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Softball Tigers to Open Ivy Season This Weekend at Brown and Yale
March 29, 2007 | Softball
PRINCETON, N.J. – At long last, the Ivy League softball season is about to begin for the Princeton nine. The Tigers will head to Brown and Yale for a pair of doubleheaders Saturday and Sunday, both days starting at noon.
Records: Princeton 9-18, Brown 6-11, Yale 13-3
Head Coaches: Princeton – Maureen Barron (seventh season, Princeton '97); Brown – DeeDee Enabenter-Omidiji (first season, Bridgewater State '83); Yale – Barbara Reinalda (10th season, Cal Poly Pomona '80)
Fields: Erickson Athletic Complex (Brown); DeWitt Family Field (Yale)
All-Time Series: Princeton leads Brown 36-10-1 and Yale 39-8
Last season: Princeton swept all four games from Yale and Brown, April 9-10
Streaks: Princeton has won the last 10 over Brown and the last five over Yale
Last time at Brown and Yale: Princeton swept all four games on the trip in 2005
Forecast: Saturday at Brown – High 40s, mostly sunny; Sunday at Yale – Mid 40s, cloudy
It's been done before: Though the Tigers have struggled of late, there's recent precedent that a quick turnaround is possible. In 2002, Princeton was 9-11 heading into the first Ivy League weekend, only to win a program-record 13 Ivy games with one loss and advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1996.
New format: Though a 13-1 finish was quite impressive, this year it'll probably take more than 13 wins to claim the Ivy crown. That's because there are now 20 conference games as softball has adopted the baseball model and split into two divisions. Princeton will play Ivy South foes Cornell, Columbia and Penn four times each, with Columbia away, Penn at home and Cornell both home and away. The Tigers will still have only one doubleheader with the New England schools, starting this weekend with Brown and Yale and continuing next weekend at home against Harvard and Dartmouth.
Last time versus Brown: Erin Snyder '06 put on a show of dominance in the opening game against the Bears last year, striking out 19 batters as Princeton won, 3-0. Kristen Schaus continued the day-long blanking of the Bears with 11 Ks in a 4-0 win in the nightcap.
More 19: Snyder's performance put her in esteemed company in the NCAA record book. California's Michele Granger struck out 21 Creighton Blue Jays in a 1991 game, and Tennessee's Monica Abbott fanned 20 Liberty Flames in 2004 as the only occasions to strike out more than Snyder's 19 in a seven-inning game.
Last time versus Yale: Princeton picked up the sweep, first by beating Yale 16-0 in a five-inning opener and 8-1 in game two. Schaus struck out 14 in the second game.
A look around the league: Penn and Columbia started their Ivy season last weekend with the Quakers recording a four-game sweep. This weekend, all eight teams begin the league schedule with inter-divisional play as Brown/Yale hosts Princeton/Cornell and Harvard/Dartmouth hosts Penn/Columbia.
Can't do better than that: Freshman Kelsey Quist hadn't pitched in a Tiger uniform before throwing the last inning at Rutgers Wednesday. She retired all three batters. It should come as no surprise, however, since Quist was an accomplished pitcher in high school. She threw nine no-hitters at Francis Parker High in San Diego and fanned 529 batters in 358 innings.
Lots of softball: Princeton has played 27 games this season heading into the first Ivy contest. That's a small number for most non-Ivy schools, but it's the most at Princeton since 2000, when the Tigers played 28 pre-Ivy games. That was also the last year the league had seven softball teams before Columbia joined in 2001. That's also a high for the Ivy League this year, as Cornell has played 25 pre-Ivy contests.
Growing up together: Princeton's youth is getting plenty of valuable experience. Of Princeton's 10 most common starters, seven are freshmen or sophomores, including the entire infield.
Mixing it up: All 16 Tigers have played this season, while 15 have had a start and 13 have had more than 10 starts. Only two players – sophomores Brianna Moreno and Jackie Araneo – have started all 27 games.
It's a team effort: All 14 players who have stepped to the plate this season have had a hit, and eight have had 10 or more hits. Nine players have had doubles and five players have homered. Thirteen Tigers have batted in a run this season.
Brown at the plate: The Bears are hitting .200 as a team with junior Amy Baxter (.268) as the leader in batting average, home runs and RBIs. Brown looks to have its lineup set, as nine Bears have started at least 12 of the team's 17 games and no other Bear has more than seven starts.
Brown in the circle: Brown's team ERA is 4.44 with sophomore righthanders Kelsey Wilson (2-2, 1.55) and Michelle Moses (2-5, 2.58) as the team's top two pitchers.
Yale at the plate: The Bulldogs are hitting .327 as a team with five starters over.300. Katie Edwards is hitting an even .500 (16 for 32), while Aracelis Torres has a team-high 18 RBIs and three of Yale's seven home runs with a .479 average.
Yale in the circle: Yale is using depth to its benefit as five arms have shared the team's 106 innings. Sophomore righthander Rebecca Wojciak is 5-0 with a 1.50 ERA in a team-best 37 1/3 innings.
