Indiana Tops Notre Dame In South Bend

Tuesday, March 18

South Bend, Ind.

6:00 PM

Indiana University

Notre Dame

3/18/2025 10:43:00 PM | Softball

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. ––– Indiana got back to its winning ways on Tuesday night as the team won at Notre Dame, 3-2, at Melissa Cook Stadium.

The Hoosiers led 2-0 through the majority of the game before Notre Dame tied it at 2-2 in the fifth inning. Avery Parker broke the tie in the top of the seventh with a first-pitch home run over the right field wall for the go-ahead run.

With the win, Indiana's season record now stands at 20-7.

INDIANA 3, NOTRE DAME 2

KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana scored right off the bat, as Taylor Minnick and Melina Wilkison executed a double steal with Minnick taking second and Wilkison coming home to score.
• The Hoosiers extended the lead in the top of the second inning when Wilkison reached on a fielder's choice and the Irish made an error at third, allowing Aly VanBrandt to get home and make it a 2-0 game.
• Notre Dame threatened in the bottom of the third with two runners on and Rachel Allen up to bat. Allen hit a ball to deep left field, but Minnick was there to make the catch at the wall to keep Indiana in front, 2-0, and get the team out of the inning.
• Notre Dame got on the board in the bottom of the fourth when Jane Kronenberger scored on a wild pitch to make it 2-1.
• The Irish tied it up on another wild pitch when Avery Houlihan came home in the bottom of the fifth.
• Avery Parker broke the tie in the top of the seventh on the first pitch of her at bat and the inning as she crushed a ball over the right field wall to push Indiana to a 3-2 advantage.

NOTABLES
• Parker's home run was her eighth of the season.
• Indiana has defeated Notre Dame in back-to-back years now. The Hoosiers won 5-3 in Bloomington in 2024.
• Copeland threw five strikeouts in five innings of work in her fifth win of the season.
• VanBrandt went 3-for-4 at the plate with a run scored.

UP NEXT
Indiana will return to Big Ten play and to Bloomington this weekend when it hosts Penn State for a home series at Andy Mohr Field from Friday to Sunday (March 21-23).