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2022 schedule released today.  Season opens with 5 games in Boca Raton, FL, Feb. 11-13.

https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/softball/schedule

 Indiana head softball coach Shonda Stanton has announced the full slate of games for the upcoming 2022 campaign.
 
The Hoosiers are scheduled to play a total of 17 games at Andy Mohr Field, starting the weekend of Mar. 5-6.
 
On the road, Indiana will play the defending national champions Oklahoma as well as 2021 Women's College World Series participant Florida State.
 
The 50-game regular season schedule begins Friday, Feb. 11 in Boca Raton, Fla., with the "First Pitch" Classic, hosted by Florida Atlantic. Indiana will play Louisville and Florida Atlantic to open the season on Feb. 11 and have games against Bethune Cookman and Northern Illinois as well.
 
The Hoosiers make a return trip to the Sunshine State for the Unconquered Invitational Feb. 25-27, hosted by Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla. Indiana will play two games against the Seminoles and three against Hofstra.
 
The Hoosiers home opener comes on Mar. 5 against Valparaiso. Indiana will play two games against Valparaiso and two games against Western Illinois that weekend.
 
The weekend of Mar. 11-13 sees Indiana travel to Louisville for games against the host Cardinals, Central Michigan, Ohio and Eastern Kentucky.
 
The following weekend (Mar. 18-20) the Hoosiers travel to Oklahoma City for the Hall of Fame Classic hosted by Oklahoma. There they will play games at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium, home of the NCAA Women's College World Series. Indiana will play games against the Sooners, Houston, Sam Houston State, Iowa and San Diego.
 
Big Ten series start Mar. 25-27 at Ohio State. The first Big Ten home series will be Rutgers Apr. 8-10. In Big Ten play the Hoosiers travel to Ohio State, Wisconsin, Penn State and Nebraska. Indiana will host Rutgers, Purdue, Northwestern and Illinois. The Purdue games will be a single day doubleheader on April 13 in Bloomington.
 
The Hoosiers will also host single games against Kent State (Mar. 30), Notre Dame (Apr. 19) and Louisiana Lafayette (Apr. 20).
 
The Big Ten Tournament is scheduled for May 12-14 in East Lansing, Mich.

 

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

2022 schedule released today.  Season opens with 5 games in Boca Raton, FL, Feb. 11-13.

https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/softball/schedule

 Indiana head softball coach Shonda Stanton has announced the full slate of games for the upcoming 2022 campaign.
 
The Hoosiers are scheduled to play a total of 17 games at Andy Mohr Field, starting the weekend of Mar. 5-6.
 
On the road, Indiana will play the defending national champions Oklahoma as well as 2021 Women's College World Series participant Florida State.
 
The 50-game regular season schedule begins Friday, Feb. 11 in Boca Raton, Fla., with the "First Pitch" Classic, hosted by Florida Atlantic. Indiana will play Louisville and Florida Atlantic to open the season on Feb. 11 and have games against Bethune Cookman and Northern Illinois as well.
 
The Hoosiers make a return trip to the Sunshine State for the Unconquered Invitational Feb. 25-27, hosted by Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla. Indiana will play two games against the Seminoles and three against Hofstra.
 
The Hoosiers home opener comes on Mar. 5 against Valparaiso. Indiana will play two games against Valparaiso and two games against Western Illinois that weekend.
 
The weekend of Mar. 11-13 sees Indiana travel to Louisville for games against the host Cardinals, Central Michigan, Ohio and Eastern Kentucky.
 
The following weekend (Mar. 18-20) the Hoosiers travel to Oklahoma City for the Hall of Fame Classic hosted by Oklahoma. There they will play games at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium, home of the NCAA Women's College World Series. Indiana will play games against the Sooners, Houston, Sam Houston State, Iowa and San Diego.
 
