Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern Concludes Big Ten Road Swing at Indiana
4/23/2010 12:00:00 AM | Softball
April 23, 2010
Northwestern's Indiana Series Game Notes (PDF Format) 
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern concludes a lengthy stretch of Big Ten road series this weekend when it travels to Bloomington, Ind., for a pair of games April 24-25 at Indiana. The contests will mark the fourth conference road trip for NU in its last five league matchups.
Northwestern is coming off a doubleheader sweep at Michigan State, where the 'Cats topped the Spartans by a combined 24-0 in 10 innings of play across two games. In the first, NU put up eight runs in the second inning before cruising to a 15-0 (5) triumph. The 15 runs scored were the most for NU in any game since a 16-5 (5) defeat of Iowa on April 15, 2009. The 15-run margin of victory in the most for NU in any game since a 16-0 (5) win over Wisconsin on March 31, 2006.
In the second game, senior Nicole Pauly collected the 49th and 50th home runs of her career to pace the Northwestern offense in a 9-0 (5) victory. Pauly is the third Wildcat in school history to reach 50 home runs in her career, joining Tammy Williams (57) and Garland Cooper (55) on the NU all-time list.
Both of NU's pitchers in the MSU series, Jessica Smith in game one and Lauren Delaney in game two, tossed two-hit shutouts for the Wildcats. Smith's effort matched her career low for base hits allowed in a game.
Senior Kelly Dyer has been red-hot of late, going 7-for-8 with four doubles and a home run in Northwestern's last three games to raise her batting average a full .050 points to .264 on the year.
Indiana enters this weekend's series at 3-7 in the Big Ten, ranking it ninth in the conference. Northwestern has won the last 10 meetings between the two schools dating to 2004. IU has a pair of NU connections; both Hoosier assistants previously were assistants in Evanston. Christy Hebert coached the 'Cats in 1999-2000 while Amanda Rivera was a volunteer coach from 2006-07.
For Northwestern's complete game notes package for the Indiana series, download the .pdf at the top of this page.
VOTE FOR PAULY!
Nicole Pauly is one of 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. Fans can vote for Pauly once per day at seniorCLASSaward.com or by texting SOFTBALL to 74567.
THE BROADCASTS
There are no Big Ten Network or Northwestern broadcasts scheduled for the Wildcats' series at Indiana. However, fans can get live audio of both contests from the Hoosiers at iuhoosiers.com.
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