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Details for this weekend.

The Indiana softball team will open their home slate with four games this weekend as they host the Hoosier Classic and welcome Valparaiso and Western Illinois.  
 
Dates: Friday, March 4-Saturday March 5
Location: Bloomington, Ind.   
Stadium: Andy Mohr Field
Participating Teams: Indiana, Valpo, Western Illinois
Tournament Schedule
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

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Live Stats
Video
 
Series History
Valpo: The Hoosiers lead the all-time series 9-0. The last time they played was 2014 when IU won 8-0 in five innings.
Western Illinois: Hoosiers lead the all-time series 18-8. The last time the teams played was the 2017 season in which IU won 1-0 in eight innings. The Hoosiers have won two straight in the series. The last WIU win was in 2007.
 
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 4-5. 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.
 
Johnson Shines in Florida
Freshman Heather Johnson made her first career start on Feb. 26 against No. 3 Florida State. Johnson retired 15 of the 20 batters she faced and had 4 strikeouts. She helped the Hoosiers to a 1-0 lead through five innings. The next day Johnson earned her first victory with a complete game shutout of Hofstra.
 

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Hoosiers win game #1 on the weekend 9-4 over Valpo.  Heather Johnson started but only lasted 2 innings giving up 3 runs in facing 11 batters.  Brianna Copeland took the mound and finished the game giving up 1run on 3 hits and struck out 6.  We had 12 hits which included a Brittany Ford 2-run HR.  Grayson Radcliffe and Ford each had 3 RBI and Cora Bassett scored 4 times.   Game against Western Illinois will get underway shortly.

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In game #2, we lead 5-0 over Western Illinois after 4 innings.  Macy Montgomery on the mound.

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Women go 2-0 on the day with a 7-1 win over Western Illinois.  Macy Montgomery goes the distance scattering 8 hits.  

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Chalk up another W as the women take a 3-1 win over Western Illinois.  Brianna Copeland pitched 6 innings allowing 3 hits and no walks.  Heather Johnson pitched the final inning.   Hoosiers only had 3 hits of their own but 2 of them were HRs off the bat of Cora Bassett and accounted for all of our runs.  Our second game of the day against Valpo is just underway.  Macy Montgomery on the mound.

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Hoosiers enjoying batting practice against Valpo pitching in game #2 leading 8-0 after 3 complete.  We've banged out 10 hits and scored 6 runs in the 3rd.  Montgomery has given up a single hit in 3 innings. 

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4-0 on the weekend with a 9-0 win over Valpo in 5 innings.  Montgomery pitched 4 innings allowing just a single hit and didn't walk a batter.  Kate Rehberg pitched the 5th and did give up 2 hits but no damage done.  Brianna Copeland playing 1b in the Valpo game had 3 rbi including a solo HR.  Desiree Dufek also with 3 rbi.

Women are now 8-4 on the season. Next weekend they'll be in Louisville for 5 games.  They'll face Central Michigan and Ohio U. on Friday; a single game against Ohio U. on Saturday and then play Louisville and Eastern KY on Sunday.  

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Copeland Earns Big Ten Softball Freshman of the Week Honors

Indiana softball pitcher/infielder Brianna Copeland has earned co-Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors, the league announced Tuesday.  Copeland Went 2-0 in the circle for Indiana on the weekend in the Hoosier Classic with an era of 0.82 in 11 innings pitched.
 
Copeland made the start against Western Illinois and pitched six innings giving up one run and striking out five batters in a 3-1 victory.  Copeland came on in relief and pitched five innings giving up one run and striking out six batters in 9-4 win over Valparaiso on March 4.  Copeland Went 2-for-2 at the plate with three RBI and hit her first career home run in the Hoosiers 9-0 victory over Valparaiso on March 5.
 
This is the first career Big Ten Athlete of the Week honor for Copeland.
 

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The Indiana softball team has won their last five games and will travel to Louisville, Ky., this weekend for the Bluegrass Challenge.
 
