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Softball to Close Regular Season at Bittinger Stadium

In the final weekend of the regular season, the Purdue softball team (22-28, 5-15) is set to host Penn State (28-14, 9-10) in a three-game series.

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Friday, May 5 
vs. Penn State | 5 p.m. ET | B1G+
Space Day Flag Giveaway
 
Saturday, May 6
vs. Penn State | 2 p.m. ET | B1G+
Mental Health Awareness Game

Sunday, May 7
vs. Penn State | 1 p.m. ET | B1G+
Senior Day & Trading Card Giveaway
 
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – In the final weekend of the regular season, the Purdue softball team (22-28, 5-15) is set to host Penn State (28-14, 9-10) in a three-game series.
 
SCOUTING THE NITTANY LIONS
  • Penn State enters the weekend on a 8-2 record over its last 10 games.
  • Although the team checks in at 8th in the conference standings, the Nittany Lions have the top pitching staff in the Big Ten, with a league-leading 2.20 ERA, a mark that also is good for 27th in the nation. Meanwhile, they rank 17th in the nation in strike-to-walkout ratio.
  • Multiple Nittany Lions check in on the national stage, including pitcher Bailey Parshall, who is the Big Ten leader and 11th in the nation in shutouts (7) and 30th in the nation with hits allowed per 7-innings (4.29).
  • Offensively, Emily Maddock and Lexi Black are among the top batters in the Big Ten. Maddock is second in the league with a .475 batting average, while also ranking in the top-10 in on-base % and OPS. Meanwhile, Black is #1 in the Big Ten and #13 in the nation in doubles per game and fifth in slugging %.

MO WIMPEE ANNOUNCES ONE MORE YEAR
  • Wimpee announced her intent to return for a fifth year.
  • Having her breakout season as a senior, Wimpee owns a team-leading 2.91 ERA after 24 appearances in the circle.
  • The Ojai, California native pitched three complete game shutouts this season, including a career-best six strikeout performance in the Boilermakers' 7-0 win vs. Syracuse (2/18).
 
ALEX ECHAZARRETA AT THE PLATE
  • The fifth year enters the final weekend of conference play just one run, one RBI and three hits away from tying her season-bests, all set last year.
  • Echazarreta leads the team with 9 homers this year, which is also the most by a Boilermaker in a single season since 2019's Jenny Behan.
 
SHORTSTOP TYRINA JONES
  • Jones leads the team in batting avg. (.329), runs (34), hits (55) and doubles (10). She ranks second in the league in assists (120), ninth in the league in hits and fifth in at-bats.
  
QUICK HITS: SERIES HISTORY VS. PENN STATE
  • Purdue is 6-4 over its last 10 games vs. Penn State.
  • It is the first meeting between the two teams in West Lafayette since 2019, when Purdue took the series, 2-1 (W 8-7, W 9-1 in 5 innings, L, 4-7).
  • The Boilermakers were swept last season in University Park (3-11 in five innings, 1-8 and 1-7).