Indiana University
33-19
Oklahoma State
34-18
Indiana Drops Regional Opener to Oklahoma State
5/16/2025 9:07:00 PM | Softball
Oklahoma State used a 7-run sixth inning to rally after trailing 6-4 through four innings.
Indiana will be back in action tomorrow for continued regional play with an elimination game and then a second game right after that should it win the first.
Indiana is now 33-19 on the season.
NO. 2 OKLAHOMA STATE 11, No. 3 INDIANA 6
KEY MOMENTS
• Taylor Minnick got the Indiana offense rolling immediately with a two-run bomb over the right field wall in the second at bat of the game, scoring her and Brianna Copeland to give Indiana a 2-0 lead.
• Oklahoma State answered with a two-run homer of their own when Karli Godwin went yard to dead center field to tie the game at 2-2.
• Minnick cleared the right field fence again in the top of the third inning, hitting a solo shot to give Indiana the lead back, 3-2.
• With two runners on, Melina Wilkison got in on the home run fun with a three-run homer to left center to extend Indiana's lead to 6-2.
• Oklahoma State cut into the lead when Godwin hit her second home run of the day, launching another two-run shot to center field which put the game at 6-4.
• In the bottom of the sixth inning, Oklahoma State rallied using a combination of RBI singles, errors, and walks to chart seven runs in the frame and go up 11-6.
NOTABLES
• With Taylor Minnick's two home runs, she is now the program's all-time leader in home runs with 45.
• Minnick's two home runs put her at 18 on the season.
• Wilkison's home run was her seventh in 2025.
• This was the first meeting between Indiana and Oklahoma State since 2009.
UP NEXT
Indiana will take on the loser of No. 4 Seed Saint Louis and No. 1 Seed Arkansas tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. (ET)/2:30 p.m. (CT) for an elimination game. Should the Hoosiers win that, they will play again at 6:00 p.m. (ET)/5:00 p.m. (CT) for another elimination game that night.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Crandall, RyLee (6-0)
L: Copeland, Brianna (17-9)
Batting:
2B: Minnick, Taylor 1 ; Bird, Josie 1
HR: Minnick, Taylor 2 ; Wilkison, Melina 1
RBI: Minnick, Taylor 3 ; Wilkison, Melina 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Copeland, Brianna 1 ; Minnick, Taylor 2 ; Strader, Madalyn 1 ; Bird, Josie 1 ; Wilkison, Melina 1
HBP: Minnick, Taylor 1
Batting:
2B: Davis, Rosie 2
HR: Godwin, Karli 2
RBI: Delgadillo, Megan 1 ; Hasler, Amanda 1 ; Godwin, Karli 5 ; Schneidmiller, Audre 2
SH: Delgadillo, Megan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hasler, Amanda 1 ; Davis, Rosie 3 ; Godwin, Karli 2 ; Graf, Macy 1 ; Schneidmiller, Audre 1 ; Warsop, Tia 1 ; Hathoot, Rachael 1 ; Bloodworth, Megan 1
SB: Graf, Macy 1 ; Hathoot, Rachael 1
HBP: Bloodworth, Megan 1