Dates: Friday, March 11 & Sunday March 13
Location: Louisville, Ky.
Stadium: Ulmer Stadium/Don Dobina Field  
Participating Teams: Indiana, Louisville, Ohio, Central Michigan, Eastern Kentucky
Tournament Schedule
Friday, March 11^th
9:30 AM: Indiana vs. Central Michigan
12:30 PM: Indiana vs. Ohio
Sunday March 13^th
11 AM: Indiana vs. Louisville
1:30 PM: Indiana vs. Eastern Kentucky

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Live Stats
Video (IU vs. Louisville game)
 
Series History
Central Michigan: The Hoosiers are 11-5 all-time vs. Central Michigan and have won the last three games, the most recent coming in 2013.
Ohio: The Hoosiers are 4-4 all-time vs. Ohio. In 2019 the teams split two games.
Louisville: Louisville leads the series 19-3 and won a game earlier this year at FAU. The last IU win against Louisville was in 2014.
Eastern Kentucky: IU is 1-0 all-time against EKU with a win in 2012.
 
Copeland Freshman of the Week
Indiana pitcher/infielder Brianna Copeland was named Co- Freshman of the Week by the Big Ten on March 8. A look at her numbers at the Hoosier Classic March 4-5. Copeland went 2-0 in the circle with an era of 0.82 and 11 strikeouts. She also went 2-for-3 at the plate with her first career home run and three RBI.
 
Big Weekend for Bassett
Junior infielder Cora Bassett had a strong weekend March 4-5 against Western Illinois and Valpo. Bassett hit .750 on the weekend going 9-for-12 at the plate with a 1.417 slugging percentage and six RBI. Bassett hit two home runs and stole three bases.
 
Attacking the Next 60 Feet
The Hoosiers currently lead all NCAA DI softball teams in stolen bases at 3.15 per game. Tatum Hayes ranks second in the Big Ten in stolen bases with 11 and 11^th in the NCAA. The Hoosiers have stolen 42 bases this season compared to six from their opponents.
 
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 4-5. 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.
 
Johnson Shines in Florida
Freshman Heather Johnson made her first career start on Feb. 26 against No. 3 Florida State. Johnson retired 15 of the 20 batters she faced and had 4 strikeouts. She helped the Hoosiers to a 1-0 lead through five innings. The next day Johnson earned her first victory with a complete game shutout of Hofstra.
 
 

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Bottom of the 7th, tied at 5 apiece; 2 outs; runners on 2nd and 3rd for the Hoosiers; Radcliffe at bat.  And she singles to right field to drive in the winning run!  Radcliffe and Ford each with 2 RBIs; Bassett 3-4 on the day.  Montgomery went 5.1 innings giving up 4 hits and 3 runs.  Copeland relieved and couldn't get a batter out and CMU scored 2 more and led 5-4 after 6 complete.  Johnson pitched 1.2 innings allowing 3 hits but no runs.  Trailing 5-4 entering the bottom of the 7th, Bassett drove in Meeks to tie it up and then it was Radcliffe's time to shine.

Scheduled to play Ohio U. at 12:30.  Theyll take Saturday off and then play 2 on Sunday.

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Hoosiers go 2-0 on the day with a 7-5 win over Ohio U.   It was a 7-1 game after 6 complete and we let OU score 4 in the top of the 7th off Montgomery who took over the mound in the 6th.  Johnson had pitched 5 innings giving up 1 run on 5 hits and walked 1.  Dufek a 2-run HR and Mitchell also with  2 RBIs.  Women are now 11-4 on the season with a 7-game winning streak.

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We won our first game of the day 7-6 over Eastern KY.  Benson had 3 RBIs and Bassett 2; Stone a solo HR.  Montgomery, Copeland and Johnson had mound duty.  Collectively they gave up 9 hits and 4 BB.  Copeland (4-1) gets the win.

