INDIANAPOLIS – IUPUI's softball team will head across town to take on Butler in a midweek matchup with the Bulldogs on Wednesday (April 25). The game at the Butler softball stadium will begin at 5 p.m.

IUPUI (13-27, 9-11 Horizon) will be playing its second-to-last non-conference game of the season against the Bulldogs as IUPUI nears the end of the its 2018 regular season.

The Jags will look to bounce back from a series at Oakland where IUPUI dropped two of the three games against the Golden Grizzlies. In the finale of the series at Oakland, #Mandy Dallas# came just shy of tying the game in the top of the seventh with what would have been her third home run of the game.

Dallas has proven to be one of the top bats in the lineup for head coach #Elisabeth Beirne# as the sophomore leads the lineup in hits (35), runs (17), home runs (9) and RBI (27). She is also tied for the team lead in doubles (7) and second in batting average (.307).

#Delilah Wright# continues to lead IUPUI in batting average at .312 and #Haley Ginger# is tied for the lead in doubles (7) and second on the team in RBI (17).

#Megan Overton# has been the workhorse for a pitching staff that has been hampered by injuries this year. The sophomore leads IUPUI with a 12-14 record and a 3.02 ERA. Over her 153 innings pitched, Overton has 121 strikeouts.

For the Jags, the story of the season has been having a lead late in the game. IUPUI is 8-0 when leading after five innings and 10-0 if they hold the lead after six. It is quite the opposite when trailing as the Jags 2-18 trailing at five and 1-21 when they are down after six innings.

ALL-TIME VS BUTLER
The Jags are 8-18 against the Indianapolis foe. Butler has won the last two in the series, including a 5-2 in last season. Before Butler's two-game winning streak, IUPUI had won three-straight against the Bulldogs. IUPUI is 2-4 all-time at Butler.

SCOUTING BUTLER
Butler comes in to the game with a 19-22 overall record and a 7-5 mark in Big East competition. The Bulldogs lost their last game, a 4-5 defeat against Providence in Indianapolis. Jenna Foreman leads the Bulldogs lineup with a .393 batting average and is the only player in the lineup to be hitting over .300. Butler has hit 16 home runs, led by six from Kaitlin Doud. Doud also leads the team with 28 RBI.

In the circle, Alyssa Graves and Doud are tied with nine wins each. Graves leads the squad with a 2.08 ERA and has 103 strikeouts in 111 innings pitched.