Indiana University Athletics
Indiana University
30-13
Ball State
28-12
Indiana Handles Ball State in Five Innings
4/23/2025 9:15:00 PM | Softball
The Hoosiers came ready to hit and vaulted out to a 7-0 lead in the first two innings before adding on another seven in their only four frames of hitting.
With the win, Indiana finishes the non-conference slate of their schedule at 22-5 while moving to 30-13 overall.
INDIANA 14, BALL STATE 1 (F/5)
KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana opened the scoring with four runs in the bottom of the first inning to go up 4-0.
• Brianna Copeland homered to right field to start it. She was followed by RBI singles from Kinsey Mitchell and Melina Wilkison to make it 3-0. Alex Cooper walked with the bases loaded to bring Aly VanBrandt home and bring the lead up to four.
• The second inning's scoring rout started out with a home run, as well, as VanBrandt hit a two-run bomb over the left center field wall.
• Later in the frame, Wilkison stole home later in the inning to make it 7-0.
• In the bottom of the fourth, Hannah Haberstroh hit her first career triple to bring Madalyn Strader home and make it 9-0.
• Minnick hit a 3-run bomb to right field, extending the Hoosier lead to double digits to make it a 12-0 game in the bottom of the fourth.
NOTABLES
• With the win tonight, Indiana has notched three-straight 30-plus win seasons.
• The Hoosiers went undefeated in single-game midweek games in 2025, going 5-0 in such contests.
• Copeland and Minnick's homers tonight put them at 43 and 41 career home runs, respectively.
• Eight different Hoosiers recorded a hit tonight.
• Copeland's win in the circle puts her season record at 14-6.
UP NEXT
Indiana will remain at home for the weekend for the team's final home series of the 2025 campaign when it hosts No. 7 Oregon (April 25-27).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Copeland, Brianna (14-6)
L: WHITNEY (17-5)
Batting:
RBI: TIMMONS 1
Base Running:
RUNS: PEITERSEN 1
HBP: TIMMONS 1 ; GIBSON 1 ; VAN DER MARK 1
Batting:
2B: Parker, Avery 1 ; VanBrandt, Aly 1
3B: Wilkison, Melina 1 ; Haberstroh, Hannah 1
HR: Copeland, Brianna 1 ; Minnick, Taylor 1 ; VanBrandt, Aly 1
RBI: Copeland, Brianna 1 ; Minnick, Taylor 3 ; Parker, Avery 1 ; Mitchell, Kinsey 1 ; VanBrandt, Aly 2 ; Wilkison, Melina 2 ; Haberstroh, Hannah 1 ; Cooper, Alex 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Copeland, Brianna 2 ; Minnick, Taylor 1 ; Parker, Avery 1 ; Drummond, Peyton 1 ; Mitchell, Kinsey 3 ; VanBrandt, Aly 2 ; Wilkison, Melina 1 ; Strader, Madalyn 1 ; Haberstroh, Hannah 1 ; Cooper, Alex 1
SB: Drummond, Peyton 1 ; Wilkison, Melina 1 ; Cooper, Alex 1 ; Kettleman, Cassidy 1
CS: Minnick, Taylor 1
HBP: Strader, Madalyn 1