In the second game, Louisville used our pitchers for batting practice and banged out 18 hits and scored 16 runs.  Johnson started but gave up 9 hits in just 3 innings.   Louisville scored 7 in the 5th which included a 2-run HR and a grand slam.  And to add insult to injury they hit another grand slam in the 6th.

Next weekend we'll play 5 games in Oklahoma City.  

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Friday's game against Oklahoma could be a problem they are the best team in the country.

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 The Indiana softball team will travel to Oklahoma City this week for the Hall of Fame Classic.
 
Dates: Friday, March 18-Sunday March 20
Location: Oklahoma City, Okla.
Stadium: USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium   
Participating Teams: Indiana, Oklahoma, Iowa, Houston, Sam Houston State, Iowa
Tournament Schedule
Friday, March 18^th
2:30 PM: Indiana vs. Houston
7:30 PM: Indiana vs. No. 1 Oklahoma
Saturday March 19^th
2:30 PM: Indiana vs. Sam Houston State
5:00 PM: Indiana vs. Iowa
Sunday March 20^th
10 AM: Indiana vs. San Diego

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Series History
Houston: Houston leads 2-0. Last meeting was in 2007.
Oklahoma: Oklahoma leads 10-2-1. The last IU win came in 1984. The last game was in the 2018 season which Oklahoma won 9-3.
Sam Houston State:
Iowa: Iowa leads 62-45. Last season Iowa won 3 of 4 in the series at Iowa City.
San Diego: Indiana leads 1-0.
 Only meeting came in 2015 which IU won 4-3.
 
Copeland Freshman of the Week
Indiana pitcher/infielder Brianna Copeland was named Co- Freshman of the Week by the Big Ten on March 8. A look at her numbers at the Hoosier Classic March 4-5. Copeland went 2-0 in the circle with an era of 0.82 and 11 strikeouts. She also went 2-for-3 at the plate with her first career home run and three RBI.
 
Big Weekend for Bassett
Junior infielder Cora Bassett had a strong weekend March 4-5 against Western Illinois and Valpo. Bassett hit .750 on the weekend going 9-for-12 at the plate with a 1.417 slugging percentage and six RBI. Bassett hit two home runs and stole three bases.
 
Attacking the Next 60 Feet
The Hoosiers currently lead all NCAA DI softball teams in stolen bases at 2.94 per game. Tatum Hayes ranks first in the Big Ten in stolen bases with 12 and 15^th in the NCAA. The Hoosiers have stolen 51 bases this season compared to nine from their opponents.
 
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 4-5. 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.
 
Johnson Shines in Florida
Freshman Heather Johnson made her first career start on Feb. 26 against No. 3 Florida State. Johnson retired 15 of the 20 batters she faced and had 4 strikeouts. She helped the Hoosiers to a 1-0 lead through five innings. The next day Johnson earned her first victory with a complete game shutout of Hofstra.
 

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Hoosiers (13-5) start off with an 8-5 win over Houston in the first game of their weekend series.  Cora Bassett with 2 solo HRs and Brooke Benson with a 2-run HR and 3 RBIs for the game.  Heather Johnson started on the mound and went 4.1 innings allowing 5 runs on 7 hits and 3 BB.  Macy Montgomery took over and did not allow a hit but did walk 5 and put runners on 1st and 2nd in the top of the 7th but ended the inning and the game with a strikeout.  Next game against #1 ranked Oklahoma (20-0) scheduled to start at 7:30.  

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Oklahoma proved it's the #1 team in the country with a 15-1 rout of our Hoosiers (13-6).  We managed just 3 hits, one of them a solo HR by Stone in the 5th for our lone run.  Johnson, Copeland and Montgomery allowed a combined 7 OK hits (2 HR for 3 RBI) but OK's hits were timely and aided by 10 BB by our pitchers and 2 fielding errors.  OK scored 6 in the 1st and 7 in the 4th  and the mercy rule ended the game after our bat in the 5th.

