INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler softball team came back twice to overtake Indiana State but ultimately lost, 11-9, in a game that saw 23 total hits. The Bulldogs (15-29) led, 6-4, after three innings and, 9-8, after five, but could not hold back the Sycamores (22-21) who put up three in the top of the seventh and held on for the win.
 
How It Happened
Indiana State hit a three-run home run in the top of the first. In the bottom half, Butler got one back when Cate Lehner (2-4, 2 R) reached on a single and Paige Dorsett (2-3, 2 RBI, 2 2B) connected on a double to right center, knocking Lehner home.
 
In the second, Kieli Ryan (2-4, 2B, 2 R) hit a double to left, and Olivia Moxley (2-4, SB) reached on a single. Sydney Carter then put the ball in play, allowing Ryan to cross home. After two complete innings, the Sycamores held a 3-2 lead.
 
Indiana State scored on a solo home run in the top of the third, taking a 4-2 lead, but Butler answered with four runs in a wild bottom half. First, Monique Hoosen hit a two-run homer that tied the game at four. Then, with runners on second and third, Kayley Gross stole home and gave the Bulldogs a one-run lead. Two batters later, with runners on first and third, Ellie Boyer singled and pushed Moxley across as the Bulldogs took a 6-4 lead into the fourth.
 
In the fourth, Butler walked two Sycamore batters with the bases loaded, tying the score at six. A single then pushed two more across, giving Indiana State an 8-6 lead. The Bulldogs got one back in the bottom half when a Carter single sent Ryan home. Indiana State held and 8-7 lead after four complete.
 
The Bulldogs took the lead in the fifth. Lehner singled and a Dorsett double sent her across to tie the game at eight. Then, a Teagan O'Rilley single, just over the first baseman, allowed Dorsett to score and gave Butler a 9-8 lead that held through six.
 
In the top of the seventh, the Sycamores drew two walks, and then a double and single score three runs that provided a two-run, 11-9, victory.
 
Butler used four pitchers in the contest. Rylyn Dyer (4-6) was the pitcher of record and took the loss. She pitched the fifth, sixth, and part of the seventh inning. In 2.1 total innings, she allowed three runs on six hits and two walks. Mackenzie Griman (3.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 BB, K) started the game, was replaced by Syney Cammon (1.0 IP, 4 R, 3 BB, 2 K) in the third, and then re-entered in the fourth. Kayla Noerr finished the game, retiring the final two batters.
 
Bulldog Bits

• Monique Hoosen's home run was her 12^th of the season and the 25^th of her career. She now ranks second on Butler's all-time single season list and is tied for second on the career list.
• Paige Dorsett's two doubles were her ninth and tenth of the season. She has four doubles in the past three games, and 12 for her career.
• Kieli Ryan's double was her ninth of the season.
• With two stolen bases, Kaylee Gross now has 14 this season and 16 for her career.
• Olivia Moxley's stolen base was her third of the season.
• This was the third game this season that Butler has produced 12 hits. The Bulldogs had a season-high 16 hits vs. DePaul on March 12.

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Butler will take an eight-day break before a BIG EAST series with Georgetown the weekend of Apr. 28-30.