Hoosiers Hit Three Home Runs, Fall 8-6 at Penn State

Sunday, April 17

University Park, Pa.

12:00 PM

Indiana University

Penn State

Hoosiers Hit Three Home Runs, Fall 8-6 at Penn State

4/17/2022 2:48:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Indiana softball team recorded eight hits, including three home runs, but dropped a 8-6 game at Penn State on Sunday.

Key Moments
• In the first inning Cora Bassett doubled and advanced to third and came home on a Brianna Copeland sac fly to put the Hoosiers up 1-0.
• Penn State hit a two-run home run in the bottom half of the first and added a third run on a sac fly in the second to go up 3-1.
• Penn State hit a solo shot in the third inning to increase their lead to 4-1.
• In the fourth inning Grayson Radcliffe walked and Brittany Ford homered to right center to put the Hoosiers within one at 4-3.
• Penn State scored four in the fourth to extend their lead to 8-3.
• Brooke Benson led off the fifth inning with a solo home run and Cora Bassett singled and later came home to push the Hoosiers within three at 8-5.
• Cora Bassett led off the seventh inning for the Hoosiers with a home run to bring the score to 8-6.

Notes
• Indiana drops to 23-12 overall and 6-6 in Big Ten games.
• The Hoosiers tallied eight hits in the game.
• Indiana has now hit 45 home runs on the season.
• The home run by Ford was her seventh of the season.
• The home run by Benson was her fifth of the season.
• The home run for Bassett was her 12 of the season.
• Bassett went 3-for-4 and scored three runs. For Bassett it was her 15^th multi-hit game this season and sixth three hit game of the season.
• Lindsey Warick recorded an extra base hit with a double.

Up next the Hoosiers start a stretch of 10 straight home games with a game against Notre Dame on Tuesday April 19 at Andy Mohr Field.

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