Indiana University Softball beat Louisville in a Midweek Battle Indiana continued its hot hitting from the weekend with another dominant win, defeating Louisville, 8-3, on Wednesday night at Andy Mohr Field. Brianna Copeland had a historic day, hitting her 41st career home run to break the program’s all-time record. She also earned the win in the circle, pitching a complete game in the process. With the win, Indiana is now 27-10 on the season and winners five in a row. Louisville opened the scoring in the top of the first with two runs scoring on a fielder’s choice to go up 2-0. After a quiet first two innings, the Hoosiers came alive in the third inning. Brianna Copeland started it off with a solo shot to center field to put Indiana up 1-0 and become the program’s leader in career home runs with 41. Later in the inning Kinsey Mitchell hit a single up the middle to bring home Taylor Minnick home to tie the game at 2-2.
Louisville briefly took the lead back in the top of the fourth inning on a Madison Pickens home run to make it a 3-2 game. Everything started clicking for Indiana in the fourth as the team took the lead and exploded for four runs. Avery Parker and Aly VanBrandt each had RBI singles and Mitchell hit a sacrifice fly to bring another run home. Alex Cooper had the exclamation point of the game with a 2-run bomb to right center and make it an 8-3 game in the bottom of the fifth. Copeland’s home run marked the 41st of her career and broke the program record. Both Copeland and Cooper hit a home run. Indiana outhit Louisville on the night, 12-3. Five Hoosiers registered an RBI on the night: Avery Parker (2), Kinsey Mitchell (2), Cooper (2), Copeland (1) and Aly VanBrandt (1). Copeland picked up her second straight win in the circle and threw another complete game in the process. She had six strikeouts and only allowed three hits. Indiana will return to play for a road series at Wisconsin today through Sunday.
Tickets on Sale for Indiana-Ball State Baseball at Victory Field April 23rd Victory Field will once again play host to a college baseball game between Indiana University (away) and Ball State University (home). Tickets are on sale for the third Hoosiers Cardinals matchup at the Vic in the past nine years, set for Wednesday, April 23, at 6 PM. Gates open at 5 PM. Assigned seating is available now, with prices ranging from $14 for Infield Box tickets to $8 for Lawn. Premium tickets are also available in the Yuengling Landing for $30, Elements Financial Club for $80, and picnic areas and suites at regular rental prices. Active-duty military and veterans receive $2 off per ticket, and children 2 and under get in free.
The 19-14 Hoosiers are currently working a four-game winning streak after defeating the Cardinals (23-11) on Tuesday, April 8 in Bloomington, 7-5. Ball State took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning before a five-run fifth flipped the score in Indiana’s favor. “Hosting college games at our downtown Indianapolis ballpark is a great opportunity to promote high-level baseball across the state,” said Matt Guay, Indianapolis Indians vice president and general manager. “We’re excited to welcome the Hoosiers and Cardinals back to Victory Field next week for another thrilling matchup.”
Since 2015, the Hoosiers are 5-1 in six games played at Victory Field, including 4-3 and 9-3 wins over Ball State in 2017 and ’19. Last year’s scheduled matchup was canceled due to inclement weather. Indians’ mini plans and single-game tickets are available for purchase, and group and premium
reservations may also be made. For more on the Indians, visit IndyIndians.com or contact the Victory Field Box Office at (317) 269-3545 or Tickets@IndyIndians.com.
Study Indicates That Both Indiana University Basketball Programs have Top 15 Enterprise Value Despite disappointing results on the court, the men’s IU basketball program remains one of the nation’s most valuable. That’s according to a new study by Ryan Brewer, an associate professor of finance at Indiana University Columbus, reported on by the Wall Street Journal. Brewer’s analysis finds Indiana has the third highest enterprise value ($279 million) in the nation among all men’s college basketball programs. At $34 million, his data indicates IU has the sixth most revenue, while its $12.9 million of cash flow ranks eighth. Indiana ranks behind North Carolina and Duke, and ahead of Ohio State and Louisville to round out the top five. The determination of an overall enterprise value is an attempt to measure what the selling price of the program would be similar to how professional sports organizations are sold. In the same study, the IU women’s program is ranked No. 14 in the nation with annual revenue of $8.5 million, and an enterprise value of $50 million. Brewer cautions the actual enterprise value could be substantially higher because a college basketball program is a rare asset. Moreover, with revenue sharing looming, how much resources a school chooses to allocate to basketball players could significantly impact values going forward.
