Crucial final weekend on deck for IU at Maryland
With 3 games to play, Hoosiers trying to make final case for NCAA Tournament bid
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Twelve weeks down, one to go.
The end of the regular season is here for Indiana, which closes the spring docket with a three-game trip to Maryland beginning Friday night. For the Hoosiers, who ended a five-game losing streak with a win over Ohio State on Monday, it’s a crucial weekend for their NCAA Tournament hopes. IU heads to College Park on the good side of the bubble, but things can change in a snap. The Terps have been playing great baseball, the Hoosiers have not, and these next three games could very well determine whether IU’s season ends in The Land of Pleasant Living or extends to a postseason site to be determined.
Three Things: IU splits with Ohio State
Hoosiers salvage a game at the end of a forgettable five-game homestand
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Auston Matricardi
It took six tries, but Indiana finally scored a victory over Ohio State in the final regular season meeting between the two clubs.
In doing so, the Hoosiers ended their season-long-tying and potentially season-crippling five-game skid, bouncing back from Sunday’s 3-1 loss with a 2-0 victory to cap the four-game Bloomington pod on Monday night.
Here are Three Things from the two-game set against the Buckeyes:
Boy oh boy, that was a much-needed win
One of the most frustrating parts about Indiana’s five-game skid was that the Hoosiers were
Three Things: IU drops midweek makeup with Illinois, 3-2
Welp, that was a regrettable performance at the plate
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Auston Matricardi
There weren’t going to be any midweek games this season, but an April rainout with Illinois left Indiana scrambling to coordinate a makeup.
IU finally got the game in on Tuesday it just didn’t get the result it wanted. Or, frankly, needed. A solo home run by Illinois’ Taylor Jackson in the top of the 10th inning sent the Hoosiers to a 3-2 loss at Bart Kaufman Field, marking the program’s fourth defeat in six games.