Bullpen, Big Inning Propel Softball to Midweek Dub

Wednesday, March 18

Bloomington, Ind.

5:00 PM

Indiana University

22-6

IU Indy

3-23

IU Indy

Indiana

Bullpen, Big Inning Propel Softball to Midweek Dub

3/18/2026 9:07:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– An early pitching change was a catalyst for the Indiana softball team in a 6-3 victory over IU Indy on Wednesday (March 18) on Andy Mohr Field.

IU Indy (3-23) grabbed a 2-0 lead with no outs in the first inning before Brook Mannon (4-0) entered in relief and got Indiana (22-6) out of the jam. The Hoosiers would get a run back in the first inning and use a four-run third inning to take the lead and grind out a 6-3 midweek victory.

INDIANA 6, IU INDY 3

KEY MOMENTS
• After starting pitcher Aubree Hooks (ND) allowed a pair of runs on two hits and two walks, Brooke Mannon (4-0) entered and tossed 5.1 innings of relief work with five strikeouts and one unearned run allowed.
• The Hoosiers got a run back in the bottom of the first when Aly VanBrandt singled, stole second and eventually scored on a fielding error by IU Indy.
• After Mannon recorded six straight outs in the second and third innings, IU posted a four-run third inning highlighted by back-to-back RBI hits from Madalyn Strader and Ellie Goins and a two-run home run by Alli Gavin.
• IU Indy added an unearned run in the fourth inning on a double steal of second and home.
• The final run of the game came in similar fashion as VanBrandt was caught stealing at second after Nevaeh Nash slid across home plate safely.
• Ella Troutt (2) posted her second save of the season with 1.2 innings of scoreless relief work. She allowed one hit and walked one.

NOTABLES
• Mannon allowed just three base runners and struck out five in 5.1 innings of work, the second-longest out of her career and longest of her Indiana tenure.
• Gavin hit her fifth home run of the season and posted her third multi-RBI and multi-hit game of the season. All three of her multi-hit games have featured a home run.
• VanBrandt has a hit in seven straight games and 25 of 28 games this season after reaching base three times with a single and two walks. She has reached base in 27 of 28 games on the season.
• Avery Parker doubled as part of her seventh multi-hit game this season. The double marked five straight games with an extra base hit.
• IU is now 21-2 this season when scoring six-or-more runs in a game. The team is also 19-1 when allowing three-or-fewer runs in a game.

UP NEXT
Indiana will hit the road for a three-game series at Maryland (13-14, 1-5 B1G). The Hoosiers and Terrapins will kick off the series at 6 p.m. Friday, March 20, in College Park, Maryland.