Friday, April 25
Fort Wayne, Ind.
1 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
vs
Northern Kentucky
Bailey Manos
Photo by: Rachel Von Art
Mastodons Host Northern Kentucky For #HLSB Series
4/24/2025 12:27:00 PM | Softball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Purdue Fort Wayne softball team will host Northern Kentucky for a three-game series on Friday and Saturday (April 25-26).
Who: Northern Kentucky Norse
When: Friday, April 25 - single game at 1 PM | Saturday, April 26 - doubleheader at 1 PM
Where: Indiana Tech - Warrior Park
Live Stats: Link
Watch: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Know Your Foe
Northern Kentucky is 21-21 and 11-6 in Horizon League play. The Norse are coming off a 2-1 weekend against Detroit Mercy and picked up a win over Dayton in a midweek game on Tuesday. Campbell Beatty is the team's best batter this season with a .346 average and a .402 slugging percentage. Olivia Pastin is the best power hitter, slugging .544 with five home runs. Kyndall Ford, Brooklyn Ballis and Alicia Flores have all split the pitching duties fairly evenly, combining for a staff ERA of 4.91.
Series History
NKU leads the series 29-10 dating back to 1991. Thirty-two of those contests have been in GLVC or Horizon League play. The Norse have won the last nine meetings, with the Mastodons' last win coming in 2021 in Highland Heights. No member of those teams are still on their respective rosters.
League Dubs
The Mastodons have 10 league wins this season, the best of head coach Amber Bowman's four-year career with the Mastodons. It sits as the second-most for a Mastodon squad since 2014.
She's Such a Homer
Grace Hollopeter owns 24 home runs in her career, which ranks fourth on the program's all-time home runs list. Her nine homers this season ranks fifth in program history in a single season.
Alanah "W" Jones
Alanah Jones has 25 wins in her career, which is the fourth-most in program history. She has 10 wins this season, which is also top-10. That ranks second-best in the Horizon League this season, and her seven league wins this year is also second-best.
Player of the Weeks
Grace Hollopeter has been named Horizon League Player of the Week twice this season, one of two players in the league to earn the award twice. She owns four Player of the Week awards in her career, the most of any Mastodon in program history.
Owning the Batter's Box
Grace Hollopeter is in the top-three in Horizon League play in batting average (.407), slugging percentage (.815), on-base percentage (.536), OPS (1.351), home runs (6), walks (12) and RBIs (25) this season.
She's The Manos
Bailey Manos is top-10 in the league with a .373 batting average in league play. Her .627 slugging percentage ranks eighth. Her 0.11 triples and 1.03 runs per game are top-55 marks nationally.
Lineup Locks
Four Mastodons have started all 36 games this season: Grace Hollopeter, Brooke Lickey, Addison Zimpleman and Bailey Manos.
Last Time Out
Purdue Fort Wayne took a 5-2 win at Robert Morris last weekend thanks to two-RBI games from Grace Hollopeter and Addison Zimpleman.
Next Time Up
Purdue Fort Wayne will play host to Green Bay for the final weekend of the regular season on May 2-3. Saturday's doubleheader will be Senior Day for Gracie Brinkerhoff.
Who: Northern Kentucky Norse
When: Friday, April 25 - single game at 1 PM | Saturday, April 26 - doubleheader at 1 PM
Where: Indiana Tech - Warrior Park
Live Stats: Link
Watch: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Know Your Foe
Northern Kentucky is 21-21 and 11-6 in Horizon League play. The Norse are coming off a 2-1 weekend against Detroit Mercy and picked up a win over Dayton in a midweek game on Tuesday. Campbell Beatty is the team's best batter this season with a .346 average and a .402 slugging percentage. Olivia Pastin is the best power hitter, slugging .544 with five home runs. Kyndall Ford, Brooklyn Ballis and Alicia Flores have all split the pitching duties fairly evenly, combining for a staff ERA of 4.91.
Series History
NKU leads the series 29-10 dating back to 1991. Thirty-two of those contests have been in GLVC or Horizon League play. The Norse have won the last nine meetings, with the Mastodons' last win coming in 2021 in Highland Heights. No member of those teams are still on their respective rosters.
League Dubs
The Mastodons have 10 league wins this season, the best of head coach Amber Bowman's four-year career with the Mastodons. It sits as the second-most for a Mastodon squad since 2014.
She's Such a Homer
Grace Hollopeter owns 24 home runs in her career, which ranks fourth on the program's all-time home runs list. Her nine homers this season ranks fifth in program history in a single season.
Alanah "W" Jones
Alanah Jones has 25 wins in her career, which is the fourth-most in program history. She has 10 wins this season, which is also top-10. That ranks second-best in the Horizon League this season, and her seven league wins this year is also second-best.
Player of the Weeks
Grace Hollopeter has been named Horizon League Player of the Week twice this season, one of two players in the league to earn the award twice. She owns four Player of the Week awards in her career, the most of any Mastodon in program history.
Owning the Batter's Box
Grace Hollopeter is in the top-three in Horizon League play in batting average (.407), slugging percentage (.815), on-base percentage (.536), OPS (1.351), home runs (6), walks (12) and RBIs (25) this season.
She's The Manos
Bailey Manos is top-10 in the league with a .373 batting average in league play. Her .627 slugging percentage ranks eighth. Her 0.11 triples and 1.03 runs per game are top-55 marks nationally.
Lineup Locks
Four Mastodons have started all 36 games this season: Grace Hollopeter, Brooke Lickey, Addison Zimpleman and Bailey Manos.
Last Time Out
Purdue Fort Wayne took a 5-2 win at Robert Morris last weekend thanks to two-RBI games from Grace Hollopeter and Addison Zimpleman.
Next Time Up
Purdue Fort Wayne will play host to Green Bay for the final weekend of the regular season on May 2-3. Saturday's doubleheader will be Senior Day for Gracie Brinkerhoff.
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