With the win, the Sycamores improve to 9-1 for the first time since the 1990 season when they started the year 13-1 under head coach Bob Warn.  ISU went on to finish that season 43-21.

Freshman Cordell Greene (1-0) took the bump for the Sycamores and picked up his first career win, as he held the Hoosiers to just two earned runs and six hits in 3.1 innings pitched.  Senior David Gurbach shut down the Hoosiers the rest of the way, as he struck out eight hitters and while giving up three hits in a career-high 5.2 innings of work to close out the game.

Indiana went down in order in the top of the first inning, but Indiana State did not go quietly as it put three runs on three hits on the scoreboard in the bottom half of the inning to take a 3-0 lead.  Freshman Kyle Burnam led off the game with a walk and later advanced to third base on a one-out double by junior Nick Ciolli.  Senior Brady Shoemaker then singled through the left side of the infield to score Burnam and give ISU a couple of base runners for Luke Fieser, who doubled into right center field to clear the bases and pick up two RBI and get the scoring started early.

The Hoosiers went down in order in the top of the second inning as well against Greene and once again the Sycamores answered with three more runs to take a 6-0 lead.  With runners on first and third and one out, junior Ryan Strausborger ripped a triple into the right center field gap to pick up two RBI and make the score 5-0 at the time.  Ciolli then reached base on a fielding error which allowed Strausborger to score the third and final run of the inning. 

Indiana picked up a run in the top of the third inning of Greene to cut the ISU advantage to 6-1.  Tyler Rogers doubled to left field to begin the inning but was thrown out at third base trying to stretch out the play.  Cody Webber then doubled off Greene and Jake Dunning kept the doubles epidemic alive as he doubled to score Webber and cut into the ISU lead.

Once again, ISU had the answer as the Sycamores scored two runs in the bottom of the inning to make the score 8-1.  With two outs and nobody on base, senior Bronco Lafrenz singled and advanced to third on a single by junior Ben Ferrell.  Burnam then walked to load the bases for Strausborger, who reached base on an infield single that scored Lafrenz from third and Ferrell was able to scamper home on an errant throw by Webber.

The Hoosiers knocked Greene out of the game in the top of the fourth inning, as they scored a run on a Kipp Schutz single and then loaded the bases with just one out.  However, Gurbach came to the rescue and struck out Webber and Jake Dunning to end the threat for the Hoosiers.

The Sycamores would then tack on three more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to put the game out of reach at 11-2.  Senior Pascual Del Real picked up a RBI single that scored Shoemaker and later scored on a two-run double by Lafrenz later in the inning to cap off another strong hitting performance for the Sycamores.

Strausborger finished the game 3-for-6 with three RBI and a run scored to lead the way for the Sycamores, while Fieser and Lafrenz added two hits and two RBI apiece in the victory for ISU.  IU designated hitter Alex Dickerson led the way for the Hoosiers with two hits, while Terre Haute native and All-American Josh Phegley finished 1-for-4 on the day in front of a hometown crowd.

Indiana State returns to action on Wednesday, when it travels to Clarksville, Tenn., to face off against Austin Peay.  First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m.