{"id":165449,"date":"2026-02-23T10:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/165449\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:24:10","slug":"indiana-splits-day-three-in-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/165449\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Splits Day Three in Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAMPA, Fla. \u2013\u2013\u2013 On day three of the USF Invitational, Indiana split its two games on Sunday (Feb. 22), winning the first of the day, 12-9, over Boston College in the morning and then falling to USF, 5-3, in the afternoon at USF Softball Stadium.
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\nIndiana has a 3-1 record for the weekend and a season record of 10-4 overall.
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\nGame 1: INDIANA 12, BOSTON COLLEGE 9
\nGame 2: USF 5, INDIANA 3
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\nKEY MOMENTS
\n\u2022 Boston College started the scoring with a triple and a run scored in the top of the first to go up 1-0.
\n\u2022 Indiana immediately responded with seven runs in the bottom of the first to take a 7-1 lead, fueled by back-to-back home runs from Avery Parker<\/a> and Josie Bird<\/a>.
\n\u2022 From the second through fourth inning, Boston College worked to tie the game at 7-7.
\n\u2022 After the tie, Indiana took the momentum back quickly in the bottom of the fourth, adding on three runs to take a 10-7 lead via a sac fly from Hannah Haberstroh<\/a> and RBI singles from Peyton Drummond<\/a> and Cassidy Kettleman<\/a>.
\n\u2022 Avery Parker<\/a> added on some insurance runs with her 2-run bomb in the bottom of the fifth inning.
\n\u2022 Boston College would score two runs in the top of the sixth, but the Indiana defense held off from there to secure the 12-9 win.
\n\u2022 In the second game of the day, it was a scoreless first inning with Ella Troutt<\/a> throwing two strikeouts in the bottom of the first inning.
\n\u2022 USF opened the scoring with an RBI double and a sac fly to go up 2-0 in the bottom of the second inning.
\n\u2022 The Bulls added on in the fourth, with scoring on a fielder’s choice and sac fly to make it a 4-0 game.
\n\u2022 The Hoosiers gained some ground in the top of the fifth when Aly VanBrandt<\/a> tripled and scored Cassidy Kettleman<\/a>. In the next at bat, Alex Cooper<\/a> grounded out to second, but scored VanBrandt to cut into the lead, 4-2.
\n\u2022 Alex Wilkes hit a solo home run in the bottom of the frame, bringing the lead back up to 5-2.
\n\u2022 The Hoosiers threatened in the top of the seventh with the bases loaded but could only score one.
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\nNOTABLES\u00a0
\n\u2022 Against Boston College, Avery Parker<\/a> hit two home runs in a game for the second time in her career and the first time since 2024 against Purdue.
\n\u2022 Taylor Hess<\/a> improved her season record to 3-0 in her win against Boston College. She pitched 6.0 innings and threw seven strikeouts.
\n\u2022 Josie Bird<\/a> hit her third home run of the season.
\n\u2022 Alex Cooper<\/a> (2), Avery Parker<\/a> (3), Bird (2), Madalyn Strader<\/a> (2) and Cassidy Kettleman<\/a> (2) each had multi-hit games.
\n\u2022 VanBrandt hit her sixth triple of the season against USF.
\n\u2022 VanBrandt went 3-for-4 at the plate with a run scored and an RBI in that game.
\n\u2022 Ella Troutt<\/a> only allowed five hits in 4.2 innings of work in the circle.
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\nUP NEXT\u00a0
\nIndiana will close out the weekend with a game against host USF on Monday (Feb. 23) at 1:05 p.m.
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