Indiana University Athletics
Saturday, April 27
Bloomington, Ind.
2:00 PM
Indiana University
36-14, 0
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18-27, 0
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Indiana Falls to Wisconsin
4/27/2024 6:27:00 PM | Softball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana dropped the second game of its home series with Wisconsin, 8-6, on Saturday afternoon at Andy Mohr Field. The Hoosiers made a late push, scoring four runs in the sixth inning, but were unable to complete the comeback.
With the loss, Indiana is now 36-14 on the season, and 11-8 in Big Ten play.
INDIANA 6, WISCONSIN 8
KEY MOMENTS
• Wisconsin took the early 1-0 lead when Linkletter scored off of a single by Kuffel in the top of the first inning.
• Later in the first inning, sophomore Sophie Kleiman threw three strikeouts for all three outs of the inning.
• The Hoosiers would tie the game in the bottom of the second inning as freshman Aly VanBrandt scored off of a groundout.
• Wisconsin added five runs in the fourth inning to take a 6-1 lead, with two coming from a home run by Kuszak.
• Indiana got one run back in the bottom of the fourth when freshman Alex Cooper singled to right field to score VanBrandt and make it 6-2.
• In the sixth, Wisconsin would add on two more runs prior to Indiana scoring four in the bottom of the inning.
• Cooper laced a perfect bunt for a single with the bases loaded to score VanBrandt. Senior Brooke Benson hit a sacrifice fly to right field and brought Bassett home. In the next at bat, junior Brianna Copeland hit a single through the left side to bring two more runs in.
NOTABLES
• VanBrandt was 3-for-4 at the plate with three runs scored.
• Cooper picked up from her great performance yesterday and was 2-for-3 hitting with three RBI.
• Copeland (2), Cooper (3) and Benson (1) all recorded at least one RBI.
With the loss, Indiana is now 36-14 on the season, and 11-8 in Big Ten play.
INDIANA 6, WISCONSIN 8
KEY MOMENTS
• Wisconsin took the early 1-0 lead when Linkletter scored off of a single by Kuffel in the top of the first inning.
• Later in the first inning, sophomore Sophie Kleiman threw three strikeouts for all three outs of the inning.
• The Hoosiers would tie the game in the bottom of the second inning as freshman Aly VanBrandt scored off of a groundout.
• Wisconsin added five runs in the fourth inning to take a 6-1 lead, with two coming from a home run by Kuszak.
• Indiana got one run back in the bottom of the fourth when freshman Alex Cooper singled to right field to score VanBrandt and make it 6-2.
• In the sixth, Wisconsin would add on two more runs prior to Indiana scoring four in the bottom of the inning.
• Cooper laced a perfect bunt for a single with the bases loaded to score VanBrandt. Senior Brooke Benson hit a sacrifice fly to right field and brought Bassett home. In the next at bat, junior Brianna Copeland hit a single through the left side to bring two more runs in.
NOTABLES
• VanBrandt was 3-for-4 at the plate with three runs scored.
• Cooper picked up from her great performance yesterday and was 2-for-3 hitting with three RBI.
• Copeland (2), Cooper (3) and Benson (1) all recorded at least one RBI.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Shelby Jacobson (3-11)
L: Kleiman, Sophie (13-4)
S: Hilary Blomberg (1)
Batting:
2B: Emily Bojan 1 ; Ava Kuszak 1 ; Brooke Kuffel 1
HR: Hilary Blomberg 1
RBI: Hilary Blomberg 2 ; Brooke Kuffel 3 ; Skylar Sirdashney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kate Linketter 1 ; Eden Echevarria 1 ; Ava Kuszak 1 ; Hilary Blomberg 1 ; Molly Schlosser 1 ; Emmy Wells 1 ; Alivia Bark 1 ; Skylar Sirdashney 1
CS: Danielle Lucey 1
HBP: Brooke Kuffel 1
Batting:
2B: Andrews, Aaliyah 1
RBI: Copeland, Brianna 2 ; Cooper, Alex 3 ; Benson, Brooke 1
SF: Benson, Brooke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: VanBrandt, Aly 3 ; Bassett , Cora 1 ; Andrews, Aaliyah 1 ; Cooper, Alex 1
Game Leaders
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Players Mentioned
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