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Sunday Softball Update: Division Champion Tigers' Scenarios Entering Final Weekend
April 23, 2017 | Softball
All of the softball action in the Ivy League is complete for the weekend, and the Tigers have a clearer idea of what they'll need in order to bring the Ivy League Championship Series to the Class of 1895 Field May 6-7.
Princeton will host Cornell Saturday at 12:30 p.m. for two before going to Ithaca for two Sunday at 12:30. If the Tigers win at least two of the four games against Cornell, the ILCS will be at '95 Field, regardless of any other results.
The only other games that could affect the Tigers' itinerary next weekend are between Ivy North teams. Saturday will send Harvard to Dartmouth for a 2 p.m. pair and Brown to Yale for a 12:30 doubleheader. Sunday, Dartmouth is at Harvard for two at 2 and Yale is at Brown for two at 12:30. Harvard and Brown were able to play only three of their four games this weekend, and the missed game has been rescheduled for Thursday afternoon.
Dartmouth can win the division with three wins next weekend, or by winning two and seeing Harvard lose its make-up game with Brown, or by winning two and winning a playoff against Harvard should the Crimson win that make-up game. It can host the ILCSÂ with a sweep and Princeton winning no more than one game against Cornell, or by taking three of four and seeing Princeton get swept by Cornell. The Big Green hold the tiebreaker against Princeton because of Dartmouth's doubleheader sweep of Princeton earlier this month.
Harvard can win the division by sweeping its series with Dartmouth or by winning three and winning either the make-up game against Brown or a playoff against Dartmouth. Harvard can host the ILCSÂ only by winning all five games (four against Dartmouth, one against Brown) and seeing Princeton swept by Cornell, as the Tigers hold the tiebreaker with Harvard thanks to Princeton's sweep of the Crimson earlier this month.
Yale is alive only if it sweeps Brown and either the Dartmouth-Harvard series ends in a split or Harvard wins three from Dartmouth and loses its make-up game against Brown. Yale would then have to emerge from either a two- or three-team playoff for the division title, but it couldn't host the ILCS since it would have 12 league wins and Princeton already has 13.Â
Princeton will host Cornell Saturday at 12:30 p.m. for two before going to Ithaca for two Sunday at 12:30. If the Tigers win at least two of the four games against Cornell, the ILCS will be at '95 Field, regardless of any other results.
The only other games that could affect the Tigers' itinerary next weekend are between Ivy North teams. Saturday will send Harvard to Dartmouth for a 2 p.m. pair and Brown to Yale for a 12:30 doubleheader. Sunday, Dartmouth is at Harvard for two at 2 and Yale is at Brown for two at 12:30. Harvard and Brown were able to play only three of their four games this weekend, and the missed game has been rescheduled for Thursday afternoon.
Dartmouth can win the division with three wins next weekend, or by winning two and seeing Harvard lose its make-up game with Brown, or by winning two and winning a playoff against Harvard should the Crimson win that make-up game. It can host the ILCSÂ with a sweep and Princeton winning no more than one game against Cornell, or by taking three of four and seeing Princeton get swept by Cornell. The Big Green hold the tiebreaker against Princeton because of Dartmouth's doubleheader sweep of Princeton earlier this month.
Harvard can win the division by sweeping its series with Dartmouth or by winning three and winning either the make-up game against Brown or a playoff against Dartmouth. Harvard can host the ILCSÂ only by winning all five games (four against Dartmouth, one against Brown) and seeing Princeton swept by Cornell, as the Tigers hold the tiebreaker with Harvard thanks to Princeton's sweep of the Crimson earlier this month.
Yale is alive only if it sweeps Brown and either the Dartmouth-Harvard series ends in a split or Harvard wins three from Dartmouth and loses its make-up game against Brown. Yale would then have to emerge from either a two- or three-team playoff for the division title, but it couldn't host the ILCS since it would have 12 league wins and Princeton already has 13.Â
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