Troutt Throws Nine Strikeouts & Hoosiers Take the Series

Saturday, March 14

Bloomington, Ind.

2:00 PM

Indiana University

21-5, 4-1

Rutgers

13-12, 2-3

Rutgers

Indiana

Troutt Throws Nine Strikeouts & Hoosiers Take the Series

3/14/2026 5:23:00 PM | Softball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– After initially giving up a home run in the first batter faced, Ella Troutt settled in the circle and went the distance controlling the game.

That would be the only run she'd allow and would only give up three more hits in her 6.0 innings pitched. The sophomore dictated the game, throwing nine strikeouts while the Hoosiers hit well on offense.

The combination proved successful as Indiana defeated Rutgers, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon to win the series and mark its fifth win in a row.

The Hoosiers are now 21-5 on the year and 4-1 in the Big Ten.

GAME 2: INDIANA 6, RUTGERS 1
*Indiana leads the series, 2-0

KEY MOMENTS
• Rutgers' Sam Rowher hit a home run over the left field wall in the game's first at bat to put the Scarlet Knights up 1-0.
• It didn't take long for Indiana to respond as Aly VanBrandt doubled, Alex Cooper walked and then Avery Parker drove them all home with a crushed ball that hit the scoreboard in left field.
• Madelyn Strader hit a bases-clearing double in the bottom of the third to score two more runs and make it a 5-1 game.
• Alli Gavin would give the Hoosiers another insurance run when she hit a sac fly to left to score Strader.
• Troutt threw two strikeouts in both the fifth and sixth innings to get her game count of nine.
• Rutgers got two runners on in the top of the seventh before Cassidy Kettleman made a miraculous catch to end the game back tracking to the left field wall on a deep ball hit by Siera Hoekstra.

NOTABLES
• Troutt's nine strikeouts are a career high.
• Her 6.0 innings of work gave her the win to improve her season record to 5-4.
• Parker's 3-run home run marked her 10^th home run of the season, to give her the team lead this season.
• Indiana's win marks its second-consecutive series victory after defeating Minnesota in the Big Ten opening series, 2-1.
• The Hoosiers have won 11 games in a row over Rutgers and are currently on a five-game winning streak since March 7.
• Six different Hoosiers registered a hit with Madelyn Strader notching two.

UP NEXT
Indiana and Rutgers will close out the series with an 11 a.m. first pitch tomorrow (March 15) at Andy Mohr Field.