IU Softball

[OliviaPope40 7,472]

My bosses daughter plays for Mount St Joseph in Cincinnati it's their conference tournament weekend too.  

[OliviaPope40 7,472]

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/5/11/indiana-softball-earns-ncaa-tournament-bid-in-the-fayetteville-regional

Wow 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,440]

Totally unexpected.  

[OliviaPope40 7,472]

Just now, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Totally unexpected.  

Indeed

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,440]

You can access the full bracket at -

https://www.ncaa.com/news/softball/article/2025-05-11/2025-ncaa-softball-bracket-womens-college-world-series-scores-schedule

• OSU was 33-18 on the season.
• St. Louis 34-22
• Arkansas 40-12

 

Fayetteville Regional – Fayetteville, Arkansas

• May 16
  • Game 1: Indiana vs. Oklahoma State | 4 p.m. | ESPN2
  • Game 2: Saint Louis vs. No. 4 Arkansas | 6:30 p.m. | ESPN+
• May 17
  • Game 3: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 | 1 p.m. | TV TBD
  • Game 4: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 | 3:30 p.m. | TV TBD
    • Loser eliminated
  • Game 5: Loser of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 | 6 p.m. | TV TBD
    • Loser eliminated
• May 18
  • Game 6: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 5 | 4 p.m. | TV TBD
  • Game 7 (if necessary): TBD vs. TBD | 6:30 p.m. | TV TBD

[Gahoosierfan 279]

13 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

You can access the full bracket at -

https://www.ncaa.com/news/softball/article/2025-05-11/2025-ncaa-softball-bracket-womens-college-world-series-scores-schedule

• OSU was 33-18 on the season.
• St. Louis 34-22
• Arkansas 40-12

 

Fayetteville Regional – Fayetteville, Arkansas

• May 16
  • Game 1: Indiana vs. Oklahoma State | 4 p.m. | ESPN2
  • Game 2: Saint Louis vs. No. 4 Arkansas | 6:30 p.m. | ESPN+
• May 17
  • Game 3: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 | 1 p.m. | TV TBD
  • Game 4: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 | 3:30 p.m. | TV TBD
    • Loser eliminated
  • Game 5: Loser of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 | 6 p.m. | TV TBD
    • Loser eliminated
• May 18
  • Game 6: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 5 | 4 p.m. | TV TBD
  • Game 7 (if necessary): TBD vs. TBD | 6:30 p.m. | TV TBD

I wish them the best, but expect a quick exit.

[Aaron 4,566]

Pleasantly surprised. Was pretty sure they were getting in last two yrs but thought the metrics were just short this yr as I described in previous page prior to release. Glad I was wrong.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 12,114]

clearly the NCAA valued the B1G softball conference... 8 teams is incredible 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,440]

IU women (33-18) open NCAA regional play in Fayetteville, AR on Friday at 4:00 ET against Oklahoma State (33-18).  Televised on ESPN2.  Regional is a double elimination format.  Temps will be in the 80's all 3 days.  50% chance for rain on Friday; mostly cloudy on Saturday; scattered thunderstorms on Sunday.

Preview

Radio

Live Stats

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,440]

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2025/05/14/indiana-softball-ncaa-tournament-gold-standard-uniforms-history/83627815007/?taid=68252b089339350001410e38&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

[Aaron 4,566]

Not sure how you balance everything being gravy and very lucky to be here with one of the worst defensive meltdowns one will ever see. IU had the lead almost the entire game and led 6-4 into bottom of 6th before their defense absolutely imploded.

Relatively easy catch to lead off the inning in CF was dropped and runner got to third base. Then SS instead of taking the easy out at first with a 6-5 lead intact, she decided to try to get a tough out at home and everyone was safe. Then with a chance to get out of the inning tied by throwing the run out at home with a good throw, the SS again air mails the throw that would have beat runner and two come in.

From there OK St rolled to a few more runs for a 11-6 win. Offense and pitching were good enough to win but that third faze of the game late was absolutely atrocious with three horrible fielding plays late which in postseason is fatal, especially when your pitching is mediocre to begin with. 

I thought this game was a tough putt and team was a decisive underdog. However, when in position to pull the upset, it is a bit frustrating to self implode and beat yourself rather then opponent earning it. 

With all that said this is clearly the best era in program history to make three straight postseasons. However, frustrating to watch late. Offense showed why they are statistically best in nation clubbing three HR's off an elite pitching staff including two by Minnick the local girl who is hitting over .470 for the year with 18 home runs now. She showed why she will go down as all time program great and is going out at her best as a senior.

Elimination game tomorrow afternoon.   

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,440]

After losing their opening game in the regional, the women rebounded with a 4-2 win over St. Louis in the losers bracket.  Next up was a rematch with OSU.  Unfortunately, same result. OSU won 16-8 and the women's season is officially over.  OSU pounded out 18 hits of which 7 were for extra bases.  A devastating 3rd inning saw OSU score 12 runs.  We had 10 hits in the game led by Minnick and Strader each with 2.  Minnick had 3 RBI; Bird had 2.

That's it for 2025.  See you next spring.

[OliviaPope40 7,472]

We just don't have the caliber of players to play with some of these other teams.

[OliviaPope40 7,472]

We just don't have the caliber of players to play with some of these other teams.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,440]

Congratulation to Taylor Minnick on being named a First Team All-American