Game Information – at Ball State
DATE:                                    Tuesday, Mar. 26
LOCATION:                         Muncie, Ind. / Softball Field at First Merchants Ballpark Complex
LIVE STATS:                      ballstatesports.com
LIVE VIDEO:                      ESPN+
 
Full Notes
 
The Butler softball team heads to Ball State on Tuesday for a mid-week, non-conference matchup. The Bulldogs (14-17, 3-6 BIG EAST) are coming off a conference series with UConn in which they went 1-2, winning the third game in walk-off fashion. The Cardinals (15-17, 2-4 MAC) were most recently swept by Kent State in a three-game conference series.
 
Bulldog Bits                                                                                        
           (as of 3-24-24)

• Ella White leads the BIG EAST with four sacrifice flies. Addition conference (national) rankings include: 10 doubles-2nd (37th), 30 RBI-2nd (64th), .693 slugging %-3rd, and 6 HR-4th.
• Paige Dorsett leads the BIG EAST (79th nationally) with 38 hits.
• Monique Hoosen is second in the BIG EAST (89th nationally) with 7 home runs.
• Kieli Ryan leads the BIG EAST (8th nationally) with 10 base runners caught stealing.
• Katie Petran is second in the BIG EAST (56th nationally) with 9 wins in the circle and is seventh with 65 strikeouts.
• Cate Lehner leads the BIG EAST (46th nationally) with 0.23 sacrifice bunts per game and is second in the conference (33rd nationally) with 15 stolen bases.
  
  vs. UConn (Mar. 22-24)
• Paige Dorsett and Cate Lehner each had 4 hits in the series, and Olivia Moxley and Hailey Conger each had 3. Dorsett and Ella White each had 3 RBI.
• Dorsett's two doubles gave her six for the season and 18 for her career.
• Moxley's home run was her first of the season and fourth of her career.
• Sydney Cammon led the pitching staff with 7.2 innings pitched and a 4.70 ERA.
• Katie Petran's win vs. UConn was her second BIG EAST win of the season (Providence).
   

SCOUTING Ball State (15-17, 2-4 MAC)
Series- Ball State leads, 21-6
Butler won the most recent contest (2021), a 5-4 final in Indianapolis
Butler's most recent win in Muncie (6-4, 11 innings) was in 2015.
Ball State has a 6-5 edge in the last eleven meetings, beginning with a doubleheader in 2008.

Wins for the Cardinals this season include: Notre Dame, Marshall, Georgia State, and Indiana State.
Losses include: Kent State, Georgia Tech, JMU, and Western Kentucky.
 
Ball State vs. (opponents)                                                Butler
runs:       159-162                                                                         137
hits:         204-255                                                                          235
RBI:         143-145                                                                         123
SB:           57-24                                                                             33
ERA:       4.04-3.97                                                                      5.04
 
Batting leaders:
#4 McKayla Timmons (.359) 5-2B, 15HR, 37RBI
#15 Haley Wynn (.318) 35H, 6-2B, 6HR, 10SB
#24 Jessica Hoffman (.282) 6-2B, 5HR, 21RBI

Pitching leaders:
#6 Francys King (8-7) 3.49 ERA, 47K
#34 Bridie Murphy (6-6) 3.94 ERA, 41K