Credit to: iuhoosiers.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– Indiana continued its hot hitting from the weekend with another dominant win, defeating Louisville, 8-3, on Wednesday night at Andy Mohr Field.
Brianna Copeland had a historic day, hitting her 41st career home run to break the program’s all-time record. She also earned the win in the circle, pitching a complete game in the process.
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With the win, Indiana is now 27-10 on the season and winners five in a row.
INDIANA 8, LOUSVILLE 3
KEY MOMENTS
• Louisville opened the scoring in the top of the first with two runs scoring on a fielder’s choice to go up 2-0.
• After a quiet first two innings, the Hoosiers came alive in the third inning. Brianna Copeland started it off with a solo shot to center field to put Indiana up 1-0 and become the program’s leader in career home runs with 41.
• Later in the inning Kinsey Mitchell hit a single up the middle to bring home Taylor Minnick home to tie the game at 2-2.
• Louisville briefly took the lead back in the top of the fourth inning on a Madison Pickens home run to make it a 3-2 game.
• Everything started clicking for Indiana in the fourth as the team took the lead and exploded for four runs. Avery Parker and Aly VanBrandt each had RBI singles and Mitchell hit a sacrifice fly to bring another run home.
• Alex Cooper had the exclamation point of the game with a 2-run bomb to right center and make it an 8-3 game in the bottom of the fifth.
NOTABLES
• Copeland’s home run marked the 41st of her career and broke the program record.
• Both Copeland and Cooper hit a home run.
• Indiana outhit Louisville on the night, 12-3.
• Five Hoosiers registered an RBI on the night: Avery Parker (2), Kinsey Mitchell (2), Cooper (2), Copeland (1) and Aly VanBrandt (1).
• Copeland picked up her second straight win in the circle and threw another complete game in the process. She had six strikeouts and only allowed three hits.