Big Ten Releases School Schedule for Football Media Days in July The Big Ten Conference announced today the school appearance schedule for the 2025 Big Ten Football Media Days presented by Discover®. This year’s event will feature a three-day format, July 22-24, in Las Vegas with Big Ten Network providing live coverage of all three days. Each of the conference’s 18 institutions will be represented by its head coach and three student-athletes. DAY 1 (July 22): Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Ohio State, Rutgers DAY 2 (July 23): Minnesota, Northwestern, Oregon, Penn State, Washington, Wisconsin DAY 3 (July 24): Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, UCLA, USC A limited block of hotel rooms has been reserved at Mandalay Bay for this event at a nightly room rate of $158 (plus tax). Reservations can be made online at https://book.passkey.com/go/SBTF0725Media. The hotel reservation deadline is Thursday, June 19. Please note that hotel room availability is extremely limited, and reservations are made on a first-come, first-served basis. Additional information on credentials, media schedules and student-athlete attendees will be announced at a later date.
Miss Basketball and Indiana University Signee Maya Makalusky is the Top Vote Getter for the AP-All State Girls Basketball Team Hamilton Southeastern won the girls basketball Hall of Fame Classic, the Hoosier Crossroads Conference title, sectional and regional titles and lost only one game in 2024-25, in the semifinal round. Maya Makalusky, the 6-foot-4 shooting guard, spurred the Royals charge. She averaged 22.1 points and 6.8 rebounds while shooting 40.1% from 3-point range and leading HSE to a 27-1 mark. She was so good; she won the coveted IndyStar Miss Basketball Award and was selected by Gatorade MaxPreps as the state’s player of now. Now she owns another title — top vote-getter on The Associated Press all-state team. Makalusky received the most votes from a panel of sportswriters, broadcasters and coaches around Indiana. Players are chosen regardless of grade level or the class in which their schools compete.
The top five selections comprise the first team with the next 10 earning second and third-team honors and the next 25 receiving high honorable mention status. Makalusky was joined on an all-senior first team by Jaylah Lampley of Lawrence Central, Meredith Tippner of Noblesville, Kira Reynolds of South Bend Washington and Addison Baxter of Columbia City. Lampley also made the first team last year. Makalusky, who will play for the Indiana Hoosiers next season, and Reynolds were both second team picks last year. Lampley is heading to Mississippi State while Tippner is going to Miami (Fla.) and Baxter is Butler bound. Reynolds recently decommitted from Purdue.
Brownsburg senior center Avery Gordon, who is a Purdue signee, led the second-team choices. The others are McCutcheon sophomore Lillie Graves and three juniors — Myah Epps of Homestead, Joslyn Bricker of Warsaw and Lola Lampley of Lawrence Central. The third team is junior-heavy, led by Makalusky’s teammate, Kennedy Holman. She’s joined by Lillian Barnes of Valparaiso, Madalynn Shirley of Evansville Central and Brooklynn Renn of Silver Creek. Pendleton Heights senior Kaycie Warfel also made on the third team after finishing her career by topping the 2,000-point mark.
Taylor University Men’s Lacrosse falls to # 7 Concordia at Home The Taylor men’s lacrosse team had another NAIA Top 10 team on the ropes at Wheeler Field but could not pull out the upset victory. This time, TU saw No. 7 Concordia battle back from a 9-5 halftime deficit to escape with a 13-11 victory over the Trojans. The two sides played to a 3-3 draw after the first 15 minutes of action, before goals from Will Vanderkodde and Jack Kaiser opened a 5-3 lead that the Trojans would maintain through the rest of the half. The TU advantage swelled to 8-4 with a goal from Ben Mueller, followed by back-to-back Jackson Dale scores. A strike from Will Saxby in the final minute sent Taylor to the break with a 9-5 cushion. Concordia (6-4, 3-1 WHAC) controlled the second half however, scoring all three goals in the third to slowly chip away at the TU lead and continued its stifling defense in the fourth to pull out the 13-11 win. Saxby and Dale paced the Trojans, combining for five goals and five assists, while Vanderkodde also performed well with a trio of scores and five ground balls. Ben Harrell was tough in the net once again, stopping 16 CU shots. RV Taylor (5-6, 0-4 WHAC) will host Senior Day on Saturday, April 12, against Siena Heights (5-4, 0-3 WHAC) in a 1:00 pm start.