IU Softball

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,925]

Softball squad in Troy, AL this weekend for 5-games in the Troy Invitational.

First game vs. Flordia A & M is in the bottom of the 5th with the Hoosiers leading 3-0.  Montgomery started and is still on the mound having allowed just 3 hits, 2 BB; she's struck out 9.  We scored all 3 runs in the 1st on a 2-run HR by Copeland and a Sac Fly by VanBrandt.

Friday at 6:00 we play Troy.

Saturday at 1:00 Gardner-Webb and at 7:00 another game vs Troy

Sunday at 11:00 am vs Florida A & M.  

No broadcasts, radio or streams for any of the games. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,925]

Macy Montgomery goes the distance and pitches a 4-hit shutout and Hoosiers move to 5-1 with an 8-0 win over FAMU.   She walked 2 and struck out 10.  Copeland 3 RBI on the day and Minnick had 2.  Hoosiers with 10 total base hits.  Game vs. Troy scheduled to start at 6:00 tonight.

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Copeland on the mound for tonight's game; Hoosiers batting in the top of the 2nd with a 1-0 lead over Troy.

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Hoosiers win 8-1.  Thompson with 3 RBI.  Copeland started and pitched 5 shutout innings allowing 4 hits, 1 BB and struck out 6.  Johnson pitched the final 2 innings.  Play 2 again on Saturday.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,925]

Ladies fall 7-4 to Gardner Webb,  Trailed 6-1 going into the bottom of the 4th where we scored 3 runs but that was all we could do.  We could only muster 6 hits of which Bassett and Parker each had 2.  Johnson started and gave up 3 runs in the 2nd and replaced by Montgomery who gave up 3 more in the 4th.  KIeiman took the mound and finished the game.  Collectively, the staff allowed 11 hits.

We play Troy again this evening at 7:00.

[Aaron 4,229]

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

Ladies fall 7-4 to Gardner Webb,  Trailed 6-1 going into the bottom of the 4th where we scored 3 runs but that was all we could do.  We could only muster 6 hits of which Bassett and Parker each had 2.  Johnson started and gave up 3 runs in the 2nd and replaced by Montgomery who gave up 3 more in the 4th.  KIeiman took the mound and finished the game.  Collectively, the staff allowed 11 hits.

We play Troy again this evening at 7:00.

That is a really a bad loss to a mid-major that was double-digit games under .500 last year and cancels out the Oregon win essentially. Given the competition, this was a weekend IU needed to sweep if they wanted to stay ranked. Still solid start to season, but this defeat hurts the resume big time.   

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,925]

Women bounce back today with a 12-0 run shortened win over FAMU.  We had 11 hits --  VanBrandt with 3; Geijer & Kettleman each with 2.  Kettleman had 3 RBI; Minnick 2.  Copeland started and went 4 innings allowing 3 hits; struck out 7.  Those 3 hits were all FAMU had.  Freshman Alex Cooper pitched the 5th and final inning.

Next weekend we're in Tucson, AZ for the 5-game Hillenbrand Invitational.  On Friday, we'll face Central Michigan and Arizona.  On Saturday Drake and a re-match with Arizona.  Sunday it's Marshall.

Our home opener is Friday, March 1, vs Bowling Green in the Hoosier Classic.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,925]

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,925]

Tucson, AZ for 5-games in the Hillenbrand Invitational.

Friday at 11:00 am - Central Michigan - available on FloSoftball

Friday at 6:00 - #17 Arizona - https://pac-12.com/live/university-arizona-2

Saturday at 1:00 - Drake - FloSoftball

Saturday at 6:00 - #17 Arizona - https://pac-12.com/live/university-arizona-2

Sunday at 11:00 am - Marshall - FloSoftball

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,925]

Women open the weekend with a Kleiman no-hit run shortened 8-0 win over Central Michigan.  We scored 5 in the second and ended it with 3 more in the 5th.  We had 8 hits and were aided by 3 CMU errors.  Bassett, Copeland and VanBrandt each with 2 hits.  Benson had only 1 hit but had 3 RBIs;  Bassett had 2.  Kleiman went the distance with no hits and 3 BB.  She had 3 strikeouts. 

