Indiana Goes 2-0 on the Day with Wins Over FAMU & Troy

Friday, February 16

Troy, Ala.

12:00 PM

Indiana University

5-1

Florida A&M

0-6

Florida A&M

Indiana

Indiana Goes 2-0 on the Day with Wins Over FAMU & Troy

2/16/2024 9:56:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 FAMU Box Score Troy Box Score

TROY, Ala. ––– In an entire team effort, Indiana Softball picked up two wins in the Trojan Classic, defeating Florida A&M 8-0 in six innings, and Troy, 8-1, on Friday at the Troy Softball Complex.

With the pair of wins, Indiana improves to 6-1 on the season.

GAME 1: INDIANA 8, FAMU 0 (F/6)

GAME 2: INDIANA 8, TROY 1

KEY MOMENTS
• In the FAMU game, Indiana opened the scoring on a two-run home run over the central field wall from junior Brianna Copeland to go up 2-0.
• Senior Macy Montgomery had a fantastic fourth inning against FAMU, recording all three outs for half inning on strikeouts swinging.
• Junior Taylor Minnick tripled in the bottom of the fifth inning and hit two RBI in the process in the FAMU game.
• In the Troy game, freshman Alex Cooper stole home in the third inning.
• Against Troy, junior Sarah Stone had an RBI single to center field, scoring Copeland in the third inning.
• Not long after Stone, freshman Tristian Thompson had a bases-clearing double, racking up three RBI in the third inning against Troy.

NOTABLES
• Macy Montgomery threw for a career-high ten strikeouts in the win over Florida A&M.
• Brianna Copeland's home run against FAMU was her second of the season.
• Five different Hoosiers recorded an RBI in the win over FAMU: Copeland, Aaliyah Andrews, Taylor Minnick, Sarah Stone and Aly VanBrandt.
• Alex Cooper's stolen base against Troy was the first of her career.
• Indiana scored six of its eight runs against Troy in the third inning.
• Copeland posted five innings of work in the circle, she struck out six batters and only allowed four hits.

UP NEXT
Indiana will be back in action tomorrow for another doubleheader when the Hoosiers play Gardner-Webb at noon and Troy again at 7 p.m. ET at the Troy Softball Complex.