Big Ten series start Mar. 25-27 at Ohio State. The first Big Ten home series will be Rutgers Apr. 8-10. In Big Ten play the Hoosiers travel to Ohio State, Wisconsin, Penn State and Nebraska. Indiana will host Rutgers, Purdue, Northwestern and Illinois. The Purdue games will be a single day doubleheader on April 13 in Bloomington.
 
The Hoosiers will also host single games against Kent State (Mar. 30), Notre Dame (Apr. 19) and Louisiana Lafayette (Apr. 20).
 
The Big Ten Tournament is scheduled for May 12-14 in East Lansing, Mich.

 

I'm hoping they have a better season this year.

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2 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

I'm hoping they have a better season this year.

I'm certainly not that attuned to the softball program but do we have a workhorse pitcher?  On paper it's Natalie Foor but I didn't think she was that effective last year and other than her, it's underclassmen with extremely limited time on the mound.

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PLAY BALL!

 Indiana Softball will open the 2022 season by traveling to Boca Raton, Fla., to take part in the FAU First Pitch Classic, hosted by Florida Atlantic University.  
 
Dates: Friday, Feb. 11-Sunday, Feb. 13
Location: Boca Raton, Fla.
Stadium: FAU Softball Stadium
Participating Teams: Indiana, Florida Atlantic, Louisville, Bethune Cookman, Northern Illinois.
Tournament Schedule
Friday: 
     Indiana vs. Louisville – 4:30 p.m.
     Indiana vs. Florida Atlantic – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday:
     Indiana vs. Bethune Cookman – 2:00 p.m.
     Indiana vs. Northern Illinois – 4:30 p.m.
Sunday: 
     Indiana vs. Northern Illinois – 9:30 a.m.
Media Information
Streaming: FAUSports.TV (only FAU games)
Live Stats:  Click here for live stats for all games
Twitter Updates: @IndianaSB
 
The 49th season of Indiana softball begins this weekend as the Hoosiers travel to Boca Raton, Fla., to participate in the FAU First Pitch Classic. The Hoosiers will compete against Louisville, FAU, Bethune Cookman and Northern Illinois. 
 
Series History
A look at the Hoosiers series history against their opponents for this weekend.
Louisville: Louisville leads the all-time series 18-3
Florida Atlantic: Indiana leads the all-time series 2-0
Bethune Cookman: Indiana leads the all-time series 2-0
North Illinois: Indiana leads the all-time series 14-10
 
The 2021 Season
 In the 2021 season the Hoosiers won or split nine of their 12 Big Ten series. They finished fifth in the Big Ten standings and were one game out of fourth. Gabbi Jenkins set the career record for stolen bases with 96 and Emily Goodin finished with 583 career strikeouts, rankings fourth best in program history. Jenkins and Grace Lorsung earned All-Big Ten First Team honors and Goodin and Grayson Radcliffe earned Second Team honors. Four Hoosiers (Jenkins, Goodin, Radcliffe and Bella Norton) earned NFCA All-Region honors. In the classroom the team had a 3.69 GPA, 12 Academic All-Big Ten selections and Jenkins and Radcliffe earned CoSIDA First Team All-District honors.
 
What's Ahead
Indiana softball will play a challenging non-conference schedule, highlighted by playing the defending national champion Oklahoma Sooners and runner-up Florida State Seminoles. The Hoosiers will make a return trip to the Sunshine State to play in an event hosted by Florida State Feb. 25-27. The Hoosiers will play at home at Andy Mohr Field for the first time in 2022 when they host Valparaiso and Western Illinois March 5-6. The following weekend the Hoosiers travel to Louisville and play the host Cardinals, Ohio and Eastern Kentucky. The final non-conference trip will see the Hoosiers travel to Oklahoma City, Okla., for the Hall of Fame Classic. In addition to playing No. 1 Oklahoma, the Hoosiers will face Houston, Sam Houston State, Iowa and San Diego.
 
