Softball starts off season with youthful team
In IU coach Michelle Gardner’s first season, the softball team went 10-39. But this season looks to be an improvement with the addition of a youthful lineup.
In IU coach Michelle Gardner’s first season, the softball team went 10-39. But this season looks to be an improvement with the addition of a youthful lineup.
IU would not succumb on its senior day without giving rival Purdue a hard fight, and it did so twice in a season-ending doubleheader Saturday.
The Hoosiers (10-37, 4-14) split the weekend’s doubleheader at Penn State (19-25, 7-11).
With the season winding down, the Hoosiers are not in the running for a Big Ten title, nor to finish in the top half of the Big Ten. Fortunately for the Hoosiers, Penn State is in a similar situation.
Wednesday night will show whether or not the Hoosiers are a different team since Michigan no-hit the team back in February.
The Hawkeyes took down the Hoosiers on Saturday and Sunday, 12-0 and 12-1, both in five innings.
Heading into this weekend’s series against the Iowa Hawkeyes, the IU softball team is coming off of a doubleheader win against Ball State.
The Hoosiers took care of Ball State in both games of a doubleheader Wednesday, winning by scores of 2-1 and 8-0 at the IU Softball Field.
The Hoosiers will be seeing a familiar Ball State team at 3 and 5 p.m. today in a doubleheader at home. Unfortunately for the Hoosiers, Ball State is playing much better than it was during their last matchup March 14.
IU couldn’t defeat Tulsa (28-14, 10-4) on Saturday, dropping both games of a doubleheader.
IU will face Tulsa at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the IU Softball Field. Tulsa comes into Saturday sitting near the top of the Conference USA standings as its second-winningest team. The Hoosiers are also likely to face junior pitcher Jackie Lawrence, who was the Conference USA Co-Pitcher of the Week last week.
The Hoosiers were not able to continue their win streak at Illinois on Wednesday, losing both games in the doubleheader.
Senior Ashley Hobbs and sophomore Sara Olson have combined for three straight gems from the mound for the Hoosiers (7-28, 3-7). With a double header at Illinois (22-12, 5-4) tonight, the pitching duo will look to make it five.
The Hoosiers (7-28, 3-7) couldn’t have asked for a better weekend at Michigan State (13-22, 0-9).
IU (5-28, 1-7) will head to East Lansing, Mich., this weekend to face Michigan State (13-18, 0-5). But the stage for this game will be a little different from the usual.
Sophomore pitcher Sara Olson put her name in the IU record books Wednesday afternoon, recording the first no-hitter in almost three years. However, the Hoosiers (5-28, 1-7) still lost to the No. 16 Ohio State Buckeyes (30-6, 7-1) 1-0.
The Hoosiers (5-26, 1-5) recently got something they have lacked throughout the season: a feature pitcher. Sophomore pitcher Sara Olson will take the mound against the Big Ten’s best today, when IU faces No. 16 Ohio State (28-6, 5-1) at 2 p.m. today.
IU (5-26, 1-5) appeared to be outmatched by No. 8 Northwestern (22-7, 8-0) going into Saturday’s doubleheader.
The Hoosiers (5-24, 1-3) lost in the toughest fashion – via a walk-off home run in extra innings.
The Hoosiers (5-23, 1-3) will take a short trip south on Tuesday to take on Evansville (7-18, 2-8).