Friday, May 2
Fort Wayne, Ind.
3 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
vs
Green Bay
Gracie Brinkerhoff
Photo by: Rachel Von Art
Mastodons Host Green Bay For Senior Weekend
5/1/2025 11:44:00 AM | Softball
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Purdue Fort Wayne softball team will welcome Green Bay for the final series of the regular season this weekend (May 2-3). There will be a senior day celebration prior to the doubleheader on Saturday for Gracie Brinkerhoff and student manager Dymond Barbre.
Who: Green Bay Phoenix
When: Friday, May 2 - single game at 3 PM | Saturday, May 3 - doubleheader at 1 PM
Where: Purdue Fort Wayne Softball Field
Live Stats: Link
Watch: None
Know Your Foe
Green Bay is 15-29 and 8-13 in Horizon League play. The Phoenix have series sweeps over Youngstown State and Detroit Mercy, but have lost every other HL series. In league play, Sara Ebner is the team's best hitter with a .429 batting average and .643 slugging percentage. The Phoenix' pitching staff has four players with at least seven appearances in league play, but Genesis Eggart has been the go-to start with 10 starts and six complete games. She has a 3.18 ERA in league play.
Series History
Green Bay leads the series 11-6. The Mastodons won two of the three games last season in Green Bay, with Alanah Jones tossing 21 strikeouts with no earned runs in 13.0 innings last year. In Fort Wayne, the Mastodons are 3-4 against the Phoenix.
Playoff Picture
• Purdue Fort Wayne has earned a place in the Horizon League Championship, with potential seeding from 3-6. All of those placements will result in the Mastodons playing on Wednesday (May 7) in the double-elimination format.
• To make the Horizon League championship, Green Bay needs to sweep the Mastodons or have the same number of losses this weekend as Oakland and Detroit Mercy.
League Dubs
The Mastodons have 13 league wins this season, the best of head coach Amber Bowman's four-year career with the Mastodons. That mark also ties for the most for the Mastodons since 2012.
Grace-ing the Record Book
Grace Hollopeter owns 25 home runs in her career, which ranks fourth on the program's all-time home runs list. Her 10 homers this season ranks fourth in program history in a single season. Hollopeter's career slugging percentage of .609 is the best in program history, and .726 mark this season is second-best. Her .340 batting average is seventh-best and her seven sac flies tops the list.
Meep Meep!
Bailey Manos has 32 stolen bases in her career, the fifth-most in program history. She needs just three more to move into second.
Alanah "W" Jones
Alanah Jones has 27 wins in her career, which is the fourth-most in program history. She has 12 wins this season, which is also top-10. That ranks second-best in the Horizon League this season, and her nine 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 five 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-five in Horizon League play in batting average (.377), slugging percentage (.787), on-base percentage (.494), OPS (1.281), home runs (7), walks (13), sac flies (2) and RBIs (28) this season.
She's The Manos
Bailey Manos is third in the league with a .420 batting average in league play. Her .681 slugging percentage ranks fifth and on-base percentage of .506 ranks second. She leads the league with 29 runs and four triples in HL action.
Tell 'em Tori!
Tori Countryman is also top-10 in the HL with a .368 batting average in league play.
Pitcher of the Week
Gracie Brinkerhoff was named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday (April 29) thanks to a complete victory over Northern Kentucky. She had a 0.00 ERA with three strikeouts in the 3-1 win.
Lineup Locks
Four Mastodons have started all 39 games this season: Grace Hollopeter, Brooke Lickey, Addison Zimpleman and Bailey Manos.
Last Time Out
Purdue Fort Wayne swept Northern Kentucky in a three-game series 9-8, 6-5 and 3-1. Gracie Brinkerhoff was selected as the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week for her complete victory over the Norse in game three.
Next Time Up
The Mastodons will head to either Cleveland or Youngstown, Ohio for the Horizon League Championship. They will play their first game on Wednesday (May 7).
Who: Green Bay Phoenix
When: Friday, May 2 - single game at 3 PM | Saturday, May 3 - doubleheader at 1 PM
Where: Purdue Fort Wayne Softball Field
Live Stats: Link
Watch: None
Know Your Foe
Green Bay is 15-29 and 8-13 in Horizon League play. The Phoenix have series sweeps over Youngstown State and Detroit Mercy, but have lost every other HL series. In league play, Sara Ebner is the team's best hitter with a .429 batting average and .643 slugging percentage. The Phoenix' pitching staff has four players with at least seven appearances in league play, but Genesis Eggart has been the go-to start with 10 starts and six complete games. She has a 3.18 ERA in league play.
Series History
Green Bay leads the series 11-6. The Mastodons won two of the three games last season in Green Bay, with Alanah Jones tossing 21 strikeouts with no earned runs in 13.0 innings last year. In Fort Wayne, the Mastodons are 3-4 against the Phoenix.
Playoff Picture
• Purdue Fort Wayne has earned a place in the Horizon League Championship, with potential seeding from 3-6. All of those placements will result in the Mastodons playing on Wednesday (May 7) in the double-elimination format.
• To make the Horizon League championship, Green Bay needs to sweep the Mastodons or have the same number of losses this weekend as Oakland and Detroit Mercy.
League Dubs
The Mastodons have 13 league wins this season, the best of head coach Amber Bowman's four-year career with the Mastodons. That mark also ties for the most for the Mastodons since 2012.
Grace-ing the Record Book
Grace Hollopeter owns 25 home runs in her career, which ranks fourth on the program's all-time home runs list. Her 10 homers this season ranks fourth in program history in a single season. Hollopeter's career slugging percentage of .609 is the best in program history, and .726 mark this season is second-best. Her .340 batting average is seventh-best and her seven sac flies tops the list.
Meep Meep!
Bailey Manos has 32 stolen bases in her career, the fifth-most in program history. She needs just three more to move into second.
Alanah "W" Jones
Alanah Jones has 27 wins in her career, which is the fourth-most in program history. She has 12 wins this season, which is also top-10. That ranks second-best in the Horizon League this season, and her nine 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 five 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-five in Horizon League play in batting average (.377), slugging percentage (.787), on-base percentage (.494), OPS (1.281), home runs (7), walks (13), sac flies (2) and RBIs (28) this season.
She's The Manos
Bailey Manos is third in the league with a .420 batting average in league play. Her .681 slugging percentage ranks fifth and on-base percentage of .506 ranks second. She leads the league with 29 runs and four triples in HL action.
Tell 'em Tori!
Tori Countryman is also top-10 in the HL with a .368 batting average in league play.
Pitcher of the Week
Gracie Brinkerhoff was named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday (April 29) thanks to a complete victory over Northern Kentucky. She had a 0.00 ERA with three strikeouts in the 3-1 win.
Lineup Locks
Four Mastodons have started all 39 games this season: Grace Hollopeter, Brooke Lickey, Addison Zimpleman and Bailey Manos.
Last Time Out
Purdue Fort Wayne swept Northern Kentucky in a three-game series 9-8, 6-5 and 3-1. Gracie Brinkerhoff was selected as the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week for her complete victory over the Norse in game three.
Next Time Up
The Mastodons will head to either Cleveland or Youngstown, Ohio for the Horizon League Championship. They will play their first game on Wednesday (May 7).
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