DATE:                              Wednesday, April 22
LOCATION:                      Indianapolis, Ind. / Butler Softball Field
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The Butler softball team hosts Dayton for its final midweek contest of the 2026 season. The Bulldogs (19-17) are coming off a 2-1 series win at Georgetown. The Flyers (21-18), who play in the A-10 conference, most recently went 1-2 at Saint Louis.
 
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       (as of 4/19/26)

• As a team, Butler leads the BIG EAST and (ranks nationally) with 20 double plays (34th). The Bulldogs are third with a .305 batting avg. (92nd), 5.72 RBI/game (58th), 6.08 runs/game (71st), and 1.39 stolen bases/game (64th).
• Makena Alexander leads the BIG EAST and is (ranked nationally) in several categories:
• .549 on base% (29th), .912 Slug% (26th), .441 avg. (44th), and 1.39 RBI/game (15th). She is third in the conference with 12 home runs.
• Hailey Conger ranks in the BIG EAST and is (ranked nationally) in several categories:
• 1st (23rd) with 1.25 runs/game, 5th (74th) with .518 on base%, and 6th with a .412 avg.
• Cate Lehner ranks in the BIG EAST and is (ranked nationally) in several categories:
• 1st (8th) with 44.7 at bats per strikeout, and 2nd (34th) with 21 stolen bases.
   
• Conger scored her 43rd run of the 2026 season in game two of the BIG EAST series at Georgetown breaking Butler's single-season record for runs scored.

Series History

• Butler leads, 40-26-1
• Dayton won, 8-0, last season in Dayton and has won the past three contest (2023 & 2022).
• Butler's most recent win (1-0) was in 2021 in Indianapolis.
• Dayton has won four of the last five games, dating to 2013, but Butler won 10-straight games from 2006-2011.

SCOUTING DAYTON (21-18, 11-10 A-10)

• Dayton has wins that include IU Indy, Northern Kentucky, Elon, Mount St. Mary's, and Morehead State.
• Losses for the Flyers include Providence, Ohio State, Cal, Loyola (3), Michigan State, Kentucky (2), and Western Michigan.
• Dayton split games with St. Bonaventure (2-1), Rhode Island (2-1), George Mason (2-1), George Washington (2-1), Fordham (2-1), St Louis (1-2), and Murray State (1-1).

           2026 DAYTON stats compared to (Butler)

• Avg. .282 (.303), Runs 175 (218), Hits 287 (298), RBI 160 (205), SB 69 (51), ERA 3.68 (5.48)