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Friday, April 11
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Indiana Softball to Face Wisconsin in Road Series
4/10/2025 5:30:00 PM | Softball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– Shortly after its Wednesday night win over Louisville, Indiana is back in action with a three-game road series at Wisconsin this weekend (April 11-13).
The Hoosiers have won five games in a row and enter the series with a 27-10 record and 6-5 mark in conference play.
QUICK HITTERS:
LAST TIME OUT:
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT:
SERIES HISTORY NOTES:
The Hoosiers have won five games in a row and enter the series with a 27-10 record and 6-5 mark in conference play.
QUICK HITTERS:
- Indiana leads the nation in three statistical categories: batting average (.384), doubles per game (2.11) and on base percentage (.475).
- Indiana has won five games in a row with the streak starting with a 13-7 win at No. 18 Ohio State (March 31).
- Indiana is entering the home stretch of the regular season as there are four weekends of play left and 12 total games remaining ahead of the Big Ten Tournament.
- Five Hoosiers have a .400 or better batting average. Taylor Minnick (.495), Avery Parker (.438), Aly VanBrandt (.417), Madalyn Strader (.412) and Kinsey Mitchell (.402) all are hitting the mark.
- Brianna Copeland is leading the team's pitching staff in strikeouts with 110 in 27 appearances. Copeland also has an 11-4 record in the circle with a 4.78 ERA.
LAST TIME OUT:
- Indiana had a dominant day on Wednesday in their 8-3 win over Louisville at Andy Mohr Field.
- The Hoosiers trailed 2-0 early, but quickly took the lead and didn't look back. A second inning home run from Brianna Copeland opened the scoring and got the offense going.
- The solo shot marked her 41st career home run, the most in program history.
- Prior to the game, Taylor Minnick was recognized for becoming the program's career RBI leader back in early March against ECU in the Tiger Invitational when Minnick reached 154 RBI.
- In the previous weekend series, Indiana swept Maryland with ease. The first game saw the Hoosiers score the most they have in a Big Ten game and second most overall this season, scoring 20 runs in the win.
- It was the team's first Big Ten sweep so far in 2025.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT:
- Indiana had a dominant day on Wednesday in their 8-3 win over Louisville at Andy Mohr Field.
- The Hoosiers trailed 2-0 early, but quickly took the lead and didn't look back. A second inning home run from Brianna Copeland opened the scoring and got the offense going.
- The solo shot marked her 41st career home run, the most in program history.
- Prior to the game, Taylor Minnick was recognized for becoming the program's career RBI leader back in early March against ECU in the Tiger Invitational when Minnick reached 154 RBI.
- In the previous weekend series, Indiana swept Maryland with ease. The first game saw the Hoosiers score the most they have in a Big Ten game and second most overall this season, scoring 20 runs in the win.
- It was the team's first Big Ten sweep so far in 2025.
SERIES HISTORY NOTES:
- Wisconsin leads the all-time series between the two programs, 30-20. The two teams met last year in a series in Bloomington (April 26-28, 2024) where the Badgers took two of three games.
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