Boilers lead by 7 at the half

Mastodon tracks

Jessica Hall gave up only three hits to IPFW and the UCLA softball team defeated the Mastodons 8-0 on Saturday to end IPFW's season at the NCAA Regional in Louisville, Ky.Saturday

Mastodons to regionals

IPFW senior Theresa McHugh and freshman Rachel Dincoff have earned spots at the NCAA East Region Preliminary Championships, which begins May 23 in Greensboro, N.C.Thursday

Softball players honored

IPFW junior Ashleigh Bousquet and sophomore Larissa Franklin were named to the Summit League Softball Academic All-League team, as voted on by the schools’ faculty athletics representatives and sports information directors.Wednesday

The blowout that looked like would happen hasn't happened yet.

Purdue jumped out to a 12-0 lead, but IPFW battled back to get within two points, only to have the Boilermakers score the last five points of the first half to take a 31-24 halftime lead at the Gates Center.

Back-to-back three-pointers from Amanda Hyde and Stafanie Mauk cut the early 12-point deficit in half, and the Mastodons employed a variation of a 2-3 zone to slow down 14th-ranked Purdue.

The zone has Haley Seibert up top, with the other four players all below the free throw line.

Purdue went nearly six minutes without a point while IPFW got back in the game. Buckets from Rebecca Bruner and Hyde got IPFW within two points on two occasions, but Purdue scored on a basket by Drey Mingo and a three-pointer from Courtney Moses.

Hyde leads IPFW with 9 points, while Moses and Mingo have 10 each for Purdue.