Indiana softball to play home doubleheader against Purdue on Tuesday

After getting swept in a three-series in opposition to No. 10 Northwestern, Indiana softball will play a doubleheader Tuesday in opposition to in-state rival Purdue at Andy Mohr Subject for the Crimson and Gold sequence. 

The doubleheader was initially scheduled to be performed on April 13. Nonetheless, a 99% probability of rain postponed the 2 video games that day.

Purdue is ranked eleventh within the Massive Ten convention with a 20-26 general file this season and is 3-11 in  Massive Ten play. Inside the final three weeks, Purdue went 1-2 in opposition to Maryland, winless in a three-game sequence at then No. 6-ranked Northwestern and 1-2 in opposition to Michigan State. Purdue snapped a seven-game dropping streak with a 3-2 win in opposition to Michigan State on Sunday.

Purdue senior shortstop Rachel Becker has a .411 batting common, the best of all Boilermaker gamers. She additionally has the best on-base plus slugging proportion with a 1.131 common this season. 

Senior pitcher Alex Echazarreta enters the doubleheader because the Boilermakers’ ace within the circle. She has a 3.37 earned run common and a 9-6 file in 87.1 innings pitched.

“I hope individuals come out on Tuesday in opposition to Purdue,” head coach Shonda Stanton stated. “It’s going to be a fantastic matchup, and it’s a fantastic rivalry.”

Though Indiana received final 12 months’s rivalry sequence 3-1, Purdue leads the all-time sequence 41-38. Within the final sequence, then-senior and present assistant coach Gabbi Jenkins broke this system’s profession bases stolen file along with her 91st stolen base at Bittinger Subject in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Within the offseason, Indiana landed Purdue sophomore second baseman and proper fielder Cora Bassett from the switch portal. Since becoming a member of Indiana, Bassett has posted a .438 batting common, .526 on-base proportion, .883 slugging proportion, 13 dwelling runs and 33 runs batted in throughout her 128 at-bats whereas beginning all 40 video games this season. 

“I used to be tremendous excited for Cora to be right here,” sophomore shortstop Brooke Benson stated on April 11 after sweeping Rutgers. “Our center infield is tremendous robust and everybody within the infield is having a good time.”

Since then, Stanton moved Bassett to proper area to place senior Juvia Davis at second base all through the Northwestern sequence.

“She’s one heck of an athlete and we are going to play her anyplace,” Stanton stated of Bassett. “I like what she’s doing on the offensive facet and continues to battle, no matter circumstance.”

At present 23-17, Indiana is on a five-game dropping streak and has struggled to seek out consistency throughout current sequence in opposition to No. 25-ranked College of Notre Dame, the College of Louisiana at Lafayette and No. 10 Northwestern. These points have dropped the Hoosiers to 6-9 in Massive Ten play and ninth within the convention.

Indiana will play its first sport at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The second sport is slated for a 7:30 p.m. begin time. Each video games shall be broadcasted on Massive Ten Community.