Princeton University Athletics
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April 14, 2000 | Softball
April 14, 2000
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Brie Galicinao (So., Stockton, Calif.) helped the Princeton University softball team keep control of its Ivy League destiny by pitching her first career perfect game in the second half of today's doubleheader at Penn. Following a disappointing 3-1 loss to the Quakers, Galicinao pitched six innings of perfect softball to lead the Tigers to an 8-0 win.
The perfect game was the third ever in the history of Princeton softball and the first to ever go past five innings. Kristi Jelinek '95 threw the last perfect game for Princeton on March 17, 1993 against Fordham. That victory, along with one thrown by Stacie Bonner '93, were both five-inning games.
Galicinao struck out four batters and allowed only one ball to reach the outfield. Michelle Zaptin fouled out to end the game in the bottom of the sixth inning, when the mercy rule came into effect. Galicinao helped her own cause by going 3-for-3 with two runs. Devon Keefe (Jr., Winter Park, Fla.) also had a 3-for-3 game with a double, a pair of runs and three RBIs. Lauren Poniatowski (Jr., Haddon Heights, N.J.) capped off a tremendous day at the plate with a 2-for-4 game, including a double and two runs. For the day, Poniatowski was 4-for-6. Princeton led the first game 1-0 until Penn rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. A single by Jen Moore scored Clarisa Apostol for the tying run. A pair of hit batsmen and an error led to two more runs for Penn, which claimed its first Ivy win today. The Tigers lone run was scored when Mackenzie Forsythe (Fr., Lake Oswego, Ore.) drove in Lizzy Callaway (So., Houston, Tx.) in the top of the fifth inning. Callaway pinch-ran for Sarah Jane White (So., Winter Park, Fla.), who led off the inning with a double.
Princeton (16-18, 5-1 Ivy) will host Cornell University in a doubleheader tomorrow starting at 1 p.m. The Big Red are the defending league champions and own a four-game winning streak over Princeton spanning the past two years. A sweep by the Tigers would keep destiny in their hands heading into the final Ivy games next weekend.