DATE:                                  Wednesday, March 26
LOCATION:                        Dayton, Ohio  / UD Softball Stadium
LIVE STATS:                      butlersports.com
LIVE VIDEO:                      ESPN+
 
The Butler softball hits the road on Wednesday for a midweek non-conference contest at Dayton. The Bulldogs (17-10, 6-3 BIG EAST) went 1-2 this past weekend vs. league-leading St. John's. The Flyers (14-10, 5-1 A-10) most recently won two of three games in a conference series with Rhode Island.
 
Bulldog Bits                                                                                        
       (through games 3/23/25)

• Cate Lehner leads the BIG EAST with a .426 batting average and with 23 stolen bases. She is second with 43 hits.
• Makena Alexander is second in the BIG EAST with 8 home runs and fifth with a .684 slugging percentage.
• Ella White is third in the BIG EAST with a .505 on base percentage.
• Leigh Vande Hei is fourth in the BIG EAST with a .400 batting average.
• Gwen Baker is third in the BIG EAST with 8 wins.
• (as of 3-23-25) Butler leads all BIG EAST teams in batting average (.322) and is second in on base percentage (.400), hits (236), and stolen bases (55).

        vs. St. John's

• Makena Alexander and Ella White each had a home run in the series.
• Hailey Conger hit a two-out, walk-off, RBI single to hand St. John's its first BIG EAST loss of the season.
• Gwen Baker picked up a complete-game, 2-1, victory in game one. In 7.0 innings, she allowed five hits and a walk, striking out eight as only one unearned run came across.
   
• After a complete-game victory over St. John's - the Red Storm's first conference loss of the season - Gwen Baker was name BIG EAST Freshman of the week. It was her third time earning this award this season.
   
• Butler's 2025 schedule includes five teams that qualified for the 2024 NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs will face UAlbany (2/28), Indiana (3/11), Dayton (3/25), and Miami (OH) (4/9) on the road and will host Villanova for a BIG EAST series Apr. 17-19.
   

SCOUTING DAYTON (14-10, 5-1 A-10)
Series- Butler leads, 40-25-1

• Dayton won the most recent contest in 2023, a 4-2 victory in Indianapolis.
• Butler's most recent win (1-0) was in 2021 in Indianapolis.
• Dayton has won four of five, dating back to 2013, but Butler won ten straight from 2006 through 2011.

2025 wins include: Youngstown St., UIC, Saint Louis, and Towson.
Losses include: No. 1 Texas, No. 23 Kentucky, Miami (Ohio), and Georgia Tech.
The Flyers split with Georgia State, Akron, and Wofford.
 
Dayton vs. (opponents)                    Butler
runs:       124-101                                     144
hits:         193-174                                     236
RBI:         116-93                                        128
SB:           35-11                                           55
ERA:       3.94-4.22                                  3.75
 
 Batting Leaders:

• Emma Schutter (.398) 33H, 6-2B, 4-3B, 14RBI, 12SB
• Maddie Kapsimalis (.361) 30H, 2HR, 21RBI, 6SB
• Deirdre Flaherty (.324) 24H, 3HR, 19RBI

Pitching Leaders:  

• Izzy Kemp (7-3) 2.82 ERA, 78K
• Haven Dwyer (5-3) 3.91 ERA, 25K
• Camrynn Linneman (1-3) 6.27 ERA 13K