Indiana Softball Opens Conference Play Against No. 22 Terrapins

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana softball (19-9) begins Big Ten play against the No. 22 ranked Maryland Terrapins at Andy Mohr Field with a double header on Saturday. The teams are scheduled to close out the series on Sunday at noon.

GAMEDAY INFO

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	IUHoosiers Radio	TV
March 25	No. 22 Maryland	12:00 p.m.	Listen	BTN
March 25	No. 22 Maryland	3:00 p.m.	Listen	BTN+
March 26	No. 22 Maryland	12:00 p.m.	Listen	BTN+

LAST TIME OUT

Indiana extended their winning streak to 12 games with a 4-0 weekend at the Memphis tournament.
The Hoosiers swept the two-game series against Northwestern State and Memphis last weekend at the Tigers Softball Complex.
Freshman Taryn Kern had nine hits with a .643 batting avg., eight runs, two doubles, three walks, three home runs and 12 RBI with a 1.429 slugging percentage at the Lady Bison Classic.
Brianna Copeland improved to 9-0 from inside the circle, picking up three wins. Offensively, she totaled five hits, two runs, two doubles, one home run and five RBI.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

No. 22 ranked Maryland (22-5) is at the top of the leaderboard in the Big Ten as we begin conference play.
The Terps hosted the Capital City Classic where they went 3-1 on the weekend picking up wins against North Dakota, Bucknell while splitting the series against Texas Tech.
Jaeda McFarland leads the Terps offense with a .400 batting avg. with 34 hits, eight doubles, two triples, three home runs and 21 RBI on the season. She has also totaled 10 stolen bases on 14 attempts this season.
Trinity Schlotterbeck has started 12 games in the circle holding a 10-2 record. She boasts an ERA of 1.85 and has totaled 64.1 innings pitched.
Keira Bucher is 1-0 with nine saves from the mound. The freshman pitcher holds an ERA of 1.27 and 15 strikeouts.
The Terps are hitting .296 with 152 runs scored, 206 hits with 133 RBI.

SERIES NOTES

Indiana leads the series against Maryland 13-7. The two teams last met on May 14-16, 2021 playing a four game series. IU took the first game 2-0, before the Terps won the double header 5-0 and 3-1. The Hoosiers bounced back on Sunday for a 3-2 win to end the series.

TARYN IT UP

Freshman Taryn Kern earns Big Ten Co-Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week for the second straight week.
She batted .667 on the week with an OPS of 2.735. She held an eye-popping slugging percentage of 1.917 and an on base percentage of .818 including four home runs, one double, one triple and 11 RBI.
The San Jose, Calif., native leads the team in home runs (9) and the Big Ten in five categories: slugging percentage (.910), OBS (.574), OPS (1.484), RBI (36) and HBP (9). She is also holds the second most runs scored (30) in the Big Ten.
Last week, Kern totaled eight hits with a .571 batting avg., eight runs, two doubles, three walks, three home runs and 12 RBI with a 1.429 slugging percentage at the Lady Bison Classic.
She leads the team with 32 RBI and nine home runs on the season heading into Big Ten play.
In her rookie debut, she tallied two hits, one RBI and seven assists in her rookie debut, and started in all five games for the Hoosiers at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational facing four top-25 teams.

HOOSIER BATS ON FIRE

Indiana leads the Big Ten in batting with a .327 average on the season. The cream and crimson have totaled 223 hits, 49 doubles, five triples, and 31 home runs.
They have tallied 175 RBI along with 90 free passes and 46 hit by the pitch.

DOUBLE TROUBLE

Sophomore Taylor Minnick leads the Hoosiers with eight doubles on the season.
On the season, she has totaled 26 hits, 27 RBI, eight doubles, four home runs and 10 walks.
The Bloomington, Ind. native, is approaching new career highs in every offensive category and currently holds a multi-hit game streak of five.
In her rookie year, she totaled 30 hits, eight doubles, five home runs and 24 RBI in her freshman season.

KINSEY ON THE LEADERBOARD

Sophomore Kinsey Mitchell ranks second in the league in hitting with an average of .451 just below Iowa's Nia Carter as the Hoosiers begin conference play.
The New Palestine, Ind., native has totaled 23 hits, 13 runs and two doubles along with seven RBI.
She is also 7-7 on stolen base attempts with a .971 OPS percentage.

OUT OF THE PARK(ER)

Freshman Avery Parker hit her first career home run against Lipscomb. She added three more on the weekend, totaling eight RBI in Nashville, Tenn.
On the season, she holds a batting average of .300 with 15 hits. She has scored 13 runs, four doubles, one triple totaling 13 RBI.

COPELAND IN THE CIRCLE

Sophomore pitcher Brianna Copeland is 9-0 on the season boasting a 1.90 ERA with 62.2 innings pitched and 65 strikeouts.
At Memphis, she picked up three wins with a 1.11 ERA. Copeland pitched 12.2 innings, striking out 11 batters.

She threw her first career no-hitter against Prairie View A&M tallying a career-high ten strikeouts, along with no hits, one run and zero walks. After opening weekend, she has an era of .60 after pitching 11.2 innings and totaling 14 strikeouts.
Offensively, Copeland is hitting .338 with 24 hits and 17 free passes on the season. She has scored 17 runs totaling seven doubles, one triple, three home runs and 20 RBI.

THE NEXT 60 FEET:

The Hoosiers have gone 3,900 feet on the season as they totaled 65 stolen bases heading into conference play.
Indiana had 16 stolen bases at the Lady Bison Classic and added 10 more on their trip to Memphis.
IU's eight stolen bases against IUPUI is the most in a game from a Big Ten school this season.
Nationally, Indiana ranks 21st in stolen bases and rank second in the Big Ten.

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Indiana Softball Opens Conference Play Against No. 22 Terrapins

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Players Mentioned

Brianna Copeland

Taryn Kern

Taylor Minnick

Kinsey Mitchell

Avery Parker

Indiana Softball Opens Conference Play Against No. 22 Terrapins

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Brianna Copeland

Taryn Kern

Taylor Minnick

Kinsey Mitchell

Avery Parker

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