The Notre Dame women would take the momentum from winning regionals to propel them to a 4th place national finish. Photo by David Nguyen / MileSplit
Other Indiana Universities include Indiana State (22nd), Ball State (23rd), Purdue Fort Wayne (24th), Evansville (28th), and Valparaiso (29th) out of the 32 team lineup. Like the men, the University of Southern Indiana women are also in their D1 transition period with a four-year buffer window of NCAA Tournament ineligibility that is set to expire in the 2026-2027 academic year. The IU Indianapolis (IUPUI) women also were limited by injuries and did not finish as a scoring team
Universities from Indiana at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (32 teams competing)
1st: Notre Dame - 39 points
9th: Butler - 285 points
10th: IU Bloomington - 349 points
11th: Purdue - 350 points
22nd: Indiana State - 589 points
23rd: Ball State - 634 points
24th: Purdue Fort Wayne - 657 points
28th: Evansville - 821 points
29th: Valparaiso - 840 points
Indiana high school alumni at the NCAA D1 Great Lakes Regional finishing in the top 100:
6th - Erin Strzelecki (Notre Dame / Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger)
18th - Gretchen Farley (Notre Dame / Park Tudor)
21st - Madison King (Purdue Fort Wayne / Noblesville)
38th - Abby Carter (Dayton / Fishers)
48th - Ashlyn Minton (Butler / Fort Wayne Carroll)
55th - Phoebe Bates (IU Bloomington / Carmel)
62nd - Mariah Wehrle (IU Bloomington / Cardinal Ritter)
71st - Sarah Mahnensmith (Ball State / Norwell)
81st - Claire Overfelt (IU Bloomington / Whiteland Community)
82nd - Annie Christie (Miami (OH) / Carmel)
89th - Paige Hazelrigg (Purdue / Noblesville)
99th - Lily Myers (IU Bloomington / Bloomington South)