Wednesday, April 24
vs. Ball State | 5:30 p.m. | B1G+
Friday, April 26
at Maryland | 6 p.m. | B1G+
Saturday, April 27
at Maryland | 2 p.m. | B1G+
Sunday, April 28
at Maryland | 12 p.m. | B1G+
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Entering the penultimate week of the regular season, the Purdue softball team (22-22, 9-8 Big Ten) is set to take on the Ball State Cardinals (22-24, 9-11 MAC) in a Wednesday midweek before traveling east to take on the Maryland Terrapins (18-27, 4-13 Big Ten) in College Park, Maryland. The games will be streamed on B1G+.
RECORD-SETTING SEASON
- Purdue set a program record for most consecutive wins in Big Ten play with seven straight.
- Sage Scarmardo's 19 hit-by-pitches have set a Purdue record.
THREE STRAIGHT SERIES WINS
- Purdue rode an 8-game winning streak with series wins vs. Rutgers, Iowa and Illinois and a midweek vs. Indiana St.
- The team's series sweep vs. Iowa marked the first Big Ten series win since 2018.
- Purdue's 8 straight wins came just three shy of tying the program record for longest winning streak.
IN THE HUNT
- Purdue is in the hunt to set a program-record for most Big Ten wins in a single season with six Big Ten games remaining.
- With Purdue's next Big Ten win, the team will match the fourth-most wins in Purdue history (excludes 2021's Big Ten-Only season) and will be the most wins in 10 years (last: 13 in 2014). The program record is 14 wins set in 1997.
LAST 14 GAMES
- Purdue owns an 10-4 record over its last 14 games, including a 9-4 Big Ten and 7-2 home record.
- Jordyn Ramos has played in 8 of the 14, leading the team in batting avg. (.375) and slugging % (.750).
- Over the last 14 games, Purdue has recorded 55 runs and 19 triples.
- Khloe Banks leads the team with 19 runs and 14 hits while going 5-7 on stolen base attempts.
THE FASTEST DUO IN THE BIG TEN
- The underclassmen duo of Moriah Polar and Khloe Banks are the fastest in the Big Ten, ranking first in the Big Ten in stolen bases (19 each).
RECORD BOOK WATCH
- Moriah Polar ranks T-4 in program history with 6 triples this season, the most by a Boilermaker in 14 years. The program record is eight (by Ashley Hall in 2008).
- Purdue's 15 triples have taken 5th in single-season history, the most since 2015's 16. There have only been four seasons with more triples than this year: 1994, 2010, 2012 with record-setting 18 triples and 2015's 16.
- Purdue is 14 stolen bases away from entering the Purdue record book. Entering the week with 85 stolen bases, the team will match the fifth-most in program history with their 99th stolen base. The last time a Purdue squad has made the record book in this category was 11 years ago (2013).
- As it stands, Purdue is just shy of the fifth-highest on-base % in program history, entering with .359 while the 2007 team posted a .361 team average.
- Purdue stands at 39 hit-by-pitches, tying for third-most in program history and the most since 2016.
SCOUTING THE BALL STATE CARDINALS
- The Cardinals are 2-2 in their midweek matchups this season, beating East Tennessee State twice (6-0, 8-1) and losing to #24 Miami (3-8, 2-4). They have an overall record of 22-24 and a 9-11 MAC conference record.
- Ball State has six players who have attempted to steal more than 10 bases and four who have more than 11 successes. McKayla Timmons and Haley Wynn both have a 14-15 record.
- Timmons leads the Cardinals at the plate. She has accumulated 53 hits (21 home runs), 50 RBI and an OB% of .506.
- The Cardinals have two main pitchers, Francys King and Bridie Murphy. Francys has a 11-10 record in the circle and holds an ERA of 3.38. Murphy has an 8-9 record with a 3.36 ERA. Both pitchers have struck out a little more than 60 batters and hold their batters below a .300 batting average.
SCOUTING THE MARYLAND TERRAPINS
- Maryland is 18-27 going into their midweek matchup against Towson before they take on Purdue in a three-game weekend series. In the Big Ten, the Terrapins have a record of 4-13 and ranked 13th.
- The Terrapins have beat Minnesota twice (7-6 in 9 inn.), 12-6), #22 Penn State (2-0 in 9 inn.) and Illinois (8-0 in 5 inn.).
- In the circle, Courtney Wyche has pitched the most innings (140.1) and has a record of 10-12. Wyche has recorded the most strikeouts in the Big Ten with 185. She ha an ERA of 2.99 and holds her opponents at an impressive .170 batting average.
- In Big Ten play, Wyche has posts 108 strikeouts and a 4-7 record. She also has held conference opponents to a .192 batting average and logged an ERA of 3.74.
- Jaeda McFarland and Diamond Williams both have skilled batting statistics. McFarland holds the teams largest batting average (.342), recorded 50 hits and a SLG% of .603. Williams has 47 hits (13 home runs), 37 RBI and a SLG% of .628. McFarland also has the most successful stolen bases on the team (16-18).