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Cornell Sweeps Softball Twinbill to End Princeton's Season
April 26, 2009 | Softball
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell put an exclamation point on the end of its softball regular season by completing a four-game sweep of Princeton Sunday afternoon in Ithaca, N.Y., taking both games of a doubleheader, 4-2 and 7-2.
The wins finish Cornell's regular season at 40-10 overall and 17-3 in the Ivy League to win the South division. The Big Red will host Dartmouth in the Ivy League Championship next weekend with the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament at stake. Princeton finishes at 14-22 overall and 8-12 in the Ivy League.
Junior Collette Abbott finished her season with a 5-for-6 day at the plate to complete a stretch since Mar. 28 in which Abbott went 32 for 63 (.510), raising her average from .143 to .352. In the Ivy League season overall, Abbott hit .438.
In the first game, Abbott popped her fourth home run of the season to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead in the first, only to see Cornell match it in the bottom of the inning. Megan Weidrick hit a solo home run in the second, her first of the season, to put Princeton ahead 2-1. But Cornell got a three-run home run from Ali Tomlinson in the fourth and made it stand up, winning 4-2.
Lettire took the loss in the first game to finish 7-8 on the season, while Cornell's Elizabeth Dalrymple struck out seven Tigers on her way to a 17-3 record heading into the ILCS.
Abbott's 3-for-3 game in the nightcap couldn't help Princeton enough, as Cornell got four runs off Michelle Tolfa (7-13) in the first inning. Kristin Arguedas got one back with an RBI single in the third, but Cornell took a 6-1 lead in the fourth. Each team added a run over the last two innings to make the 7-2 final.