Roster Breakdown
The Hoosiers graduated seven seniors from Team 48 and have added seven newcomers to the roster for this season. The 2022 roster features 20 student-athletes with 10 upperclassmen. Grayson Radcliffe returns for her final season. The 2021 All-Big Ten Second Team performer hit .315 with 39 hits, 25 RBI and 16 stolen bases last season. The Hoosiers also return First Team All-Big Ten and All Freshmen Team standout Grace Lorsung. Lorsung tallied 29 hits and 20 RBI in 2021.
 
Fresh Faces in Bloomington
The Hoosiers signed four freshmen and added three transfers. Making their collegiate debuts will be Heather Johnson, Kinsey Mitchell, Brianna Copeland, Taylor Minnick and transfer Sarah Stone. Indiana added All-Big Ten student-athlete Cora Bassett from Purdue and Lindsey Warick from Missouri.
 
Jenkins Transitions into Coaching Role
The Hoosiers all-time leader in career stolen bases Gabbi Jenkins is out of eligibility, but will still be impacting the Hoosiers this season. Jenkins has stepped into a role as volunteer assistant coach and will continue to mentor the Hoosier student-athletes. In her final playing season, Jenkins earned All-Big Ten First Team honors as she hit .331 with 24 stolen bases and set an Indiana record for single season doubles with 18.

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First game of the season is in the books; unfortunately it was a 9-5 loss to Louisville.  Hoosiers scored 5 runs on 8 hits and committed 2 errors.  Freshman Brianna Copeland started on the mound and pitched into the 5th giving up 6 hits (2 HRs) and 5 runs.  Kate Rehberg and Macy Montgomery finished the day.  Rehberg gave up a run on 3 hits and Montgomery 3 runs on 3 hits.  Hoosiers scored 3 in the first inning.  Our 8 hits were scattered throughout the order.  Brittany Ford had a solo HR.

Today's second game against Florida Atlantic is scheduled to start at 7:00.

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Cora Bassett started off our game against Florida Atlantic with a leadoff solo HR.  A hit batter with the bases loaded scored a second run and Hoosiers off to a quick 2-0 start.  Macy Montgomery started on the mound against Florida Atlantic.  Basset doubled in our 3rd run in the 2nd inning and she scored on a single by Grace Lorsung.  Before the inning was over Brittany Ford crushed a grand slam to make it 8-0.

Florida Atlantic got a run in the 4th but we tacked on 3 more in the 5th (Lorsung a 2-run HR) to make it 11-1 and that's how it ended.  Montgomery pitched 4 innings giving up 1 run on 2 hits; she struck out 6.  Heather Johnson pitched the 5th inning and shut FA down in order.

On Saturday, we play Bethune Cookman at 2:00 and Northern Illinois at 4:30

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Brianna Copeland started and pitched a 5-inning 1-hit shutout and was relieved by Heather Johnson who loaded the bases in the 6th but got out of the jam without allowing a run.  In the 7th Johnson gave up 2 singles putting runners on 1st and 2nd and Macy Montgomery took over the mound.  She gave up a running scoring single but a great throw from centerfield nailed the third out at the plate.

Hoosiers scored solo runs in the 2nd, 3rd and 7th on 7 hits and committed 1 error.  Final score 3-1.

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Saturday's second game wasn't as much fun as Northern Illinois hammered our Hoosers 14-3.

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Due to heavy rain in the area, today's game against Northern Illinois has been canceled.  Hoosiers will return home going 2-2  on the weekend.  Next weekend they'll be in Tallahassee, FL for a 5-game series  --  3 vs Hofstra and 2 vs FL State.

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Indiana Softball is back in action as they return to Florida to play No. 3 Florida State and Hofstra in the Unconquered Invitational.
 
