Friday, May 6
Lincoln, Neb.
6:30 PM
Indiana University
at
Nebraska
Hoosiers Close Regular Season at Nebraska
5/4/2022 2:10:00 PM | Softball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana softball team will travel to Nebraska for their final regular season Big Ten series.
Date: Friday May 6-Sunday May 8
Location: Lincoln, Neb.
Stadium: Bowlin Stadium
The Schedule
Indiana (26-19, 9-11 Big Ten) at Nebraska (35-13, 15-4 Big Ten)
Friday May 6 at 6:30 PM ET
*Saturday May 7 at 5:00 PM ET
Sunday May 8 at 1:00 PM ET
The Saturday game will be televised on Big Ten Network.
Twitter Updates: @IndianaSB
Live scoring
B1G Plus Video
Series History
Nebraska leads the all-time series 9-8. In the 2021 season the teams played two games and split them with Indiana winning 3-1 and Nebraska winning 4-2. The games were played in Leesburg, Fla.
Scouting the Opponent
Nebraska comes in ranked second in the Big Ten with a 15-4 conference record and 35-13 overall record. Most recently Nebraska lost two of three at Ohio State, but closed the series with a 9-1 win in five innings. The Cornhuskers lead the Big Ten in hitting with a .323 team average. Mya Felder ranks third in the conference individually in batting average at .405. In the circle Olivia Ferrell (2.16 ERA) has gotten the most innings with 146 and Courtney Wallace (3.55 ERA) with 118.1.
Last Time Out
The Hoosiers lost two out of three to Illinois but ended the series in dramatic fashion with a walk off for a 3-2 win in 11 innings. Senior Brittany Ford provided a three run double in the 11th to lift the Hoosiers to the victory.
Comeback Kids
When an opponent has scored two or more runs this season the Hoosiers have responded with two or more runs of their own in the next half inning 17 times this season across 16 games.
The Long Ball
The Hoosiers have set a single season school record for home runs with 54 this season. This is a big improvement from last season in which Indiana hit 28 home runs. The previous school record was 51 set in the 2015 season.
Attacking the Next 60 Feet
The Hoosiers rank 11th among NCAA DI softball teams in stolen bases at 2.35 per game. Tatum Hayes ranks second in the Big Ten in stolen bases with 27. The Hoosiers have stolen 106 bases this season compared to 34 from their opponents. Lindsey Warick has thrown out 12 runners trying to steal bases this season, which ranks second in the Big Ten.
2 Out Hitting
Indiana has scored 81 runs this season with two out, including 13 games in which they have scored three or more runs with two outs. Cora Bassett is hitting .448 on the season with two outs.
Big Improvements
Brittany Ford and Brooke Benson have shown great improvement from last season to this season.
Brittany Ford 2021: .200 BA, 35AB, 7 hits, 1HR, 6 RBI
Brittany Ford 2022: .306BA, 121AB, 37 hits, 8HR, 37 RBI
Brooke Benson 2021: .178 BA, 73AB, 13 hits, 1HR, 5 RBI
Brooke Benson 2022: .357BA, 115AB, 41 hits, 7HR, 29 RBI
Stanton Earns 700th Career Victory
With the Hoosiers 2-0 victory over Sam Houston State on March 19 IU head coach Shonda Stanton earned her 700th career victory. Stanton is in her 24th year as a head coach. Before arriving in Bloomington, she coached at Marshall for 18 seasons and is the winningest coach in Marshall history with 560 wins.
Copeland Freshman of the Week X3
On Monday April 4 Brianna Copeland earned her third Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor. Copeland provided fireworks in the Hoosiers 14-11 win over Kent State on March 30. Copeland hit three home runs to become the Hoosiers first freshman to ever hit three home runs in a game and just the third ever player to accomplish the feat. Copeland lifted the Hoosiers to victory with a walk-off three-run home run in the ninth inning of the game. Copeland is hitting .400 on the season with eight home runs.
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Date: Friday May 6-Sunday May 8
Location: Lincoln, Neb.
Stadium: Bowlin Stadium
The Schedule
Indiana (26-19, 9-11 Big Ten) at Nebraska (35-13, 15-4 Big Ten)
Friday May 6 at 6:30 PM ET
*Saturday May 7 at 5:00 PM ET
Sunday May 8 at 1:00 PM ET
The Saturday game will be televised on Big Ten Network.
Twitter Updates: @IndianaSB
Live scoring
B1G Plus Video
Series History
Nebraska leads the all-time series 9-8. In the 2021 season the teams played two games and split them with Indiana winning 3-1 and Nebraska winning 4-2. The games were played in Leesburg, Fla.
Scouting the Opponent
Nebraska comes in ranked second in the Big Ten with a 15-4 conference record and 35-13 overall record. Most recently Nebraska lost two of three at Ohio State, but closed the series with a 9-1 win in five innings. The Cornhuskers lead the Big Ten in hitting with a .323 team average. Mya Felder ranks third in the conference individually in batting average at .405. In the circle Olivia Ferrell (2.16 ERA) has gotten the most innings with 146 and Courtney Wallace (3.55 ERA) with 118.1.
Last Time Out
The Hoosiers lost two out of three to Illinois but ended the series in dramatic fashion with a walk off for a 3-2 win in 11 innings. Senior Brittany Ford provided a three run double in the 11th to lift the Hoosiers to the victory.
Comeback Kids
When an opponent has scored two or more runs this season the Hoosiers have responded with two or more runs of their own in the next half inning 17 times this season across 16 games.
The Long Ball
The Hoosiers have set a single season school record for home runs with 54 this season. This is a big improvement from last season in which Indiana hit 28 home runs. The previous school record was 51 set in the 2015 season.
Attacking the Next 60 Feet
The Hoosiers rank 11th among NCAA DI softball teams in stolen bases at 2.35 per game. Tatum Hayes ranks second in the Big Ten in stolen bases with 27. The Hoosiers have stolen 106 bases this season compared to 34 from their opponents. Lindsey Warick has thrown out 12 runners trying to steal bases this season, which ranks second in the Big Ten.
2 Out Hitting
Indiana has scored 81 runs this season with two out, including 13 games in which they have scored three or more runs with two outs. Cora Bassett is hitting .448 on the season with two outs.
Big Improvements
Brittany Ford and Brooke Benson have shown great improvement from last season to this season.
Brittany Ford 2021: .200 BA, 35AB, 7 hits, 1HR, 6 RBI
Brittany Ford 2022: .306BA, 121AB, 37 hits, 8HR, 37 RBI
Brooke Benson 2021: .178 BA, 73AB, 13 hits, 1HR, 5 RBI
Brooke Benson 2022: .357BA, 115AB, 41 hits, 7HR, 29 RBI
Stanton Earns 700th Career Victory
With the Hoosiers 2-0 victory over Sam Houston State on March 19 IU head coach Shonda Stanton earned her 700th career victory. Stanton is in her 24th year as a head coach. Before arriving in Bloomington, she coached at Marshall for 18 seasons and is the winningest coach in Marshall history with 560 wins.
Copeland Freshman of the Week X3
On Monday April 4 Brianna Copeland earned her third Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor. Copeland provided fireworks in the Hoosiers 14-11 win over Kent State on March 30. Copeland hit three home runs to become the Hoosiers first freshman to ever hit three home runs in a game and just the third ever player to accomplish the feat. Copeland lifted the Hoosiers to victory with a walk-off three-run home run in the ninth inning of the game. Copeland is hitting .400 on the season with eight home runs.
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