IU falters against Illini
The first game of the IU softball team’s doubleheader against No. 19 Illinois was a close loss, but the Fighting Illini’s powerful hitting crushed the Hoosiers in the second contest.
The first game of the IU softball team’s doubleheader against No. 19 Illinois was a close loss, but the Fighting Illini’s powerful hitting crushed the Hoosiers in the second contest.
The Hoosiers will attempt to move out of ninth place in the Big Ten, as the team faces No. 18 Fighting Illini in a double-header in Bloomington.
The IU softball (11-29, 3-7) team knew it was going against a high-powered team in Ohio State.
The IU softball team has found its winning touch, but it’s getting a tough test today.
Despite a key victory over Evansville on Tuesday, IU’s momentum did not continue in its two losses against Ball State.
Just when the IU softball team started winning in the Big Ten, it goes back to non-conference action. IU (8-24, 1-5) plays Evansville (11-21) in a home doubleheader today and travels to Ball State (24-9) on Wednesday.
With 10 of its 23 players in their freshman year, the IU softball team is in rebuilding mode this season. But what the newest recruiting class lacks in age, it makes up for in talent.
The Hoosiers have their toughest competition of the season when they face the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines in its Big Ten home opener.
The IU softball (7-19) team snapped a 10-game losing streak as it beat Indiana State 2-1 in Terre Haute, Ind.
The IU softball team (6-19) travels to Indiana State (11-12) today, looking to end its current 10-game slump. The Hoosiers last played and defeated the Sycamores 5-4 on March 26, 2009.
This past season, 10 freshman softball players were added to the IU roster. But another newcomer to the Hoosiers, Cassie Gogreve, has also made a major impact on the field.
In an effort to end a nine-game losing streak, the Hoosiers fell short in their 11-0 loss to No. 23 Louisville at home.
IU looks to bounce back from its current nine-game losing streak when it faces Louisville on Wednesday and Evansville twice on Thursday in Bloomington.
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.