Friday, May 3
vs. Michigan State | 5 p.m. | B1G+
Friday Fun Day
Saturday, May 4
vs. Michigan State | 2 p.m. | B1G+
Senior Day Pregame Celebration | Senior Trading Cards Giveaway
Sunday, May 5
vs. Michigan State | 1 p.m. | B1G+
Bark at the Park | Cinco de Mayo: Free tacos for the first 200 students
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue softball team (25-23, 11-9 Big Ten) enters the last weekend of the regular season with three games vs. Michigan State 17-30 (4-16 Big Ten). The games, running Friday through Sunday, will be streamed on B1G+.
The Boilermakers will celebrate the senior class of Kate Claypool, Kiara Dillon, Becca Edwards, Kiersen George, Hailey Hayes and Jade Moy on Saturday before first pitch.
RECORD-SETTING SEASON
- The program record for longest Big Ten game winning streak was set (7).
- Moriah Polar tied a program record for most triples by a freshman (7).
- Sage Scarmardo's 19 hit-by-pitches have set a Purdue record.
NEVER COUNT 'EM OUT: 6TH INNING OR LATER
- 48% of wins this season (12 of 23) have come on runs scored in the 6th inning or later.
- Meanwhile, 54.5% of wins in Big Ten Play (6 of 11) were won in such a fashion.
- The game-winning run scored in the 6th inning or later came on the bat of eight different Boilermakers, proving anyone can rise to the occasion.
- Among the leaders: Banks (3 runs, 1 RBI), Jones (2 runs, 2 RBI including a walk-off homer), Hailey Hayes (2 runs, 2 RBI, including a 2-run homer), Campbell (1 run, 1 RBI).
ON THE RISE: 4 BIG TEN SERIES WINS
- Purdue is 4-1-1 over the last six Big Ten series.
- In each of Purdue's last four wins, Purdue has given up just one run in each game.
- The team's series sweep vs. Iowa marked the first Big Ten series win since 2018.
- Purdue rode an 8-game winning streak with series wins vs. Rutgers, Iowa and Illinois and a midweek vs. Indiana St. It came just three shy of tying the program record for longest winning streak.
ON THE HUNT
- Purdue is in the hunt to tie the program record for most Big Ten series wins in a season if the team completes a series sweep this weekend after wins vs. Rutgers, Iowa, Illinois and Maryland.
- The Boilermakers are looking to tie a program record for most Big Ten wins in a single season (14 in 1997 and 2014).
- The Boilermakers are one triple away from tying the program record of 18 (last: 2012).
THE FASTEST DUO IN THE BIG TEN
- The underclassmen duo of Khloe Banks (22 SB) and Moriah Polar (19) are the fastest in the Big Ten, ranking first and second in the Big Ten in stolen bases.