Game Information – IUPUI
DATE:                         Tuesday, April 26
LOCATION:                Indianapolis, Ind. / softball field
LIVE STATS:               link
LIVE VIDEO:               Flo/Butler+
 
Full Notes

The Butler softball team will look to extend its winning streak to six games on Tuesday when IUPUI makes the short trip to the Bulldogs' home field for a 4:00 pm contest.

Butler (26-14) is coming off a three-game sweep of Creighton, while the Jaguars (10-31) most recently won one of three against Horizon League foe, Northern Kentucky. The two teams met earlier this season at the Blues City Classic in Memphis, and the Bulldogs came out on top in both games by scores of 7-2 and 5-4.

Bulldog Bits                                                        
           (as of 4-25-22)

• Karli Ricketts leads the BIG EAST (32nd nationally) in hits allowed/7 innings (4.41) and is second with a 2.30 ERA. She also comes in at number two (55th) in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.00) and is third (87th) in walks allowed/7 innings (1.58). Her 120 strikeouts rank fourth in the conference and she landed sixth in strikeouts/7 innings (7.9).
• Alyssa Graves leads the BIG EAST (92nd nationally) with a 2.08 ERA. She is second (53rd) in strikeouts per seven innings (8.8) and also comes in at number two (55th) in hits allowed per 7 innings (4.77). Her 115 strikeouts land sixth in the conference.
• Lauren Fey ranks first in the BIG EAST (33rd nationally) as toughest to strikeout, averaging 20.0 at bats per strikeout. Her seventeen stolen bases rank fifth (81st) in total and in stolen bases/game (0.44).
• Ella White's four sacrifice flies lead the BIG EAST and put her 19th nationally.
• Ellie Boyer leads the BIG EAST and is 52nd nationally with 0.18 sacrifice bunts per game.
• Monique Hoosen is fourth in the BIG EAST with nine home runs and eleventh in slugging percentage (0.615).
• Bri Avery ranks sixth in the BIG EAST (98th) with sixteen stolen bases.
   
• Alyssa Graves' shutout on Sunday was her second of the season and the ninth of her career. She is now in sole possession of the fourth spot all-time at Butler. The complete game was her sixth of the season and the 36th of her career. She is now tied for seventh on Butler's all-time career list (Kena Woods, '95-'98 and Nikki Naffziger, '05-'08). She has now pitched 519.0 innings in a Butler uniform and has cracked the top five on Butler's all-time list for career innings pitched.
• The Bulldogs now have 12 wins in the BIG EAST for the season. This represents the most BIG EAST Conference wins for any Butler team, surpassing the 2017 squad that went 11-9 in the conference. (In 2011, the Bulldogs won 14 games in the Horizon League.)

 
SCOUTING IUPUI
Series Record: IUPUI leads, 42-32-2
Last Meeting: March 6, 2022 - Memphis, Tenn. - Butler 5, IUPUI 4

• Butler won both meetings earlier this season at the Blues City Classic in Memphis.
• The Bulldogs have won eight of the most recent ten meetings and are currently on a seven-game winning streak in the series.

IUPUI's previous series: The Jaguars lost two to Northern Kentucky (1-10, 1-4) before winning the third game of the series, 6-4.

• The Jaguars are 10-31 overall with losses to Indiana State, Memphis, and Miami (Ohio). IUPUI went 1-2 in a recent series with Purdue Fort Wayne.
• IUPUI's starters trails its opponents in runs (120-224), hits (231-262), RBIs (99-190), and stolen bases (36-54).
• Batting leaders for the Jaguars include Rachael Gregory (.310), Kendal Calvert (.308), and Maicey Bedrick (.275).
• IUPUI most often relies on pitchers Madison Bryant (5-18, 122.0 IP, 2.75 ERA, 134 K), Isabelle Waggner (3-5, 60.2 IP, 3.69 ERA, 18 K), and Jasmin Speth (0-0, 27.2 IP, 5.82 ERA, 14 K).