Indiana Falls in Regional Opener to Washington

Friday, May 17

Seattle, WA

3:00 PM

Indiana University

40-19

Washington

32-13

Indiana

Washington

5/17/2024 7:43:00 PM | Softball

Box Score Box Score (PDF)Postgame Press Conference

COLUMBIA, Mo. ––– Indiana Softball fell in a very close battle against Washington in their opening round game of the NCAA Columbia Regional on Friday afternoon, 8-7.

With the loss, Indiana will play in the elimination game tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. (ET)/4:30 p.m. (CT) against the loser of No. 7 overall seed Mizzou and Omaha today.

The Hoosiers are now 40-19 on the season.

INDIANA 7, WASHINGTON 8

KEY MOMENTS
• Washington took an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second on a double from Johnson and a sac fly from Fiedler.
• Indiana would go on to make it a 2-1 game in the top of the fourth when freshman Aly VanBrandt put down a perfect bunt for a single and RBI as sophomore Cassidy Kettleman scored.
• The Huskies would add on another two runs in the fourth, making it 4-1.
• In the fifth inning, Indiana would score four runs to take a 5-4 lead.
• The run began when redshirt senior Cora Bassett took home on a throwing error by Washington. A few at-bats later, junior Taylor Minnick hit a clutch double down the right field line to score Copeland and make it 4-3.
• Junior Sarah Stone hit a go-ahead home run over the left center wall to put the Hoosiers in front, 5-4.
• In the top of the sixth inning, freshman Alex Cooper hit a solo home run out to dead center and put the Hoosiers up 6-4.
• Washington took the lead back in the bottom of the sixth inning, going up 7-6.
• Sophomore Avery Parker doubled off the left field wall to score junior Brianna Copeland to make it 7-7 in the top of the seventh.
• In the bottom of the inning, Alvarez doubled to put Washington up, 8-7.

NOTABLES
• Minnick, Stone and Parker each had two hits.
• Both Stone and Cooper hit home runs.
• Stone went 2-for-4 at the plate with a triple and a home run.
• Both Copeland and sophomore Sophie Kleiman threw three-plus innings in the circle.

UP NEXT
With the loss, Indiana will play in the elimination game tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. (ET)/4:30 p.m. (CT) against the loser of No. 7 overall seed Mizzou and Omaha today.

Should Indiana win in the elimination game, they will play again on Saturday at 8 p.m. (ET)/7 p.m. (CT) against the loser of game four of the regional.