Indiana Softball Heads North to Notre Dame

Tuesday, March 18

South Bend, Ind.

6:00 PM

Indiana University

Notre Dame

3/17/2025 7:00:00 PM | Softball

Game Notes (PDF)

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– Indiana Softball will look to bounce back on Tuesday as the Hoosiers are set to face Notre Dame at 6 p.m. in South Bend.

Indiana is coming off of a two-game losing skid after dropping both games over the weekend to Iowa.

QUICK HITTERS:

Team 52 holds a 19-7 record and 0-2 mark in Big Ten play entering the game against Notre Dame.
Indiana leads the nation in batting average, hitting .394 at the plate, as of their last game against Iowa (March 16). The next closest is Texas, who is hitting .387 at the plate.
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.
Prior to the Iowa series, Indiana had won seven games in a row, including six-straight run rules.
Brianna Copeland, Taylor Minnick and Avery Parker were all named to the Big Ten's preseason Players to Watch List.

LAST TIME OUT:

Indiana fell in two close games to start Big Ten play at home against Iowa. Both matchups were decided by one run as Iowa won on Saturday, 7-6, and the Hawkeyes won on Sunday, 7-6.
In both games, Indiana trailed early by a big margin and then made a valiant comeback to claw back but just couldn't close the gap late in the game.
On Saturday, Indiana trailed 7-5 in the bottom of the sixth before Taylor Minnick hit a solo home run to make it 7-6. The Hoosiers got a single from Sydni Burko to get the tying run aboard, but they couldn't get her home.
In the Sunday game, Indiana was down 6-2 in the fourth before making it 6-5 by the sixth thanks to RBIs from Melina Wilkison, Brianna Copeland and Avery Parker, but Indiana could not get the bats going in the seventh.
Earlier in the week, Indiana dominated Butler, 13-0, in five innings on Tuesday and topped Southern Indiana, 6-5, on Wednesday.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT:

Notre Dame's season is off to a 12-15 start with a 2-4 mark in the ACC. The Irish started the season with a 3-3 showing at the NFCA Leadoff Classic that featured wins over No. 15 Missouri and Penn State.
Kris Ganeff is in her first season leading the Irish after serving on staff for 23 years prior.
At the Judi Garman Classic, Notre Dame went 2-3, but picked up its other signature win on the season with a 5-4 defeat against No. 23 San Diego State.
In the ACC, the Irish have taken one game in each of their three-game series to start conference play. They went on the road to Louisville and most recently took a trip to NC State where in each series they won one game.
Last year, Notre Dame went 27-23 with one win in the ACC Tournament before being eliminated by No. 2 seed Florida State.

SERIES HISTORY NOTES:

The Hoosiers and Fighting Irish are tied in the all-time series, 11-11. Indiana won the last meeting last year, 6-5, when Alex Cooper hit a walk-off grand slam, 5-3.