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Softball Falls In Game Two At Indiana
Mar 14 | Softball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Rutgers softball dropped game two of the weekend series at Indiana, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon.
The Scarlet Knights' Sam Rohwer gave RU the early lead three pitches into the game with her fifth home run of the season, but the Hoosiers came back with a trio of runs in the bottom of the first and another three in the third for the win.
The loss dropped Rutgers to 13-12 overall and 2-3 in Big Ten play.
Indiana 6, Rutgers 1
| STATISTICALLY SPEAKING |
- Junior Sam Rohwer was responsible for RU's lone run on her fifth home run of the season and collected her team-leading 16th RBI of the year.
- Sophomore Riley Hwang was 2-for-3 with a double.
- Freshman Samantha Delhoyo also added a double.
- Sophomore Kelsey Hoekstra evened her record in the circle at 3-3. She gave up six runs on four hits and six walks while fanning five Hoosiers. Sophomore Kassandra Gewecke tossed 4.0 innings with a strikeout.
| THE RUNDOWN |
- Last weekend, Sam Rohwer gave Rutgers the lead in the series finale with Maryland five pitches into the contest. In game two with Indiana, it took three pitches for the junior Scarlet Knight to put RU on top.
T1 | A 3-pitch lead 💣#GoRU ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/zuReIzMyfs
— Rutgers Softball (@RUSoftball) March 14, 2026
- With a 2-0 count to lead off the game, Rohwer connected for her fifth home run of the year for the 1-0 edge.
- The Hoosiers, however, punched back in the same manner in the bottom half, but it would be a three-run home run to the hosts in front and stay in front. Aly VanBrandt led off with a double to right-center, Alex Cooper walked and then Avery Parker belted a three-run dinger off the scoreboard in left for Indiana to go ahead 3-1. Kelsey Hoekstra stepped up to send three of the next four Hoosiers down looking to end the inning.
- Indiana cashed in three more runs in the third, extending its lead to 6-1. After the Hoosiers kicked off their at-bat with a walk and a single, Madalyn Strader doubled down the right field line for two runs. Alli Gavin would later score Strader on a sac fly to left.
| UP NEXT |
The Rutgers-Indiana series comes to a close on Sunday, March 15 at 11 a.m. at Andy Mohr Field.
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