Hoosiers Head to Piscataway for Weekend Series

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana softball (31-15, 9-5 B1G) travels to Piscataway, N.J., for a weekend series against Rutgers (30-17, 7-7 B1G) at the Rutgers Softball Complex.

GAMEDAY INFO

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	IUHoosiers Radio	TV
April 21	Rutgers	3:00 p.m.	Listen	B1G+
April 22	Rutgers	3:00 p.m.	Listen	B1G+
April 23	Rutgers	1:00 p.m.	Listen	B1G+

LAST TIME OUT

The Hoosiers dropped the series, 3-0, against Nebraska.
Indiana tallied seven hits for six RBI in game one.
IU recorded 12 hits and earned eight free passes on the day.
Team 50 hit three long balls against the Huskers bringing their season total to 60.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

Rutgers (30-17, 7-7 B1G) dropped the series against Penn State 1-0, 3-0 and 8-2 in the final.
Junior Kyleigh Sand leads the Scarlet Knights hitting .382 on the season. She has collected 60 hits, 45 runs, 12 extra base hits with 12 RBI.
The Scarlet Knights hold a .292 batting average with 356 hits. Rutgers has tallied 253 runs, 73 doubles, 11 triples and 36 hone runs with 231 RBI.
Graduate student pitcher Jaden Vickers leads Rutgers on the mound with a 9-5 record and three saves. She has pitched 79.1 innings and 76 strikeouts.

SERIES NOTES

The Hoosiers lead the series 16-11.
In the last matchup, Indiana defeated the Knights 11-6 for the series sweep in Bloomington.
IU has won the last six matchups dating back to March 13, 2021.

(W)INDIANA

The Hoosiers had a historic run winning 23 straight games setting a new program record for the longest win streak.

TEAM 50 IN THE BOOKS

Team 50 is etching itself in the record book and is on pace to set season records in five categories: runs scored, hits, doubles, stolen bases, home runs, RBI and batting average.
Indiana has already set new single-season records for most home runs (60) and RBI (293).

RECORD TRACKER (Current Standing)
RBI (293)
1. 278 (1994)

Home Runs (60)
1. 56 (2022)

Runs Scored (311)
1. 328 (1994)
2. 282 (2015)

Hits (368)
1. 466 (1994)
2. 462 (1987)

Doubles (79)
1. 95 (1994)
2. 88 (2004)
3. 82 (2022)
4. 75 (2012)

Stolen Bases (94)
1. 141 (2019)
2. 120 (1987)
3. 114 (2022)
4. 112 (2018)
5. 96 (2020)
6. 91 (1988)

Batting average (.319)
1. .293 (1997)

COPELAND IN THE CIRCLE

Sophomore pitcher Brianna Copeland is 15-2 inside the circle this season.
The Pelham, Ala., native holds a 3.18 ERA with 112.1 innings pitched and 111 strikeouts.
Offensively, Copeland is batting .326 on the season with 42 hits. She has 20 extra base hits and 35 RBI on the season.

HOOSIER BATS ON FIRE

Indiana leads the Big Ten in batting with a .319 average on the season. The cream and crimson have totaled 368 hits, 77 doubles, eight triples, and 60 home runs.
They have tallied 293 RBI along with 157 free passes and 71 hit by the pitch

THE NEXT 60 FEET

Indiana leads the conference with 92 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 19th in stolen bases.
The Hoosiers tallied 16 stolen bases at the Lady Bison Classic.

TARYN IT UP

The San Jose, Calif., native leads the Big Ten in seven categories, slugging percentage (1.000), OBS (.597), OPS (1.597), RBI (50), home runs (17) and walks (32) and hit by pitch (14).
The IU freshman is second in conference in batting average (.430) and runs scored (46).
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 17^th 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.

MONEY MINNICK

Sophomore Taylor Minnick is ranked top-five in the Big Ten in six categories: RBI (42), OBS (.532), OPS (1.282), doubles (12), slugging percentage (.750) and batting average (.417).
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.

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Brianna Copeland

Taylor Minnick