Indiana to Host Butler & Southern Indiana for Midweek Games

Tuesday, March 11

Bloomington, Ind.

5:30 PM

Indiana University

Butler

Indiana to Host Butler & Southern Indiana for Midweek Games

3/10/2025 3:00:00 PM | Softball

Game Notes (PDF)

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– Just two days after going 5-0 in the Hoosier Classic, Indiana is set to continue their homestretch at Andy Mohr Field with a Tuesday evening game against Butler and a Wednesday afternoon game against Southern Indiana.

QUICK HITTERS:

Team 52 enters the weekend on a five-game winning streak after going 5-0 at the Hoosier Classic with five run rules to put the season record at 17-5.
Indiana returns six of its nine starters in the field from 2024 with a plethora of new talent coming in, including eight new freshmen and two transfer from Power-4 schools.
Melina Wilkison, a redshirt junior outfielder from Greensburg, Ind. joins the Hoosiers after spending three seasons at Ohio State. Wilkison was a two-year starter for the Buckeyes, including being an NFCA All-Region and All-Big Ten performer in 2023. She missed almost all of 2024 due to injury.
The eight freshmen make up the No. 28 ranked recruiting class on Extra Innings Softball for the class of 2024.
Brianna Copeland, Taylor Minnick and Avery Parker were all named to the Big Ten's preseason Players to Watch List.

LAST TIME OUT:

Indiana had an excellent showing in last weekend's Hoosier Classic, going 5-0 with two wins over Bowling Green and a win over IU Indy, Western Michigan and UIC.
The Hoosiers won each game by run rule to bring their season count up to 11 wins by run rule.
In the weekend opening win over IU Indy, freshman Jasmine Reyes had a standout performance in the 14-0 Indiana win. Reyes threw a complete game no-hitter as she had four strikeouts and two walks in 5.0 innings of work.
Brianna Copeland was excellent in the circle for the Hoosiers all weekend, picking up a win, charting 15 strikeouts, a 1.75 ERA in her two appearances and only allowing five hits and two earned runs in 8.0 innings.
Avery Parker had a standout weekend at the plate, hitting .667 with two doubles, two home runs (including a grand slam) and 14 RBI.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS:

Butler's season is off to a strong start as the Bulldogs own a 14-5 record and have won three games in a row. The Bulldogs opened Big East play with a sweep over DePaul this past weekend at home.
Outside of a 2-4 weekend in the Make It Happen Games (Madeira Beach), Butler has been really strong all season. They opened with a 4-1 showing at the Rosemont Dome Tournament and then went undefeated at Evansville's Aces Tournament and Murry State's Velvet Milkman Classic.
Southern Indiana owns a 4-13 record to start the 2025 campaign with a 1-2 mark in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Screaming Eagles went 1-2 at home in their OVC opening series against Western Illinois at home this last weekend.
Southern Indiana and Butler were originally scheduled to play each other in Evansville's Softball Classic on Feb. 15, but the game got canceled due to inclement weather.

SERIES HISTORY NOTES:

Indiana owns a 13-3-1 record against Butler with two-straight wins over the Bulldogs in 2023 and 2024. The Hoosiers have never played against Southern Indiana before in its program history.