Indiana University Athletics
Friday, May 17
Seattle, WA
3:00 PM
Indiana University
vs
Washington
Indiana Softball to Open NCAA Regional Play Against Washington
5/15/2024 5:00:00 PM | Softball
COLUMBIA, Mo. –––– Indiana Softball will open NCAA Tournament play against No. 2 Seed Washington in the Columbia Regional on Friday at 3 p.m. (ET)/2 p.m. (CT).
The No. 3 seed Hoosiers are in the Columbia Regional along with the Huskies, No. 1 seed and host Missouri and No. 4 seed Omaha.
The entire schedule for the regional is as follows.
Friday, May 17th
Game 1 – Washington vs. Indiana – 3 PM (ET)
Game 2 – Missouri vs. Omaha – 4:30 PM (ET)
Saturday, May 18th
Game 3 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 – 3 PM (ET)
Game 4 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 – 5:30 PM (ET)
Game 5 – Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3 – 8 PM (ET)
Sunday, May 19th
Game 6 – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5 – TBD
Game 7 – Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 – TBD (If Necessary)
This is the Hoosiers' second consecutive year in the NCAA Tournament after earning the No. 2 seed in the Knoxville Regional in 2023.
QUICK HITTERS:
LAST TIME OUT:
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS:
REGIONAL NOTES:
The No. 3 seed Hoosiers are in the Columbia Regional along with the Huskies, No. 1 seed and host Missouri and No. 4 seed Omaha.
The entire schedule for the regional is as follows.
Friday, May 17th
Game 1 – Washington vs. Indiana – 3 PM (ET)
Game 2 – Missouri vs. Omaha – 4:30 PM (ET)
Saturday, May 18th
Game 3 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 – 3 PM (ET)
Game 4 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 – 5:30 PM (ET)
Game 5 – Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3 – 8 PM (ET)
Sunday, May 19th
Game 6 – Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5 – TBD
Game 7 – Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 – TBD (If Necessary)
This is the Hoosiers' second consecutive year in the NCAA Tournament after earning the No. 2 seed in the Knoxville Regional in 2023.
QUICK HITTERS:
- Indiana enters the NCAA Tournament with plenty of momentum after a run to the Big Ten Tournament Final last weekend as the event's No. 8 seed. The Hoosiers defeated No. 9 seed Purdue, No. 1 seed Northwestern and No. 4 seed Nebraska in its tournament run.
- The Big Ten Tournament's title game was a tough, but close one as the Hoosiers fell to No. 2 seed Michigan, 3-1.
- Indiana's trip to Columbia marks back-to-back years in the NCAA Tournament. It is also the second consecutive season where the Hoosiers compiled 40-plus wins and a trip to the Big Ten Championship.
- Since the start of April, Indiana has logged a 17-7 record.
- The Hoosiers' opening opponent in the tournament, Washington, will make for a future Big Ten conference matchup as the Huskies join the Big Ten next season. Indiana started the season off with a win over another future west coast Big Ten school in Oregon.
LAST TIME OUT:
- In the Big Ten Tournament's opening game, Indiana took care of No. 9 seed Purdue, jumping out to a 6-0 lead in the first two innings. Junior Brianna Copeland had a dominant day in the circle, pitching a complete game in the 6-3 win while logging nine strikeouts.
- Next, Indiana defeated No. 1 seed and Big Ten regular season champ Northwestern, 4-3. Freshman Alex Cooper tied the game in the top of the fourth, 1-1, on a home run to center field before the Hoosiers had two bases-loaded walks to go up 3-1 in the fifth. Indiana would hold on to the lead the remainder of the way to win 4-3.
- After trailing 3-0 for much of the game, Indiana won its semifinal over Nebraska in dramatic fashion. In the top of the seventh inning, Cooper hit a solo home run to tie the game at 3-3. In the eighth inning, Indiana rallied to drop six runs and take a 9-3 lead. Nebraska would get two more in the bottom half, but it wouldn't matter as Indiana won the game, 9-5.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS:
- The Columbia Regional is loaded with high-level teams alongside the Hoosiers. Missouri is the No. 7 overall national seed in the entire tournament after a 43-15 season and a run to the SEC Championship game before falling to Florida, 6-1.
- Missouri went 5-3 in SEC weekend series play, logging series wins over Auburn, LSU, Florida, Mississippi State and South Carolina.
- Washington went 31-13 in the 2024 campaign with a 13-10 mark in conference play. The Huskies notably took two of three games at No. 14 UCLA and No. 20 California while also logging wins over No. 22 Oregon and No. 7 Stanford. Washington fell in its opening game of the PAC-12 tournament against No. 18 Arizona.
- Omaha was 41-13 this season and went 14-4 in Summit League play before winning the Summit League Tournament.
REGIONAL NOTES:
- Friday's matchup vs. Washington will be the fourth ever meeting between the two teams and first since 2017.
- Indiana has not played Missouri since 2001 and and is 3-1 all time versus Omaha.
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