Series Information – vs. DePaul
DATE:                                    Friday-Sunday, April 5-7
LOCATION:                         Chicago / Cacciatore Stadium
LIVE STATS:                      butlersports.com
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TICKETS:                          depaulbluedemons.com
 
Full Notes
 
The Butler softball team is heading to DePaul for a three-game BIG EAST series this weekend. The Bulldogs (15-19, 4-8 BIG EAST) are coming off a conference series with Seton Hall in which they went 1-2, winning the third game. The Blue Demons (7-23, 2-7 BIG EAST) most recently lost all three games in a series with St. John's.
 
Bulldog Bits                                                                                        
           (as of 4-4-24)

• Ella White leads the BIG EAST (15th nationally) with four sacrifice flies. Addition conference (national) rankings include: 10 doubles-3rd (69th), 31 RBI-3rd (91st), .626 slugging %-5th,
• and 6 HR-7th.
• Paige Dorsett leads the BIG EAST with 41 hits.
• Monique Hoosen is fourth in the BIG EAST with 7 home runs.
• Kieli Ryan leads the BIG EAST (15th nationally) with 10 base runners caught stealing.
• Katie Petran is second in the BIG EAST (60th nationally) with 10 wins in the circle and is ninth with 67 strikeouts.
• Cate Lehner leads the BIG EAST (60th nationally) with 0.21 sacrifice bunts per game and is third in the conference (54th nationally) with 15 stolen bases.

        vs. Seton Hall (Mar. 28-30)

• Cate Lehner had four hits to lead the Bulldogs at the plate. Paige Dorsett had three hits that included a home run and a double. Dorsett's 2 RBI were matched by Sydney Carter and Hailey Conger.
• Kaylee Gross was 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts.
• Katie Petran pitched 13.0 of the 22.0 total innings, earning a 2.08 ERA and one victory.
   

SCOUTING DePaul (7-23, 2-7 BIG EAST)
Series- DePaul leads, 20-12

• 2023 (Indianapolis): Butler 2-1 / Butler 4-3 / Butler 13-5
  2022 (Chicago): Butler 6-5 / DePaul 7-6 / Butler 4-3
  2021 (Indianapolis): DePaul 2-0 / DePaul 5-1 / DePaul 3-1
• The teams met in the BIG EAST Tournament in 2023 (DePaul 4-2) and in 2021 (Butler 8-1).
   
• 2024 BIG EAST series results: Georgetown (L-W-W), UConn (L-L-L), St. John's (L-L-L)
• Wins for the Blue Demons this season include: Northern Illinois, Memphis, SIUE, and San Jose State.
• Losses include: No. 13 Florida, No. 17 Texas A&M, No. 18 UCLA, Northwestern, and Michigan State.

DePaul vs. (opponents)                                                                    Butler

• runs:                90-170                                                                           146
• hits:                  171-242                                                                         254
• RBI:                  80-160                                                                           132
• SB:                    40-19                                                                              35
• ERA:                4.82-2.50                                                                      4.87

Batting leaders:

• #8 Brooke Johnson (.417) 35H, 8HR, 18RBI
• #10 Riley Pool (.347) 26H, 3HR, 6RBI
• #3 Carly Alvers (.247) 21H, 8RBI
• #24 Bibianna Rodriguez (.242) 16H, 13 RBI

Pitching leaders:

• #20 Brenna Smith (1-4) 2.86 ERA, 33K
• #6 Bella Nigey (4-9) 3.90 ERA, 36K