Indiana Downs Purdue in First Round of Big Ten Tournament

Wednesday, May 8

Iowa City, Iowa

12:00 PM ET/11:00 AM CT

Indiana University

38-17, 0

No. 9 Seed Purdue

25-26, 0

Purdue

Indiana

Indiana Downs Purdue in First Round of Big Ten Tournament

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IOWA CITY, IOWA. –––– No. 8 seed Indiana won its opening round game of the Big Ten Tournament over No. 9 seed Purdue, 6-3, on Wednesday afternoon at Bob Pearl Field.

With the win, the Hoosiers have advanced to the quarterfinals of the conference tournament, slated to face No. 1 seed Northwestern tomorrow at noon (ET)/11 a.m. (CT). Indiana's season record now stands at 38-17.

No. 8 SEED INDIANA 6, No. 9 SEED PURDUE 3

KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana didn't waste any time to get the bats rolling, getting the first four Hoosiers on base in the bottom of the first. Junior Brianna Copeland walked, and junior Taylor Minnick followed that up with a single to center field.
• From there, junior Sarah Stone hit an RBI single to left center to score Copeland. On the very next at bat, sophomore Avery Parker hit an RBI single of her own to make it a 2-0 game.
• The Hoosiers would reach a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first after senior Aaliyah Andrews hit a sacrifice fly to center field with sophomore Cassidy Kettleman scoring.
• Copeland threw three strikeouts in the top of the second inning.
• Indiana would add on another three runs in the bottom of the second to bring the lead to 6-0. Copeland scored on a Purdue error to make it 4-0, and then freshman Aly VanBrandt hit a triple to left center to score Stone and Parker.
• The final out in the top of the third was made by VanBrandt on a spectacular diving catch at second base.
• Purdue added three runs in the top of the fifth inning to make it 6-3.
• Indiana's defense got three quick outs in the sixth inning, going three up, three down.

NOTABLES
• Copeland threw nine strikeouts in the game.
• Four Hoosiers recorded an RBI: VanBrandt (2), Stone (1), Parker (1), and Andrews (1).
• VanBrandt and Minnick each had two hits.
• Seven different Hoosiers recorded a hit.
• Indiana faced Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament for the first time since 2014.

UP NEXT
Indiana will be back in action tomorrow at noon (ET)/11 a.m. (CT) for a game against No. 1 Seed Northwestern in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament.