
Hoosiers Travel to Maryland for Final Regular Season Series
5/13/2021 9:07:00 AM | Softball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Softball (23-17, 23-17 Big Ten) winners of 15 of their last 20 games will go on the road to Maryland this week.
First Pitch
Indiana Softball (23-17, 23-17 Big Ten) will take on Maryland (17-23, 17-23) this week in College Park, Md. The teams will play a Friday game at 5:00 p.m., a Saturday doubleheader starting at 2:00 p.m. and a Sunday game at 1:00 p.m.
Checking Out The Competition
Maryland comes in with a 17-23 record on the season. Last time out the Terps won three of four games at Rutgers. Junior infielder Taylor Okada leads Maryland at the plate with a .336 batting average and 40 hits on the season. In the circle, Maryland has three pitchers with over 70 innings on the season. Courtney Wyche leads the way with an 2.31 era in 78.2 innings pitched. Trinity Schlotterbeck is 7-5 on the season with an 3.02 era in 85.2 innings.
Last Time Out
Indiana swept their series with Penn State last time out. In game one Gabbi Jenkins hit her first career home run, a walk off in the eighth innings to lift Indiana to a 2-1 win. In the second game of the doubleheader the Hoosiers scored three in the sixth and four in the seventh to comeback from down 6-2 and win on another walk off. On Sunday the Hoosiers put an exclamation point on the series with a 17-0 win, their most runs in a game this season. Emily Goodin recorded a 0.47 era in 19 innings pitched for the Hoosiers. Bella Norton hit .583 for the series with seven hits and six RBI.
News and Notes
• Emily Goodin and Bella Norton earned Big Ten Weekly honors this week. Goodin was the Big Ten Co-Pitcher of the Week and Norton was the Big Ten Co-Player of the Week.
• Gabbi Jenkins leads the Big Ten and NCAA in stolen bases in a single game with six. Jenkins is second in the Big Ten with 23 stolen bases.
• Jenkins was named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on April 20.
• Jenkins has 95 career stolen bases and broke the record of 90 set by Aimee Lonigro in 1996. She broke the program single game stolen base record already this year with six against Rutgers on Mar. 13.
• As a team, the Hoosiers ranks eighth in the country in stolen bases at 2.28 per game. Indiana is +48 in stolen bases vs. their opponent this season.
• The Hoosiers have stolen 92 bases on the season.
• Grayson Radcliffe leads the Hoosiers in RBI with 25.
• Gabbi Jenkins is tied for the lead in the Big Ten in doubles with 17. With one more double, Jenkins will break the Indiana program record for doubles in a season.
• In the Hoosiers 17-0 win over Penn State, they recorded 19 hits, their second most hits in a game since the 2000 season.
• Emily Goodin leads the Big Ten in innings pitched for the season at 178. The next on the list is 140.
• Goodin is fourth in the conference in strikeouts with 157. Goodin is fourth in the Big Ten in ERA for the season at 1.64.
• Brittany Ford hit her first career grand slam in game one against Rutgers on Mar. 13.
• Katie Lacefield and Taylor Lambert had their first home runs of the season on Mar. 13 during game two against Rutgers.
• Aaliyah Andrews leads the Hoosiers in batting average at .333.
• Brooke Benson recorded the first walk off of her career when she hit a RBI double in the 11th inning to help the Hoosiers prevail and get the sweep against Rutgers. Benson hit her first career home run to help the Hoosiers to a 1-0 win against Illinois on April 25.
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First Pitch
Indiana Softball (23-17, 23-17 Big Ten) will take on Maryland (17-23, 17-23) this week in College Park, Md. The teams will play a Friday game at 5:00 p.m., a Saturday doubleheader starting at 2:00 p.m. and a Sunday game at 1:00 p.m.
Checking Out The Competition
Maryland comes in with a 17-23 record on the season. Last time out the Terps won three of four games at Rutgers. Junior infielder Taylor Okada leads Maryland at the plate with a .336 batting average and 40 hits on the season. In the circle, Maryland has three pitchers with over 70 innings on the season. Courtney Wyche leads the way with an 2.31 era in 78.2 innings pitched. Trinity Schlotterbeck is 7-5 on the season with an 3.02 era in 85.2 innings.
Last Time Out
Indiana swept their series with Penn State last time out. In game one Gabbi Jenkins hit her first career home run, a walk off in the eighth innings to lift Indiana to a 2-1 win. In the second game of the doubleheader the Hoosiers scored three in the sixth and four in the seventh to comeback from down 6-2 and win on another walk off. On Sunday the Hoosiers put an exclamation point on the series with a 17-0 win, their most runs in a game this season. Emily Goodin recorded a 0.47 era in 19 innings pitched for the Hoosiers. Bella Norton hit .583 for the series with seven hits and six RBI.
News and Notes
• Emily Goodin and Bella Norton earned Big Ten Weekly honors this week. Goodin was the Big Ten Co-Pitcher of the Week and Norton was the Big Ten Co-Player of the Week.
• Gabbi Jenkins leads the Big Ten and NCAA in stolen bases in a single game with six. Jenkins is second in the Big Ten with 23 stolen bases.
• Jenkins was named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on April 20.
• Jenkins has 95 career stolen bases and broke the record of 90 set by Aimee Lonigro in 1996. She broke the program single game stolen base record already this year with six against Rutgers on Mar. 13.
• As a team, the Hoosiers ranks eighth in the country in stolen bases at 2.28 per game. Indiana is +48 in stolen bases vs. their opponent this season.
• The Hoosiers have stolen 92 bases on the season.
• Grayson Radcliffe leads the Hoosiers in RBI with 25.
• Gabbi Jenkins is tied for the lead in the Big Ten in doubles with 17. With one more double, Jenkins will break the Indiana program record for doubles in a season.
• In the Hoosiers 17-0 win over Penn State, they recorded 19 hits, their second most hits in a game since the 2000 season.
• Emily Goodin leads the Big Ten in innings pitched for the season at 178. The next on the list is 140.
• Goodin is fourth in the conference in strikeouts with 157. Goodin is fourth in the Big Ten in ERA for the season at 1.64.
• Brittany Ford hit her first career grand slam in game one against Rutgers on Mar. 13.
• Katie Lacefield and Taylor Lambert had their first home runs of the season on Mar. 13 during game two against Rutgers.
• Aaliyah Andrews leads the Hoosiers in batting average at .333.
• Brooke Benson recorded the first walk off of her career when she hit a RBI double in the 11th inning to help the Hoosiers prevail and get the sweep against Rutgers. Benson hit her first career home run to help the Hoosiers to a 1-0 win against Illinois on April 25.
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