Home opener: Princeton will have eight home dates this year at Class of 1895 Field with the first two coming next Saturday and Sunday, April 7-8, against Harvard and Dartmouth.
Records: Princeton 9-18, Brown 6-11, Yale 13-3
Head Coaches: Princeton – Maureen Barron (seventh season, Princeton '97); Brown – DeeDee Enabenter-Omidiji (first season, Bridgewater State '83); Yale – Barbara Reinalda (10th season, Cal Poly Pomona '80)
Fields: Erickson Athletic Complex (Brown); DeWitt Family Field (Yale)
All-Time Series: Princeton leads Brown 36-10-1 and Yale 39-8
Last season: Princeton swept all four games from Yale and Brown, April 9-10
Streaks: Princeton has won the last 10 over Brown and the last five over Yale
Last time at Brown and Yale: Princeton swept all four games on the trip in 2005
Forecast: Saturday at Brown – High 40s, mostly sunny; Sunday at Yale – Mid 40s, cloudy
It's been done before: Though the Tigers have struggled of late, there's recent precedent that a quick turnaround is possible. In 2002, Princeton was 9-11 heading into the first Ivy League weekend, only to win a program-record 13 Ivy games with one loss and advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1996.
New format: Though a 13-1 finish was quite impressive, this year it'll probably take more than 13 wins to claim the Ivy crown. That's because there are now 20 conference games as softball has adopted the baseball model and split into two divisions. Princeton will play Ivy South foes Cornell, Columbia and Penn four times each, with Columbia away, Penn at home and Cornell both home and away. The Tigers will still have only one doubleheader with the New England schools, starting this weekend with Brown and Yale and continuing next weekend at home against Harvard and Dartmouth.
Last time versus Brown: Erin Snyder '06 put on a show of dominance in the opening game against the Bears last year, striking out 19 batters as Princeton won, 3-0. Kristen Schaus continued the day-long blanking of the Bears with 11 Ks in a 4-0 win in the nightcap.
More 19: Snyder's performance put her in esteemed company in the NCAA record book. California's Michele Granger struck out 21 Creighton Blue Jays in a 1991 game, and Tennessee's Monica Abbott fanned 20 Liberty Flames in 2004 as the only occasions to strike out more than Snyder's 19 in a seven-inning game.
Last time versus Yale: Princeton picked up the sweep, first by beating Yale 16-0 in a five-inning opener and 8-1 in game two. Schaus struck out 14 in the second game.
A look around the league: Penn and Columbia started their Ivy season last weekend with the Quakers recording a four-game sweep. This weekend, all eight teams begin the league schedule with inter-divisional play as Brown/Yale hosts Princeton/Cornell and Harvard/Dartmouth hosts Penn/Columbia.
Can't do better than that: Freshman Kelsey Quist hadn't pitched in a Tiger uniform before throwing the last inning at Rutgers Wednesday. She retired all three batters. It should come as no surprise, however, since Quist was an accomplished pitcher in high school. She threw nine no-hitters at Francis Parker High in San Diego and fanned 529 batters in 358 innings.
Lots of softball: Princeton has played 27 games this season heading into the first Ivy contest. That's a small number for most non-Ivy schools, but it's the most at Princeton since 2000, when the Tigers played 28 pre-Ivy games. That was also the last year the league had seven softball teams before Columbia joined in 2001. That's also a high for the Ivy League this year, as Cornell has played 25 pre-Ivy contests.
Growing up together: Princeton's youth is getting plenty of valuable experience. Of Princeton's 10 most common starters, seven are freshmen or sophomores, including the entire infield.
Mixing it up: All 16 Tigers have played this season, while 15 have had a start and 13 have had more than 10 starts. Only two players – sophomores Brianna Moreno and Jackie Araneo – have started all 27 games.
It's a team effort: All 14 players who have stepped to the plate this season have had a hit, and eight have had 10 or more hits. Nine players have had doubles and five players have homered. Thirteen Tigers have batted in a run this season.
Brown at the plate: The Bears are hitting .200 as a team with junior Amy Baxter (.268) as the leader in batting average, home runs and RBIs. Brown looks to have its lineup set, as nine Bears have started at least 12 of the team's 17 games and no other Bear has more than seven starts.
Brown in the circle: Brown's team ERA is 4.44 with sophomore righthanders Kelsey Wilson (2-2, 1.55) and Michelle Moses (2-5, 2.58) as the team's top two pitchers.
Yale at the plate: The Bulldogs are hitting .327 as a team with five starters over.300. Katie Edwards is hitting an even .500 (16 for 32), while Aracelis Torres has a team-high 18 RBIs and three of Yale's seven home runs with a .479 average.
Yale in the circle: Yale is using depth to its benefit as five arms have shared the team's 106 innings. Sophomore righthander Rebecca Wojciak is 5-0 with a 1.50 ERA in a team-best 37 1/3 innings.
Home opener: Princeton will have eight home dates this year at Class of 1895 Field with the first two coming next Saturday and Sunday, April 7-8, against Harvard and Dartmouth.
Monday, May 11
Saturday, May 09
Friday, May 08
Thursday, May 07