Indiana University Athletics

Indiana Closes Weekend with Run Rule Against UNC Greensboro
3/1/2026 4:46:00 PM | Softball
GREENSBORO, N.C. ––– Indiana had no letup in its final game of the weekend, defeating UNC Greensboro, 10-1, in five innings on Sunday (March 1).
The Hoosiers went 5-0 on the weekend in the Elon & UNCG Tournament and have won six games in a row for a 16-4 start to the season.
INDIANA 10, UNC GREENSBORO 1 (F/5)
KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana jumped out to an early 6-0 lead in the top of the first. It started with an RBI single to center field from Avery Parker.
• Ellie Goins and Hannah Haberstroh had back-to-back base hits to the left side of the field that brought a combined four runs across and made it a 5-0 game.
• Cassidy Kettleman hit a single up the middle to score Haberstroh in the last score of the frame.
• In the top of the second, Josie Bird's 2-run home run to left center pushed the lead to 8-0.
• UNC Greensboro got on the board when Jazmin Meija doubled, and Hadley Gardner scored in the bottom of the second to make it an 8-1 score.
• Indiana pushed the score to run rule territory in the top of the fourth. Madalyn Strader doubled off the top of the center field wall to bring Jada Ellison home. Goins grounded out to shortstop, but it brought home Strader to finalize the score at 10-1.
NOTABLES
• Indiana outscored its opponents on the weekend, 59-3.
• Each of the Hoosiers' five wins this weekend came from a different starting pitcher.
• Bird's home run was her sixth of the season.
• Six different Hoosiers recorded an RBI: Goins (3), Bird (2), Haberstroh (2), Parker (1), Strader (1), Kettleman (1).
• Ella Troutt only allowed three hits and one run in 4.0 innings of work to pick up the win.
UP NEXT
Indiana will be return to play when it hosts Minnesota for its first home weekend and Big Ten series of the season from March 6-8 at Andy Mohr Field.
The Hoosiers went 5-0 on the weekend in the Elon & UNCG Tournament and have won six games in a row for a 16-4 start to the season.
INDIANA 10, UNC GREENSBORO 1 (F/5)
KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana jumped out to an early 6-0 lead in the top of the first. It started with an RBI single to center field from Avery Parker.
• Ellie Goins and Hannah Haberstroh had back-to-back base hits to the left side of the field that brought a combined four runs across and made it a 5-0 game.
• Cassidy Kettleman hit a single up the middle to score Haberstroh in the last score of the frame.
• In the top of the second, Josie Bird's 2-run home run to left center pushed the lead to 8-0.
• UNC Greensboro got on the board when Jazmin Meija doubled, and Hadley Gardner scored in the bottom of the second to make it an 8-1 score.
• Indiana pushed the score to run rule territory in the top of the fourth. Madalyn Strader doubled off the top of the center field wall to bring Jada Ellison home. Goins grounded out to shortstop, but it brought home Strader to finalize the score at 10-1.
NOTABLES
• Indiana outscored its opponents on the weekend, 59-3.
• Each of the Hoosiers' five wins this weekend came from a different starting pitcher.
• Bird's home run was her sixth of the season.
• Six different Hoosiers recorded an RBI: Goins (3), Bird (2), Haberstroh (2), Parker (1), Strader (1), Kettleman (1).
• Ella Troutt only allowed three hits and one run in 4.0 innings of work to pick up the win.
UP NEXT
Indiana will be return to play when it hosts Minnesota for its first home weekend and Big Ten series of the season from March 6-8 at Andy Mohr Field.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Troutt, Ella (3-4)
L: Jones, Rhyann (1-2)

Batting:
2B: VanBrandt, Aly 1 ; Strader, Madalyn 1 ; Parker, Avery 1
HR: Bird, Josie 1
RBI: Haberstroh, Hannah 2 ; Strader, Madalyn 1 ; Kettleman, Cassidy 1 ; Goins, Ellie 3 ; Parker, Avery 1 ; Bird, Josie 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Haberstroh, Hannah 1 ; VanBrandt, Aly 1 ; Ellison, Jada 1 ; Strader, Madalyn 2 ; Gavin, Alli 1 ; Goins, Ellie 1 ; Parker, Avery 1 ; Nash, Nevaeh 1 ; Bird, Josie 1
SB: Strader, Madalyn 1 ; Kettleman, Cassidy 1
HBP: Gavin, Alli 2 ; Parker, Avery 1

Batting:
2B: Mejia, Jazmin 1
RBI: Mejia, Jazmin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gardner, Hadley 1
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