Indiana University Athletics
Thursday, March 11
Leesburg, Fla.
4:15 P.M.
Indiana University
vs
Northwestern
Hoosiers Head Back Down To Florida For Weekend Two
3/10/2021 11:00:00 AM | Softball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Softball returns to action down in Leesburg, Fla. this weekend where they will face Northwestern and Rutgers. The Hoosiers will play six games spanning over four days from Mar. 11 through Mar. 14.
First Pitch
The Hoosiers will play two against the Wildcats on Mar. 11 at 4:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. A third match up will be played between Indiana and Northwestern on Friday Mar. 12 beginning at 1:30 p.m. Indiana will face off with Rutgers for three games, a double header on Saturday, Mar. 13 and one contest on Mar. 14. First pitch of the double header is slated for 4:30 p.m. and the final game of the weekend is scheduled for 12 p.m. on Sunday.
All six games will broadcast live on Big Ten Network Plus.
Checking Out the Competition
Northwestern: The Wildcats completed the 6-0 opening weekend sweep with wins over Michigan State, Rutgers, and Penn State. In the circle, Northwestern's pitchers tossed three shutouts over their six games. Two against the Spartans and one against the Scarlet Knights. Skyler Shellmyer leads the Wildcats at the plate, batting .667 with five runs on six hits in 12 at bats. Maeve Nelson has a team-high eight RBI through the first weekend of action. In the national coaches poll the Wildcats are receiving votes.
Rutgers: The Scarlet Knights come into weekend two with a 2-4 record with the two wins coming over Purdue. Leilani Chavez leads Rutgers in batting average with .444. Gabrielle Callaway and Payton Lincavage have a team-high six hits each while Callaway also leads the squad in RBI with three. In the circle, Ashley Hitchcock has an 8.17 ERA with a 0-1 record. Izzy Berouty is 2-2 with an 8.40 ERA and has seven strikeouts.
Last Time Out
Two weekends ago the Hoosiers opened up the 2021 slate by going 4-2 with games against Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
Indiana kicked off its 2021 season by splitting a pair of games Nebraska.In game one, the Cornhuskers took a 1-0 lead in the fourth innings, but with a double by Grayson Radcliffe, an RBI double by Gabbi Jenkins, and a RBI single Bella Norton the Hoosiers were able to secure a 2-1 lead in the fourth that would hold on for the first victory of the season. Nebraska would even the series in game two as a late inning rally by the Hoosiers would fall short, 4-2.
Wisconsin was on deck for day two in Leesburg as Indiana swept the Badgers to improve to 3-1 on the season. The Hoosiers scored one run in the fourth and four runs in the fifth to secure the 5-4 win in game one. Indiana's bats came alive in game two as Radcliffe led the squad with three RBI. The Hoosiers would go on to complete the sweep by a score of 9-3.
Minnesota got the best of the Indiana pitching in game one on Sunday as the Hoosiers would fall 6-2. The final game of the weekend proved to be a bounce back game as Norton led the team by reaching base on all four at bats. For the first time since 2011 the Hoosiers were able to defeat the Gophers by a score of 7-5 to secure a 4-2 record coming out of opening weekend.
New and Notes
• Three Hoosiers enter the weekend with a .500 batting average, Hannah Davis, Tete Hart and Aaliyah Andrew
• Bella Norton and Grayson Radcliffe lead the Hoosiers in RBI with four each. Norton is the Big Ten leader in doubles (3) and triples (1) so far this season.
• Amber Linton saw her first career start against Wisconsin on Feb. 27. She is currently 3-0 heading into weekend two.
• Freshmen Aaliyah Andrews, Brooke Benson, Grace Lorsung and Macy Montgomery competed in their first career innings during opening weekend.
• As a team, Indiana is batting .287 which is the third best in the Big Ten behind Northwestern and Illinois.
First Pitch
The Hoosiers will play two against the Wildcats on Mar. 11 at 4:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. A third match up will be played between Indiana and Northwestern on Friday Mar. 12 beginning at 1:30 p.m. Indiana will face off with Rutgers for three games, a double header on Saturday, Mar. 13 and one contest on Mar. 14. First pitch of the double header is slated for 4:30 p.m. and the final game of the weekend is scheduled for 12 p.m. on Sunday.
All six games will broadcast live on Big Ten Network Plus.
Checking Out the Competition
Northwestern: The Wildcats completed the 6-0 opening weekend sweep with wins over Michigan State, Rutgers, and Penn State. In the circle, Northwestern's pitchers tossed three shutouts over their six games. Two against the Spartans and one against the Scarlet Knights. Skyler Shellmyer leads the Wildcats at the plate, batting .667 with five runs on six hits in 12 at bats. Maeve Nelson has a team-high eight RBI through the first weekend of action. In the national coaches poll the Wildcats are receiving votes.
Rutgers: The Scarlet Knights come into weekend two with a 2-4 record with the two wins coming over Purdue. Leilani Chavez leads Rutgers in batting average with .444. Gabrielle Callaway and Payton Lincavage have a team-high six hits each while Callaway also leads the squad in RBI with three. In the circle, Ashley Hitchcock has an 8.17 ERA with a 0-1 record. Izzy Berouty is 2-2 with an 8.40 ERA and has seven strikeouts.
Last Time Out
Two weekends ago the Hoosiers opened up the 2021 slate by going 4-2 with games against Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
Indiana kicked off its 2021 season by splitting a pair of games Nebraska.In game one, the Cornhuskers took a 1-0 lead in the fourth innings, but with a double by Grayson Radcliffe, an RBI double by Gabbi Jenkins, and a RBI single Bella Norton the Hoosiers were able to secure a 2-1 lead in the fourth that would hold on for the first victory of the season. Nebraska would even the series in game two as a late inning rally by the Hoosiers would fall short, 4-2.
Wisconsin was on deck for day two in Leesburg as Indiana swept the Badgers to improve to 3-1 on the season. The Hoosiers scored one run in the fourth and four runs in the fifth to secure the 5-4 win in game one. Indiana's bats came alive in game two as Radcliffe led the squad with three RBI. The Hoosiers would go on to complete the sweep by a score of 9-3.
Minnesota got the best of the Indiana pitching in game one on Sunday as the Hoosiers would fall 6-2. The final game of the weekend proved to be a bounce back game as Norton led the team by reaching base on all four at bats. For the first time since 2011 the Hoosiers were able to defeat the Gophers by a score of 7-5 to secure a 4-2 record coming out of opening weekend.
New and Notes
• Three Hoosiers enter the weekend with a .500 batting average, Hannah Davis, Tete Hart and Aaliyah Andrew
• Bella Norton and Grayson Radcliffe lead the Hoosiers in RBI with four each. Norton is the Big Ten leader in doubles (3) and triples (1) so far this season.
• Amber Linton saw her first career start against Wisconsin on Feb. 27. She is currently 3-0 heading into weekend two.
• Freshmen Aaliyah Andrews, Brooke Benson, Grace Lorsung and Macy Montgomery competed in their first career innings during opening weekend.
• As a team, Indiana is batting .287 which is the third best in the Big Ten behind Northwestern and Illinois.
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