INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler softball team won the final game of the BIG EAST series with Seton Hall on Sunday, winning 11-3 in six innings. The Dawgs pushed their winning streak to seven games with the three-game series sweep. The Bulldogs (13-9, 6-0 BIG EAST) scored six runs in the third inning and never trailed. The Pirates (10-14, 2-7 BIG EAST) scored all three of their runs in the fifth.
After two scoreless innings, Butler opened the scoring in the third. The Bulldogs used three singles, three walks, and two Seton Hall errors to build a 6-0 lead.
The Pirates narrowed the lead in the fifth, scoring three runs on five hits and forcing a pitching change. The Dawgs responded with three of their own in the bottom half, coming from RBI-doubles by
Hailey Conger and
Makena Alexander. The lead was back to six, at 9-3.
Butler scored the final two runs in the sixth, as Conger hit a bases-loaded single that pushed two across and ended the game.
Alyx Johnson (3-0) started in the circle for the Dawgs, lasted into the fifth inning, and picked up the win. In 4.1 innings, she allowed three runs on six hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
Katie Petran (1.2-IP, 2H, BB, K) provided relief and finished the game.
Bulldog Bits
- Conger's double was her eighth this season and the 21st of her career.
- Alexander's double was her seventh this season and the 19th of her career.
- The win for Johnson was her third this season.
- This was Butler's first-ever sweep over Seton Hall.
- The Bulldogs have not started BIG EAST play with six-straight wins since 2023 when they won their first eight conference games. (DePaul, Providence, Creighton).
Up Next
Butler will travel to Ball State on Tuesday, March 24, for a mid-week contest. Next weekend, the Bulldogs will be in Queens, N.Y., for a three-game BIG EAST series at St. John's.