Dates: Friday, Feb. 25-Sunday, Feb. 27
Location: Tallahassee, Fla.  
Stadium: Seminole Softball Complex/JoAnne Graf Field
Participating Teams: Indiana, Florida State, Hofstra
Tournament Schedule
Friday: 
     Indiana vs. Hofstra – 12:00 p.m.                  Live Stats
     Indiana vs. Florida State – 5:00 p.m.           Live Stats       Watch        Radio
Saturday:
     Indiana vs. Hofstra – 11:00 a.m.                  Live Stats
     Indiana vs. Florida State – 1:30 p.m.           Live Stats        Watch        Radio
Sunday: 
     Indiana vs. Hofstra – 9:00 a.m.
Twitter Updates: @IndianaSB
Live Stat and Video Links
 
The 49th season of Indiana softball continues this weekend in Tallahassee with the Unconquered Invitational hosted by Florida State.   
 
Series History
A look at the Hoosiers series history against their opponents for this weekend.
Florida State: Florida State leads the all-time series 9-1. The last time these two teams played was the 2009 season.
Hofstra: Hofstra leads the all-time series 2-1. The last time these two teams played was the 2009 season.
 
The 2021 Season
 In the 2021 season the Hoosiers won or split nine of their 12 Big Ten series. They finished fifth in the Big Ten standings and were one game out of fourth. Gabbi Jenkins set the career record for stolen bases with 96 and Emily Goodin finished with 583 career strikeouts, rankings fourth best in program history. Jenkins and Grace Lorsung earned All-Big Ten First Team honors and Goodin and Grayson Radcliffe earned Second Team honors. Four Hoosiers (Jenkins, Goodin, Radcliffe and Bella Norton) earned NFCA All-Region honors. In the classroom the team had a 3.69 GPA, 12 Academic All-Big Ten selections and Jenkins and Radcliffe earned CoSIDA First Team All-District honors.
 
What's Ahead
Indiana softball will play a challenging non-conference schedule, highlighted by playing the defending national champion Oklahoma Sooners and runner-up Florida State Seminoles. The Hoosiers will make a return trip to the Sunshine State to play in an event hosted by Florida State Feb. 25-27. The Hoosiers will play at home at Andy Mohr Field for the first time in 2022 when they host Valparaiso and Western Illinois March 5-6. The following weekend the Hoosiers travel to Louisville and play the host Cardinals, Ohio and Eastern Kentucky. The final non-conference trip will see the Hoosiers travel to Oklahoma City, Okla., for the Hall of Fame Classic. In addition to playing No. 1 Oklahoma, the Hoosiers will face Houston, Sam Houston State, Iowa and San Diego.
 
Roster Breakdown
The Hoosiers graduated seven seniors from Team 48 and have added seven newcomers to the roster for this season. The 2022 roster features 20 student-athletes with 10 upperclassmen. Grayson Radcliffe returns for her final season. The 2021 All-Big Ten Second Team performer hit .315 with 39 hits, 25 RBI and 16 stolen bases last season. The Hoosiers also return First Team All-Big Ten and All Freshmen Team standout Grace Lorsung. Lorsung tallied 29 hits and 20 RBI in 2021.
 
Fresh Faces in Bloomington
The Hoosiers signed four freshmen and added three transfers. Making their collegiate debuts will be Heather Johnson, Kinsey Mitchell, Brianna Copeland, Taylor Minnick and transfer Sarah Stone. Indiana added All-Big Ten student-athlete Cora Bassett from Purdue and Lindsey Warick from Missouri.
 
Jenkins Transitions into Coaching Role
The Hoosiers all-time leader in career stolen bases Gabbi Jenkins is out of eligibility, but will still be impacting the Hoosiers this season. Jenkins has stepped into a role as volunteer assistant coach and will continue to mentor the Hoosier student-athletes. In her final playing season, Jenkins earned All-Big Ten First Team honors as she hit .331 with 24 stolen bases and set an Indiana record for single season doubles with 18.
 
Ford Comes Up Big in Opening Weekend
Senior Brittany Ford hit .625 over four games for the Hoosiers in their opening weekend of play. In eight at bats she tallied two home runs, two runs, five hits, three extra-base hits, seven RBI, 12 total bases and a 1.500 slugging percentage. In the Hoosiers first game of the season, against Louisville she came off the bench to pinch hit and hit a home run in her only at bat. In game two she got the start and hit a grand slam to help the Hoosiers to an 11-1 win over Florida Atlantic. It is the second straight season she has hit a grand slam. Ford had at least one hit in all four of the Indiana games this past weekend. Ford collected RBI in three of the four games and had multiple RBI in two of the games.

