Hoosiers end season in Michigan

The IU softball team finished its season with a six-game winning streak and sweep of Michigan State in the team’s final series.

The team also finished with a 30-25 record, and tied for fourth place with Northwestern in Big Ten Conference standings. This was also the Hoosiers’ second three-game sweep in as many weekends in Big Ten play.

The Hoosiers finished the 2011 season with 37 wins. Michigan State finished the season with no Big Ten wins.

The series against the Spartans was played in Secchia Stadium in East Lansing, Mich., and featured a game Friday and a Saturday double header.

In the final game of the season, IU freshman Brianna Meyer scored in the second inning with an RBI single from sophomore Shelby Gogreve, but Michigan State answered with a run in the second and third innings to make it 2-1.

The Hoosiers scored four runs in the fourth inning and one in the fifth to bring their total to six, and they held the Spartans to five runs. Freshman pitcher Lora Olson came in to close out the game in the seventh inning. With two runners on and two out, Olson induced a popout by junior Jayme O’Bryant for the final out of the game.

- Margaret Ely