Hoosiers Falter Late in Jacksonville

Sunday, February 22

Jacksonville, Fla.

11 a.m.

Indiana University

2-5

Notre Dame

3-3

Indiana

Notre Dame

2/22/2026 3:00:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score Box Score (PDF)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – For the second time this weekend, the Indiana Baseball team (2-5, 0-0 B1G) saw a late lead slip away. Notre Dame (3-3, 0-0 ACC) scored six unanswered runs – five in the seventh inning – to beat the Hoosiers on the final day of the Live Like Lou Jacksonville Baseball Classic. Center fielder Drew Berkland singled to the warning track with the bases loaded to end the game in a 9-8 extra-innings win (F/11) on Sunday (Feb. 22).

For 6.5 innings, the Hoosiers played a complete game of baseball. A bases-clearing double from sophomore shortstop Cooper Malamazian in the fifth gave IU a three-run lead. It added insurance runs on a Notre Dame balk and an RBI double from freshman second baseman Landen Fry in the seventh inning. Fry and redshirt freshman designated hitter Brayden Ricketts each had their first three-hit days in an IU uniform.

Notre Dame put pressure on IU in the seventh inning, coming all the way back to tie the game at 8-all in the home half. A leadoff home run from catcher Mark Quatrani and a pair of walks helped chase junior right-handed pitcher Jackson Yarberry from the game. Graduate student southpaw Conner Linn failed to record an out. Redshirt junior reliever Jacob Vogel finally got all three outs but not before Notre Dame tied the game.

Vogel would go on to push the game into the 10th as IU's offense struggled to respond. He finished just shy of career highs in innings pitched (3.2) and pitches thrown (47). The big right-handed pitcher allowed just one walk and struck out five batters. Freshman right-handed pitcher Kellen English got a big strikeout to send it to the 11th.

The Fighting Irish finally wore down IU's bullpen. With the bases loaded and two outs, Berkland hit a ball over the head of redshirt junior outfielder Ayden Crouse in center field. Notre Dame scampered around to score the game-winning run and send IU home with another extra-innings loss on the young season.

IU will stay on the road and head to Xavier this week for a midweek contest. A four-game set at Western Kentucky is scheduled for this weekend in Bowling Green.

Scoring Recap
Top First
IU scored in the first inning for the second-straight game. After a walk and stolen base from Ayden Crouse, Brayden Ricketts brought him home to score on an RBI single.
Indiana 1, Notre Dame 0

Bottom Second
Notre Dame leveled the score after Bergman hung an off-speed pitch in the zone. Jayce Lee's single scored helped score Noah Coy.
Indiana 1, Notre Dame 1

Top Fourth
The first hit in the career of Mateo Noto was an important one. He lined a single into center field to score Landen Fry and take the lead.
Indiana 2, Notre Dame 1

Bottom Fourth
A single up the middle from Drew Berkland, that bounced off Bergman's leg, tied the game in the fourth.
Indiana 2, Notre Dame 2

Top Fifth
The Hoosiers put a crooked number on the board in the fifth. Cooper Malamazian lined a double down the left field line to clear the bases. Fry scored Malamazian in the next at-bat with a single to right field.
Indiana 6, Notre Dame 2

Bottom Fifth
Mark Quatrani hit a solo home run to right field.
Indiana 6, Notre Dame 3

Top Seventh
Ricketts came around to score on a balk before Fry drove home Malamazian on an RBI double.
Indiana 8, Notre Dame 3

Bottom Seventh
Notre Dame tied the game with a massive seventh inning. Quatrani led off with his second home run of the day. Coy singled to drive home a second run. A two-run single from Mason Barth and a sacrifice fly from Drew Berkland leveled the score.
Indiana 8, Notre Dame 8

Bottom Eleventh
Berkland ended the game with a walk-off single.
Notre Dame 9, Indiana 8

Top Hoosier Performers
#21 Vogel, Jacob
3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 5 K

#15 Malamazian, Cooper
2-5, 2 R, 3 RBI

#25 Fry, Landen
3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R

Inside the Box Score
• Three different players had multi-hit efforts for head coach Jeff Mercer.
• Notre Dame's pitching staff gave up just three walks and zero hit-by-pitches.
• Two players for Notre Dame had four-hit outings.
• IU recorded double-digit hits for the second time this year.

Notes to Know
• Freshman second baseman Landen Fry and redshirt freshman designated hitter Brayden Ricketts each recorded three-hit days. For both of them, it was the first time in their career that they had three hits in a game. Fry finished the week going 8-for-15 at the plate with five runs and five RBIs.

• Sophomore shortstop Cooper Malamazian became the first IU player to 10 RBIs this season. He has four multi-RBI games this season and 17 in his career. He had three multi-hit efforts this week as well and is hitting at a .360 clip through the opening two weeks of the year.

• Redshirt junior pitcher Jacob Vogel worked 3.2 scoreless innings in relief for the Hoosiers. His outing came in a massive spot as it helped IU get the game all the way to the 11th inning. He gave up just one hit and struck out five batters. It's the second time he's gone three-or-more innings in his career. His longest outing as a collegiate pitcher came at Purdue in 2024 (4.0 IP – May 5, 2024).

• That loss was the second extra-inning defeat this season for the Hoosiers. They also lost a 4-3 (F/11) decision to No. 11 North Carolina in the series finale last week. In the Jeff Mercer era, IU is just 8-13-1 in 22 extra-inning affairs. IU is just 1-5 in that category in the last two years.

Up Next
IU will meet Xavier on Tuesday (Feb. 24) for a midweek contest in Cincinnati. The game will be streamed on Xavier's website and will be carried on the Indiana Sports Radio Network via IUHoosiers.com/Audio.