IU’s Season Ends In Regional Final At No. 4 Tennessee

Sunday, May 21

Knoxville, Tenn.

4:45 P.M. (approx.)

Indiana University

44-18

Tennessee

47-8

Tennessee

Indiana

IU’s Season Ends In Regional Final At No. 4 Tennessee

5/21/2023 8:30:00 PM | Softball

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Indiana battled to the very end as a historic season came to a close in a 7-3 loss to top seed and No. 4 ranked Tennessee in the NCAA regional final at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium on Sunday.

KEY MOMENTS

The Lady Vols (47-8) got on the board first in the opening inning on a two-run homerun. The Hoosiers (44-18) presented opportunities with bases loaded situations in the second and third but failed to get a runner across the plate.
Mitchell singled in the fourth into left field but would get stranded as the Vols escaped the inning.
Tennessee opened the game up in the bottom of the fifth, scoring five runs on five hits to increase the deficit to 7-0. Sarah Stone tried to get the bats rolling in the bottom of the fifth with a two-out single but was eventually stranded.
The Hoosiers would load the bases in the bottom of the seventh as sophomore outfielder Taylor Minnick's grounder resulted in an RBI. Runners advanced on a wild pitch to score another run as sophomore pitcher/infielder Briana Copeland stepped up for a two-out single up the middle to make it 7-3.

NOTES

Indiana tallied eight hits to Tennessee's nine with seven Hoosiers recording hits.
Minnick recorded her 55th RBI while Stone tallying her 64^th on the season.
Copeland and freshman pitcher Sophie Kleiman combined for six strikeouts and two walks.

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