 

 

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Midway thru our weekend opener with Hofstra and Hoosiers lead 4-1.  Freshman Brianna Copeland from Pelham, AL got the start and cruised through the first 3 innings with a no hitter and 6 Ks.  Allowed 2  hits and a walk in the Hofstra 4th that scored Hofstra's lone run.  She has struck out 9.  We scored in the 1st on a solo HR by Grayson Radcliffe; added a run in the 2nd and 2 more in the 3rd.

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Heather Johnson, freshman from McCutcheon HS in Lafayette, took the mound in the 5th and recorded 3 Ks on 12 pitches.  Hoosiers broke it open in the  bottom of the 5th scoring 4 more runs to make it 8-1. 

Johnson struggled in the 6th giving up 3 hits and a walk.  One of the hits a 3-run Hofstra HR to make it an 8-4 ball game after 6 innings.

Johnson sets the side down in order in the 7th and Hoosiers win 8-4.   Scheduled to play FL State at 5:00.

Radcliffe: 3R, 2H, 2 RBI, 1HR

Stone: 2H, 3 RBI, 2B

Pitching staff: 15K’s

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After 4 compete FL State leading 

Macy Montgomery started on the mound.  Gave up 3 runs in the 1st inning and collapsed in the 4th allowing another run and loading the bases with 1 out.  Kate Rehberg took the mound.  An IU error made it 5-0 and a grand slam made it 9-0.

Final score 9-0.  Hoosiers only  mustered 2 hits.  Try again tomorrow.

 

 

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

After 4 compete FL State leading 

Macy Montgomery started on the mound.  Gave up 3 runs in the 1st inning and collapsed in the 4th allowing another run and loading the bases with 1 out.  Kate Rehberg took the mound.  An IU error made it 5-0 and a grand slam made it 9-0.

Final score 9-0.  Hoosiers only  mustered 2 hits.  Try again tomorrow.

 

 

Florida State is really good won the whole thing in 2019.

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Hoosiers win this morning's game 4-0 over Hofstra.  Macy Montgomery went the distance giving up 3 hits and 2 walks.  For our Hoosiers, Cora Bassett started things off with a 1st inning inside-the-park HR.  We added solo runs in the 2nd, 3rd & 7th.  

Re-match with FL St. scheduled to start at 1:30.

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Midway thru our game against FL St. and we lead 1-0 thanks to a Lindsay Warick single to score Tatum Hayes from 2nd base in the top of the 4th.  Heather Johnson on the mound and has given up a single hit and walked 2.   Hoosiers with just 2 hits of their own.

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Johnson's magic on the mound ran out in the 6th and FL St. scored 3 runs and lead 3-1 with the Hoosiers batting in the 7th.  Brianna Copeland relieved Johnson in the 6th.   In the 7th, we went down in order and 3-1 was the final score.  We play Hofstra at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning and then head back  home to  Bloomington.

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Heather Johnson pitches a 4-hit shutout with no walks and Hoosiers win 6-0.  Women scored in 5 of the 7 innings.  Next weekend, weather permitting, they'll be in Bloomington on Sat. and Sun. for 2 games each against Valpo and Western Illinois.

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Cold beer to be available.

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This was announced yesterday afternoon --

 Due to weather Indiana softball will be adjusting the schedule for the Hoosier Classic games this weekend against Valparaiso and Western Illinois.
 
The updated schedule is below.
Friday, March 4th
11AM – Western Illinois vs Valpo 
2PM – IU vs Valpo
4:30PM – IU vs Western Illinois
 
Saturday, March 5th
9AM – Valpo vs Western Illinois
12PM – IU vs Western Illinois
2:30PM – IU vs Valpo