No. 22 Ohio State Closes Out Series Sweep over Purdue

Sunday, April 27

Columbus, Ohio

1:00 P.M.

Ohio State

41-10-1, 0

Purdue

26-20, 0

Purdue

Ohio State

No. 22 Ohio State Closes Out Series Sweep over Purdue

4/27/2025 3:49:00 PM | Softball

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Buckeyes get homers from Hadley Parisien and Taylor Cuse in 2-0 shutout of Purdue

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State softball team finished its 2025 home schedule on a winning note Sunday, using solo home runs from Hadley Parisien and Taylor Cruse along with a combined shutout from pitchers Lorin Boutte and Kennedy Kay to register a 2-0 win over Purdue.

The Buckeyes (41-10-1, 14-5 Big Ten), winners of nine consecutive games, celebrated three seniors in front of a sold-out crowd on Sunday: Kami Kortokrax, Kaitlyn Farley and Morgan Frye. It was a pair of sophomores – Cruse and Parisien – who provided the offense while the Ohio State defense and pitching limited the Boilermakers to just three hits.

Ohio State concluded its home schedule with a 19-3 record with Big Ten series wins over Indiana, Michigan and Purdue. Sunday's crowd was Ohio State's fourth sellout of the season.

How The Runs Were Scored

The game remained offensively quiet for the first two and a half innings, as neither team got on the scoreboard. Cruse, however, provided the first offense of the game, sending a solo home run over the left field wall to put the Buckeyes up 1-0. It was the second homer in as many days for Cruse, who drove in nine runs throughout the Purdue series.
The score remained 1-0 in Ohio State's favor into the fifth inning when Hadley Parisien provided the Buckeyes with some insurance, sending her own solo shot to left.
The blast was Parisien's 19th of the year, second on the team to only Jasmyn Burns (22). It also extended her active on-base streak to 12 consecutive games.
The offense proved sufficient for the Buckeyes thanks to the pitching of Boutte and Kennedy, who combined to complete the shutout.
Boutté got the start and the win for the Buckeyes, tossing five innings and allowing only two hits. She is now 18-7 on the season. In the sixth innings, Boutte was relieved by Kay, who threw two scoreless frames, allowing only one hit.

What's Next
Looking to extend their nine-game winning streak, the Buckeyes will wrap up the regular season and conference schedule in Urbana, Ill. when they face Illinois in a three game weekend series. The Fighting Illini are 21-25 and will face Eastern Illinois prior to hosting Ohio State. Each game of the series will be streamed live on B1G+, with a livestats link available on the schedule page at OhioStateBuckeyes.com.