Chitwood came in to run for Lacefield, she stole third before going home on a Seton Hall throwing error to push the lead to 3-0 in the first.
• Both teams went quietly in the next couple innings before the Hoosiers tacked on a run in the fourth as a sacrifice fly by sophomore Maddie Westmoreland brought in freshman Juvia Davis. Davis was in running for junior Bella Norton who reached on a leadoff double.
• After surrendering a one-out walk in the first, senior Tara Trainer retired the next 11 Seton Hall batters she faced and was relieved by redshirt junior Josie Wood in the fifth.
• The Pirates put up a pair of runs in the sixth to cut Indiana's lead to 4-2. Seton Hall first scored on an RIBI single by Baylee Allender and plated a second run on a bases-loaded walk to Darby Pandolfo.
• Trainer re-entered the game in relief of junior Emily Goodin with the bases still loaded and one out and retired the side to limit the damage.
• The Hoosiers added some insurance in the sixth on an RBI single by freshman Brittany Ford to plate junior Bella Norton. One batter later, pinch runner Karly Combs scored on a Seton Hall throwing error on sophomore Makayla Ferrari's stolen base attempt.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• Ford's hit came in her first collegiate at-bat as well as her first game played in an IU uniform.
• Trainer earned the win as she fanned eight batters in 5.2 innings of work.
• Norton was 2-for-3 at the plate with a run scored.
• Six different Hoosiers scored a run against Seton Hall while eight collected at least one base hit.

Game Two: No. 17 Indiana 2, Saint Joseph's 1
KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana again struck first in the second game of the day as Radcliffe scored on a wild pitch in the first inning.
• Saint Joseph's tied the game up in the second on an RBI single from Caela Abadie.
• The game remained a 1-1 stalemate until the final inning as IU used two-out clutch hitting to take the lead for good. Ferrari singled to right center before stealing second base to get into scoring position for junior Gabbi Jenkins, who knocked a single to shallow left to plate her.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• Trainer earned her second win of the day in the circle as she tossed 2.2 hitless innings in relief, allowing just two walks and striking out four batters. On the season, Trainer has 14 wins which is already the second-most in a single season in her career.
• Goodin gave the Hoosiers a solid start as she went 4.1 frames with five hits allowed and three strikeouts.
• Norton and Lacefield each collected another hit in the win to extend their hitting streaks to six games.
• Radcliffe extended her reached-base streak to 14 games.

HEAD COACH SHONDA STANTON
"We started strong in game one and would have liked to continue to put the pressure on offensively to get some more work out of our great pitching staff. In game two, we we're hitting them hard but it was a case of the 'at-ems' and we were hitting it right at them. But it was nice to see us get in a tight ballgame, make the plays when we needed them, get the big pitches when needed the big pitches and clutch up. Ferrari started it with the single and stolen base then Gabbi clutched up.

Tara again had another great day and Goodin gave us some really solid innings. It was fun to see Brittany Ford get her first hit and RBI. What's fun about this group is we are seeing different people clutching up and coming up big."

UP NEXT
Indiana returns to action tomorrow as the Hoosiers will square off against USC Upstate for the second time in as many weeks before facing tournament host USF.