Princeton University Athletics
Softball Splits Ivy Doubleheader At Dartmouth
April 09, 2004 | Softball
April 9, 2004
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Hanover, N.H. - Erin Snyder pitched a two-hitter with nine strikeouts and went 3 for 3 with two runs to lead the Princeton softball team past Dartmouth 7-0 in the first game of a doubleheader at Sachem Field. The Tigers lost the second 9-8 despite leading 7-0 after three innings.
Princeton moved to 16-11 overall and 3-1 in the Ivy League while Dartmouth dropped to 6-11 and 1-1.
In the first game, the Tigers scored four runs off six straight hits to open the second. Snyder led off the inning with a single up the right side and Kristin Del Calvo singled to center field before Amanda Erickson got an RBI double to right center. Cristina Cobb-Adams and Ty Ries hit back-to-back singles to score Del Calvo and Erickson, and Kristin Lueke singled past the shortstop to bring home Cobb-Adams. Cobb-Adams led off the fourth with a center field triple, her first and Princeton's second triple of the season. Lueke sent her home with a base-hit over first base for a 5-0 Princeton lead.
Snyder doubled in the fifth and scored off a Del Calvo single and fielding error, upping the Tigers' lead to 6-0.
In the seventh, Finley hit a solo homer, her fifth home run this season, for the final run of the game. Allison Nemeth pinch ran for Snyder, who singled, and advanced to second on an error that put Del Calvo on first. Erickson loaded the bases with a single straight to center but Dartmouth's starting pitcher Danica Giugliano fanned the final two batters to leave all three Tigers on.
Lueke, Erickson and Cobb-Adams each went 2 for 4 and combined for three runs and four RBIs. Del Calvo finished 2 for 3 with one run for Princeton, which got 13 hits to just three by Dartmouth.
Amelia Runyan pitched the seventh inning for Princeton, striking out two, while Snyder earned the win and improved to 8-6 on the mound. She struck out nine batters and walked none in her fourth shutout this season.
Princeton took a 7-0 lead after three innings in the second game before Dartmouth rallied. Lindsay Motal led off the third with a double to right centerfield but was thrown out at third after Lueke singled and advanced to second. Lueke moved to third on a Bingham groundout and scored when Steel singled to center field. Steel advanced to second on a Finley single and to third on a wild pitch before Snyder cleared the bases with a single to center.
Del Calvo hit Princeton's fourth consecutive single to center before Erickson loaded the bases with a walk. Brittany Copenhaver relieved Karin Edwardson on the mound but the Tigers scored four more quick runs. Cobb-Adams got an RBI double, Del Calvo scored on wild pitch and two more scored on an error when Lueke flied to center. Princeton led 7-0 after three.
Dartmouth loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth and Kelly Fry capitalized with a three-run double to center. Lauren Folger sent Fry home with a single up the middle, and the Big Green was within three, 7-4, after the fourth.
Dartmouth took its first lead of the day in the fifth beginning when Lisa Caruso, who reached on an error, scored on a wild pitch. Kerry Conway singled and scored on an RBI single by Adrienne Draper, cutting Princeton's lead to 7-6 and leaving two runners on for Calli Varner, who replaced Finley on the mound with no outs. Jess Reiten scored the tying run on a sacrifice fly before Fry drove home the go-ahead run with a double to right. The Big Green led 8-7 after five.
Bingham led off the sixth with an infield single, advanced to second on a Steel sacrifice bunt, and moved to third when Finley singled up the left side. But Princeton stranded both runners and entered the final inning down one run.
The Tigers tied the score in the top of the seventh with a solo homer from Erickson, her first this season. Cobb-Adams singled, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt from Varner, and advanced to third on a Lueke single but, with two outs and a full count, Steel flied out to end the at-bat for Princeton.
Reiten opened the bottom of the seventh with a double and Alicia Petryk drove her home with a double of her own, winning the game for Dartmouth 9-8.
Finley went 4 for 4 while Snyder took the loss for Princeton and ended the day with an 8-7 record on the mound.
Princeton plays a doubleheader at Harvard tomorrow, April 10 at 12 p.m.