Princeton University Athletics
Pitching Continues, Offense Breaks Out In Sweep Of Yale
April 10, 2000 | Softball
April 10, 2000
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PRINCETON, N.J. - Devon Keefe (Jr., Winter Park, Fla.) led the offensive charge at Class of 1895 Field today as the Princeton Tigers improved to 4-0 in the Ivy League with a sweep of Yale. The start marks the first time since 1996, the last season Princeton won the league crown, when the Tigers won their first four league games.
Sarah Peterman (Sr., Davis, Calif.) won her third consecutive game and eighth overall by pitching seven innings of two-hit, one-run ball in the opener, a 3-1 win for the Tigers. Lori Volker (Jr., San Diego, Calif.) helped Princeton jump out to a 1-0 lead with a third-inning single that scored Sarah Jane White (So., Winter Park, Fla.), who opened the inning with a double. Keefe scored Princeton's second run on an RBI single by Brie Galicinao (So., Stockton, Calif.). Galicinao singled home Keefe again in the sixth inning, giving Peterman an extra insurance run. Vicki Siesta (Jr., W. Milford, N.J.) went 2-for-3 with a double in the contest. Galicinao pitched a complete game in the second game, striking out five batters and allowing three hits and no earned runs in a 6-2 win. Lauren Poniatowski (Jr., Haddon Heights, N.J.) scored Volker in the first inning to give Princeton a quick 1-0 lead, but Yale tied it with an unearned run in the second inning. Keefe put Princeton on top with her second home run of the season over the left-centerfield fence in the third inning. The Tigers scored four runs in the fourth inning, starting with an RBI single by Veenstra and a two-RBI double by Poniatowski. Siesta scored Poniatowski with a sacrifice fly for Princeton's final run. Volker went 2-for-4 with two runs while Mackenzie Forsythe (Fr., Lake Oswego, Ore.) added a 2-for-3 performance with a run in the fourth inning.
Princeton will continue its Ivy League season with a trip to Penn on Friday. The Tigers will host the defending Ivy League champion Cornell Big Red on Saturday, starting at 1 p.m.