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Arizona wins today's nightcap game 6-3.  Tough day for Brianna Copeland all the way around.  She started and went 3 innings and allowed 5 runs on 5 hits, 4 BB; 3 WP and a HBP.  Usually a good batter, she went 0-4 and committed 2 errors.  But tomorrow is another day and she'll bounce back.

Kleiman pitched the final 3 innings allowing 1 run on 4 hits; she didn't walk a batter.

Offensively, we managed just 6 hits; 2 from Sarah Stone that included a 2-RBI HR.

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Today's first game vs Drake.

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Hoosiers win today's first game against Drake by a score of 6-2.  Copeland started and went 2 innings giving up 1 run on 2 hits.  Montgomery pitched 2.1 scoreless innings and Kleiman finished the final 2.2 innings and did allow a run.  The 3 gave up a total of 5 hits; 2BB and had 7K.

We had 10 hits with Stone going 3-3 and Benson 2-3.  Copeland, Benson & Cooper each hit a solo HR.  We did commit 3 errors.  Re-match with Arizona scheduled to start at 6:00 this evening.

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Freshman saving our bacon in the 6th and the score tied 3-3 and bases loaded.

 

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What a ball game taking place.  Hoosiers batting in the 11th tied 6-6.  It was 3-3 after 6,  We scored in the 7th; AZ scored in the 7th.  We scored in the 8th; AZ scored in the 8th.  Neither scored in the 9th.  We scored in the 10th; AZ scored in the 10th.  Johnson started on the mound and went 2.1 innings  and charged with AZ's first 3 runs on 7 hits.  She was replaced by Kleiman who went 4.2 innings who gave up 7 hits and a run.  Copeland came on in the 8th and has allowed 2 runs.

Hoosiers have just scored in the 11th and lead 7-6.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,925]

I'm not at all up on college softball rules but apparently there is a point where the inning starts with a runner placed on 2nd base.  AZ scored in the 11th and tied at 7-7.

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Arizona opened the 12th with a runner placed on 2nd to start the inning.  An IU error put runners on the corners with no outs.  We intentionally loaded the bases to hopefully get a force out at the plate.  We get the first out on a fly out to CF and then a line drive double play got us out of the inning.  To the 13th we go.

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13th nearly identical.  We intentionally loaded the bases with 1 out and got the 2nd out on a line out to 2nd.  Copeland got a strikeout and again we escaped.

A 2-run single by Cooper gave us a 9-7 lead in the 14th but another IU error helped load the bases for AZ with no outs in the bottom of the 14th.  This was our 4th error of the game and led to AZ scoring 3 runs and pulling out a 10-9 win.  Heartbreaking loss for the women.

[IUHoosierJoe 970]

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

13th nearly identical.  We intentionally loaded the bases with 1 out and got the 2nd out on a line out to 2nd.  Copeland got a strikeout and again we escaped.

A 2-run single by Cooper gave us a 9-7 lead in the 14th but another IU error helped load the bases for AZ with no outs in the bottom of the 14th.  This was our 4th error of the game and led to AZ scoring 3 runs and pulling out a 10-9 win.  Heartbreaking loss for the women.

Heartbreaking loss for sure, but they’re showing they can compete with the best teams in the country.

[OliviaPope40 6,320]

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

13th nearly identical.  We intentionally loaded the bases with 1 out and got the 2nd out on a line out to 2nd.  Copeland got a strikeout and again we escaped.

A 2-run single by Cooper gave us a 9-7 lead in the 14th but another IU error helped load the bases for AZ with no outs in the bottom of the 14th.  This was our 4th error of the game and led to AZ scoring 3 runs and pulling out a 10-9 win.  Heartbreaking loss for the women.

They had the lead in almost every top half of the inning. Arizona is a really good program for years had one of the best coaches in the game and produced a lot of olympic players.