The Indiana Hoosiers baseball team earned their first victory of the year against Bradley on Tuesday in Bloomington. This weekend they hit the road again for another warm weather tournament. IU heads into the Live Like Lou Jacksonville Classic at 1-3 and will face some stiff competition this weekend.
Friday’s (Feb. 20) first pitch against No. 2 LSU is scheduled for 2 p.m. at VyStar Ballpark. Contests against UCF (Feb. 21 – 4 p.m.) and Notre Dame (Feb. 22 – 11 a.m.) round out a busy weekend of baseball. All three games will be streamed on D1Baseball.com with IU’s radio call carried at iuhoosiers.com.
Indiana Hoosiers 2026 Statistical Leaders
Batting Average: Hogan Denny, .364
Hits: Cooper Malamazain and Will Moore, 5
Home Runs: Hogan Denny, 2
RBI: Jake Hanley, 6
Runs: Will Moore, 6
Stolen Bases: Hogan and Malamazain, 1
Innings Pitched: Tony Neubeck, 4.0
ERA: Neubeck, 0.00
Strike Outs: Reagan Rivera, 5
Wins: Connor Linn, 1
Game 1 Indiana Hoosiers vs. No. 2 LSU Tigers (Feb. 20th 2:00pm ET)
TV: D1Baseball.com
Probable Starters IU: Tony Neubeck vs. LSU: Cason Evans
The Tigers are 5-0 and have a case to be the number one team in the country. IU has a 2-5-1 all-time record vs. LSU, as the teams first faced each other in 1926. The Tigers and Hoosiers last met in 2020 in a three-game season-opening series in Baton Rouge, and LSU won two of three games.
Notes From LSU
• LSU opened the 2026 season with a three-game sweep of Milwaukee last weekend in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field, and the Tigers improved to 4-0 on Monday night with a 10-7 win over Kent State … LSU won its fifth straight game on Wednesday with a 12-1 victory over Nicholls … the Tigers’ 15-5 victory over Milwaukee last Friday marked LSU’s 25th straight victory in a season-opening game.
• The LSU pitching staff recorded 49 strikeouts in the three-game Milwaukee series last weekend, marking the most Ks pitched by the Tigers in a three-game series since at least 1992 … LSU surpassed the previous high total of 45 strikeouts recorded in last season’s three-game series versus Purdue Fort Wayne … LSU has led the nation in strikeouts in each of the last two seasons, with 780 in 2024 and 733 in 2025.
• LSU is hitting .355 (61-for-172) as a team through its first five games with 17 doubles, one triple, 12 homers and 63 runs … the Tigers have posted a .467 on-base percentage that includes 31 walks and seven hit batsmen … LSU hit .385 (40-for-104) in the three-game Milwaukee series last weekend with 12 doubles, one triple, six homers, 41 runs and three stolen bases.
Game 2 Indiana Hoosiers vs. UCF Knights (Feb. 21st 4:00pm ET)
TV: None
Probable Staters: IU: TBA vs. UCF: Joey Trobley
UCF is 3-1 and took No. 20 Miami to 13 innings in a 7-6 loss to the Hurricanes. They swept Sienna in a season opening series last weekend.
The senior Ross leads UCF on the season with a .471 batting average and eight hits. Catcher Zak Skinner is right behind him with a .462 average, two doubles, a triple, a home run and seven RBIs. Williamson and freshman Jordan Lodise are each batting an even .400 while Landon Moran leads the way in RBIs with eight. Sauser fronts the team from the mound with a 0.00 ERA, six strikeouts, and no hits over 6.0 innings pitched. Fellow starters Braden Smith and Camden Wicker are each 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA, while fellow weekend starter Joey Trombley is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA. Evan Jones and Michael Gillen front the bullpen with 0.00 ERAs over a combined 3.0 innings of work.
Game 3 Indiana Hoosiers vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Feb. 22nd 11:00am ET)
TV: D1Baseball.com
The Irish are 2-1 on the season so far after taking two of three against Florida Atlantic. Neither team has posted a probable starter for this matchup.
The Hoosiers and Irish have a long history on the diamond, but Notre Dame holds a decisive advantage with a 68-34-1 series lead.
The Irish have six players listed in the D1baseball.com Preseason rankings by position.
Sophomore Bino Watters was the 17th ranked first baseman.
Junior Jack Radel was 29th on the starting pitchers list.
Junior Mark Quatrani was 49th on the catchers list.
Graduate student Drew Berkland was 63rd on the outfielders report.
Sophomore Oisin Lee came in at 74th on the relief pitchers list.
Junior Davis Johnson was listed at 132nd in the outfielder rankings.