DATE:                                 Tuesday, April 1
LOCATION:                        Indianapolis, Ind.  / Butler Softball Field
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The Butler softball team hosts Indiana State for a midweek contest on Tuesday. The Bulldogs (20-11, 9-3 BIG EAST) are coming off a series sweep of Georgetown. The Sycamores (10-22, 5-3 The Valley) most recently went 1-2 in a weekend series with Drake.
 
Bulldog Bits                                                                                        
       (through games 3/30/25)

• Cate Lehner leads the BIG EAST (10th nationally) with 25 stolen bases. She is third in the conference (51st) with 46 hits and with a .407 batting average.
• Makena Alexander is fifth in the BIG EAST with 8 home runs.
• Ella White is second in the BIG EAST (30th nationally) with 0.81 walks per game. She is third in the conference with a .500 on base percentage.
• Gwen Baker is fourth in the BIG EAST (82nd nationally) with 9 wins.
• (as of 3-30-25) Butler leads all BIG EAST teams in batting average (.309), stolen bases (59), and runners caught stealing (9).

         vs. Georgetown

• With one run scored in game two, Ella White now has 116 career runs scored. This breaks the program record as she now sits atop Butler's All-Time list for career runs scored.
• Sydney Carter used a triple and a double to drive in 3 of Butler's 6 total runs in the game 1 and game 3 come-from-behind wins.
• Cate Lehner's two stolen bases in game two give her 25 this season and 68 in her career. She is now second on Butler's All-Time list for career stolen bases. (Jenna Foreman – 107)
• Katie Petran's picked up a save in game 2 and a complete-game victory in game 3.
   
• After picking up a save and a complete-game victory in the series vs. Georgetown, Katie Petran was recognized on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll.
   

SCOUTING INDIANA STATE (10-22, 5-3 The Valley)
Series- Indiana State leads, 36-19

• The Bulldogs and Sycamores have played 13 games since 2015, with Indiana State winning nine.
• In 2024, the Sycamores won, 14-0, in five innings in Terre Haute.
• Butler most recent win (3-0) was in 2021 in Indianapolis.

Wins for the Sycamores include: Illinois State, IU Indy, Murray State, Delaware State, and UT Martin.
Losses include: Illinois, Ball State, Drake, Purdue Fort Wayne, Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee, and Boston College.

Indiana State vs. (opponents)         Butler
runs:       113-139                                      156
hits:         208-218                                     255
RBI:         90-127                                       140
SB:           24-39                                          59
ERA:       3.66-2.73                                  3.53
 
Batting Leaders:
#16 Lauren Marsicek (.300) 24H, 8-2B, 8RBI
#25 Madison Poulsen (.289) 26H, 5SB
#9 Hannah Welch (.240) 23H, 2HR, 12RBI

Pitching Leaders:
#71 Hailey Griffin (5-5) 2.41 ERA, 72K
#13 Lauren Sackett (1-10) 2.70 ERA, 70K
#20 Cassi Newbanks (4-4) 6.07 ERA, 17K