Indiana University Athletics
Tuesday, April 11
Bloomington, Ind.
6:00 P.M.
Indiana University
vs
Louisville
No. 24 Indiana Welcomes Louisville, Travels to Notre Dame
4/10/2023 4:00:00 PM | Softball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – No. 24 Indiana softball (30-11, 9-2 B1G) welcomes Louisville (25-12, 10-4 ACC) to Andy Mohr Field on Wednesday before traveling to Notre Dame (23-11-1, 7-7-1 ACC) on Wednesday.
GAMEDAY INFO
LAST TIME OUT
RBI (272)
1. 278 (1994)
Home Runs (57)
1. 56 (2022)
Runs Scored (290)
1. 328 (1994)
2. 282 (2015)
Hits (340)
1. 466 (1994)
2. 462 (1987)
Doubles (75)
1. 95 (1994)
2. 88 (2004)
3. 82 (2022)
4. 75 (2012)
Stolen Bases (89)
1. 141 (2019)
2. 120 (1987)
3. 114 (2022)
4. 112 (2018)
5. 96 (2020)
6. 91 (1988)
7. 89 (1986)
Batting average (.329)
1. .293 (1997)
COPELAND IN THE CIRCLE
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GAMEDAY INFO
| Date | Opponent | Time (ET) | IUHoosiers Radio | TV |
| April 11 | Louisville | 6:00 p.m. | Listen | B1G+ |
| April 12 | Notre Dame | 5:00 p.m. | Listen | ACC Network Extra |
LAST TIME OUT
- No. 24 Indiana is coming off 2-1 series loss against Minnesota. The Hoosiers won game one, 9-3, after freshman Taryn Kern hit a three-run homer to take the lead. They dropped the second game after the gophers walked it off, 6-5. UMN would take the final game 8-5.
- Kern led the Hoosiers with a .444 batting average against the Gophers totaling four hits with two doubles, one home run and five RBI.
- In the series, IU tallied five doubles, one triple, five home runs and 18 RBI.
- Louisville (25-12, 10-4 ACC) is coming off a 2-1 series loss against Notre Dame. The Cards dropped the first game, 1-0, followed by a 13-6 six loss on game two. They bounced back in the series finale with a 6-2 win.
- Sophomore Korbe Otis is hitting .443 on the season with a 1.217 OPS. She has tallied a team high 51 hits, 45 runs, six doubles, six triples and three home runs for 23 RBI.
- On the season, the Cardinals hold a .317 batting average with 305 hits, 194 RBI and 32 home runs.
- Graduate pitcher Taylor Roby boasts a 2.22 ERA with seven wins on the season. She has pitched 78.2 innings with 49 strikeouts.
- Notre Dame (23-11-1, 7-7-1 ACC) defeated Louisville before playing their first midweek game against Michigan State on Tuesday.
- Junior catcher Carlli Kloss leads the Irish with a .367 batting average tallying 44 hits on the season. She has hit 18 extra base hits for 21 RBI.
- Freshman pitcher Michaela Kastor posts a 1.99 ERA with six wins on the season. She has pitched 56.1 innings with 55 strikeouts.
- Louisville holds a 20-3 advantage over Indiana in the series. In 2022, the Hoosiers dropped the game 16-5.
- The series against the Fighting Irish is spilt 10-10. In the last matchup, Indiana fell 8-5 on April 19, 2022.
- The Hoosiers had a historic run winning 23 straight games setting a new program record for the longest win streak.
- Indiana is ranked No. 24 on April 10, 2023, in the D1 Softball poll.
- Indiana won its first three series going 9-0 to start conference play sweeping No. 22 Maryland, Purdue and Ohio State.
- Freshman Avery Parker has the team's third highest batting average this season with a .382 totaling 39 hits.
- She is ranked in the top-10 in seven Big Ten categories: batting average, slugging percentage, OBS, OPS, runs scored, RBI and home runs.
- The Westfield, Ind., native has hit nine doubles, one triple and nine home runs on the season for 33 RBI.
- She was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week after she hit a .500 as the Hoosiers won 21 straight games setting a new program record and picked up wins against Butler and series sweeps against Purdue and Ohio State.
- She held a 1.636 OPS with eight hits with two doubles and two home runs. Parker totaled seven RBI and scored eight runs on the week. Parker was perfect from the field and behind the plate with a 1.000 fielding percentage.
- Sophomore Taylor Minnick ranks second in OBS (.530) and in OPS (1.285), RBI (41), third in doubles (11) and fourth in batting average (.412) in the Big Ten.
- Minnick hit .500 on the week as the Hoosiers defeated Butler and swept Purdue and Ohio State as they made program history with 21 straight wins.
- She totaled eight hits, two doubles, two home runs, six runs, eight free passes and seven RBI on the week.
- The Bloomington, Ind., native hit a team high .750 against Ohio State with a 1.750 slugging percentage and a 2.555 OPS. She hit two home runs, four RBI with six hits and five runs scored against the Buckeyes.
- The San Jose, Calif., native leads the Big Ten in seven categories, slugging percentage (1.019), OBS (.592), OPS (1.611), RBI (49), home runs (17) and walks (28) and hit by pitch (14).
- The IU freshman is second in conference in batting average (.433) and third in runs scored (43).
- Kern hit her 17th career bomb against Minnesota to break the single-season home run record that was set by IU Hall of Famer and Olympian Michelle Venturella in 1994.
- The 17th long ball on the season puts Kern at the top of the NCAA leaderboard in home runs.
- Against Purdue, Kern collected two hits for two home runs with three RBI and two runs scored. The freshman also totaled four free passes and had a stellar performance in the field with five assists and six putouts.
- Indiana has tied the record for most home runs in a single season by any team with 57.
- Team 50 is etching itself in the record book and is on pace to set season records in seven categories: runs scored, hits, doubles, stolen bases, home runs, RBI and batting average.
RBI (272)
1. 278 (1994)
Home Runs (57)
1. 56 (2022)
Runs Scored (290)
1. 328 (1994)
2. 282 (2015)
Hits (340)
1. 466 (1994)
2. 462 (1987)
Doubles (75)
1. 95 (1994)
2. 88 (2004)
3. 82 (2022)
4. 75 (2012)
Stolen Bases (89)
1. 141 (2019)
2. 120 (1987)
3. 114 (2022)
4. 112 (2018)
5. 96 (2020)
6. 91 (1988)
7. 89 (1986)
Batting average (.329)
1. .293 (1997)
COPELAND IN THE CIRCLE
- Sophomore pitcher Brianna Copeland is 12-0 inside the circle after earning wins against Purdue and Ohio State.
- The Pelham, Ala., native holds a 2.81 ERA with 82.1 innings pitched and 82 strikeouts.
- Offensively, Copeland is batting .350 on the season with 36 hits. She has 17 extra base hits and 31 RBI on the season.
- Indiana leads the Big Ten in batting with a .329 average on the season. The cream and crimson have totaled 340 hits, 73 doubles, seven triples, and 57 home runs.
- They have tallied 254 RBI along with 130 free passes and 63 hit by the pitch.
- Indiana leads the conference with 86 stolen bases.
- IU's eight stolen bases against IUPUI is the most in a game from a Big Ten school this season.
- Nationally, IU is tied 17th in stolen bases.
- The Hoosiers tallied 16 stolen bases at the Lady Bison Classic.
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