Doubleheader today.  2:30 vs Sam Houston State and 5:00 vs Iowa.

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Hoosiers get a 2-0 win over Sam Houston State.  An RBI double by Copeland and a solo HR by Radcliffe accounted for 2 of the 5 Hoosier hits but that's all it took.  Montgomery pitched 6.1 innings giving up 2 hits and 3 BB.  Johnson finished the 7th to preserve the win.   

This was Coach Stanton's 700th career win.

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Good day to be a Hoosier.  Softball wins a pair and the IU women advance in the NCAA tournament.  In our second game, we beat Iowa 8-4 scoring 6 runs in the top of the 7th.  Benson and Ford each with 3 RBIs; Copeland with 2 which accounts for all of our scoring.  We had 12 hits in the game.  Heather Johnson went the distance giving up 4 runs on 9 hits; she didn't walk a batter.  Tomorrow the women will play San Diego.

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Hoosiers (16-6) end the weekend in Oklahoma City with another win, a 5-0 shutout over San Diego.  Heather Johnson pitched a complete game only allowing 4 hits and a walk.  Benson and Ford each with 2 RBIs.

B1G season opens next weekend with a 3-game series in Columbus, OH.

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The Indiana softball team will travel to Columbus this week for a series against Ohio State.  
 
Dates: Friday, March 25-Sunday March 27
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Stadium: Buckeye Field    

Schedule
Friday, March 25^th
4:00 PM: Indiana at Ohio State
Saturday March 26^th
2:00 PM: Indiana at Ohio State
Sunday March 27^th
1:00 PM: Indiana at Ohio State

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Series History
The Hoosiers lead the all-time series against the Buckeyes 67-49-1. Last season in Bloomington Indiana won the series 3-1.
 
Scouting the Opponent
The Buckeyes come in with an 18-5 overall record. Junior Sam Hackenbracht was the Big Ten Co-Player of the Week this week. Hackenbracht is hitting .369 on the season with 24 hits and eight home runs. In the circle Lexie Handley has gotten the majority of the work with 80 innings pitched and a 1.74 era.   
 
Last Time Out
The Hoosiers went 4-1 at the Hall of Fame Classic in Oklahoma City, Okla., March 18-20. Brooke Benson led the Hoosiers offensively hitting .500 with seven hits, two home runs and eight RBI. Tatum Hayes went a perfect 5-for-5 in stolen bases for Indiana. Heather Johnson and Macy Montgomery each went 2-0 in the circle for Indiana. Johnson pitched 19 innings over the court of the weekend and struck out 13 batters.  
 
Stanton Earns 700^th Career Victory
With the Hoosiers 2-0 victory over Sam Houston State on March 19 IU head coach Shonda Stanton earned her 700th career victory. Stanton is in her 24th year as a head coach. Before arriving in Bloomington, she coached at Marshall for 18 seasons and is the winningest coach in Marshall history with 560 wins.
 
Copeland Freshman of the Week
Indiana pitcher/infielder Brianna Copeland was named Co- Freshman of the Week by the Big Ten on March 8. A look at her numbers at the Hoosier Classic March 4-5. Copeland went 2-0 in the circle with an era of 0.82 and 11 strikeouts. She also went 2-for-3 at the plate with her first career home run and three RBI.
 
Big Weekend for Bassett
Junior infielder Cora Bassett had a strong weekend March 4-5 against Western Illinois and Valpo. Bassett hit .750 on the weekend going 9-for-12 at the plate with a 1.417 slugging percentage and six RBI. Bassett hit two home runs and stole three bases.
 
Attacking the Next 60 Feet
The Hoosiers currently lead all NCAA DI softball teams in stolen bases at 2.73 per game. Tatum Hayes ranks first in the Big Ten in stolen bases with 17 and 15^th in the NCAA. The Hoosiers have stolen 61 bases this season compared to 14 from their opponents.