Indiana University Athletics
Indiana University
27-7
Detroit Mercy
7-20
Indiana Tops Detroit Mercy on Saturday Afternoon
3/28/2026 5:24:00 PM | Softball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– After an early 2-0 deficit, Indiana Softball quickly flipped the script to handle business against Detroit Mercy on Saturday (March 28), winning 7-5, at Andy Mohr Field.
The win gives Indiana the 2-0 series victory and puts the Hoosiers at 27-7 overall.
GAME 2: INDIANA 7, DETROIT MERCY 5
*Indiana wins the series
KEY MOMENTS
• Detroit Mercy's Liv Peterson singled through the right side to score two runners and put the Titans up 2-0 in the top of the first.
• Josie Bird helped the Hoosiers cut into the lead right away with a double to left center which scored Avery Parker to make it a 2-1 game in the bottom of the first.
• Wendy Ketola pushed Detroit Mercy's lead to 3-1 in the top of the second with a solo homer to left field in the top of the second.
• Two Hoosiers (Aly VanBrandt and Avery Parker) were hit by pitches with the bases loaded in the bottom of the second evened the score at 3-3.
• Indiana took the lead for good in the bottom of the third when Hannah Haberstroh singled to right field to score Madalyn Strader and then Cassidy Kettleman scored on an error in the next at bat to make it a 5-3 game.
• A bases-clearing triple from Ellie Goins extended the lead to 7-3 in the bottom of the fourth.
• Detroit Mercy would score two runs in the top of the seventh, but Indiana shut it down from there to secure the 7-5 win.
NOTABLES
• Brooke Mannon's career high eight strikeouts helped propel her to earning the win and a 6-0 record on the season.
• Indiana has won five of its last six games.
• Six different Hoosiers recorded an RBI including Ellie Goins who led the way with two.
• Hannah Haberstroh was 2-for-4 at the plate, it marked her sixth multi-hit game of the season.
UP NEXT
Indiana will have no midweek games ahead of its next series the following weekend at No. 7 UCLA from April 3-5 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mannon, Brooke (6-0)
L: Savannah Schultz (5-10)
Batting:
HR: Wendy Ketola 1
RBI: Jada Davis 1 ; Abby Klaft 1 ; Liv Peterson 2 ; Wendy Ketola 1
SF: Abby Klaft 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jenna Higgins 1 ; Jada Davis 1 ; Abby Klaft 1 ; Wendy Ketola 2
SB: Wendy Ketola 1
HBP: Hannah Schlachter 1
Batting:
2B: Bird, Josie 1
3B: Strader, Madalyn 1 ; Goins, Ellie 1
RBI: VanBrandt, Aly 1 ; Parker, Avery 1 ; Bird, Josie 1 ; Goins, Ellie 2 ; Haberstroh, Hannah 1 ; Gavin, Alli 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Parker, Avery 1 ; Drummond, Peyton 1 ; Engle, Maddie 1 ; Strader, Madalyn 1 ; Goins, Ellie 1 ; Ellison, Jada 1 ; Nash, Nevaeh 1
SB: VanBrandt, Aly 1 ; Drummond, Peyton 1 ; Engle, Maddie 1 ; Goins, Ellie 1 ; Ellison, Jada 1 ; Kettleman, Cassidy 1
CS: Kettleman, Cassidy 1
HBP: VanBrandt, Aly 2 ; Parker, Avery 1 ; Goins, Ellie 1 ; Kettleman, Cassidy 1
