The Indiana Hoosiers (25-6, 7-2) flexed their muscles on Sunday afternoon with a 7-2 win after pounding out five extra base hits. The Hoosiers took all three games in College Park and sets up a rare non-conference showdown against Big Ten member Oregon on Monday at Andy Mohr Field.
The Hoosiers fell behind 2-0 when Anna McGowan homered to center field off IU starter Taylor Hess. Hess went an inning and two thirds allowing the two runs and three hits on an inefficient 66 pitches. Brooke Mannon took over the the circle in the bottom on the second to get the final out of the second.
Mannon started the third inning, but worked herself into trouble after getting the first two outs of the inning. Mannon was lifted for Ella Troutt who inherited a bases loaded situation. Troutt would get Zayda Rocke to strike out to end the threat. Troutt earned the win for the Hoosiers by throwing 4.1 innings of shut out ball.
IU would cut the Terrapins lead in half in the fourth with Madalyn Strader’s third home run in as many games. Hoosier captain Avery Parker gave IU their first lead of the day in the top of the fifth when she rocketed a double just inside the third base bag that scored Aly VanBrandt and Alex Cooper.
Josie Bird extended the lead in the next at bat with a double that was misplayed in left field and plated Parker. Bird would also add a three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to cushion IU’s lead to 7-2.
Troutt pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning to send the Hoosiers back to Bloomington winners of 9 of their last 10 games. The Hoosiers host the No. 16 Oregon Ducks (23-8, 5-1) who took two of three from Purdue this past weekend. This game will not count as a conference matchup.
Hoosiers Notables
• Strader has hit a home run in three-straight games and has hit four in her last five games after only hitting one in her career prior to the current stretch.
• The Hoosiers have won all three of their Big Ten series thus far in 2026 and this was their first sweep.
• Indiana owns a 7-3 mark in road games this year.
• Both of Bird’s hits today were extra base hits as she recorded both a double and a home run.
• Indiana has won 10-straight games over Maryland and have swept the Terrapins in the last three series (2023, 2025, 2026). The win streak dates back to the 2021 season.