No-Hitter, Walk-Off Highlight Softball Team's Doubleheader Sweep of Yale

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Alexis Laudenslager became the second pitcher in Princeton softball history with three career solo no-hitters and senior classmate Lauren Murphy had a two-run walkoff double in the nightcap as the Tigers swept the Ivy League-opening doubleheader from Yale 12-0 in five innings and 5-4 on Saturday afternoon at Princeton Softball Stadium at Strubing Field.

The opener saw Laudenslager strike out 10 batters in those five innings, allowing just two walks as two Yale batters reached on errors and another on a passed ball.

Laudenslager had two no-hitters last season, another of five innings against Yale and a seven-inning blanking of Brown. Erin Snyder '06 is the only other Tiger with as many as three career solo no-hitters, throwing four.

Princeton scored in all four of its at-bats in the opener. The first inning saw Princeton get three hits, a walk and benefit from an error as Julia Dumais had an RBI double, Grace Jackson drew a bases-loaded walk, and Cate Bade picked up an RBI on a sacrifice fly as Princeton led 4-0.

Two more came home in the second inning on two hits and a walk, with Adrienne Chang getting a sacrifice fly and Jackson picking up another RBi on a base hit.

Princeton pushed the lead to 7-0 in the third on two hits and a walk with Dumais getting the RBI hit, and the Tigers' biggest inning was the fourth, when five runs came home on five hits and an error. Bade brought one home with a double, Lauren Sablone followed with a two-run double, Serena Starks added a run-scoring hit, and Caitlin Bish had the final RBI of the opener.

FINAL/5 | Princeton 12, Yale 0

THIRD CAREER SOLO NO-NO!

Striking out 9??, Alexis Laudenslager becomes just the second pitcher in program history with 3?? solo no-hitters as she blanks Yale to get the series started with a W! pic.twitter.com/QrhbkjLA9a
— Princeton Softball (@PUSoftball) March 18, 2023

Yale ended its hitless drought early in the nightcap, but the game remained scoreless into the fourth before Sophie Woodridge homered to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead. Three hits and two walks in the fifth helped push the lead to 3-0, but the Tigers got one back in the bottom half of the inning when Starks followed a Lauren Pappert single with a long single of her own to cut the deficit to 3-1.

Princeton pulled even in the sixth when Chang had a leadoff double and pinch-hitter Caitlin Bish followed with a home run for the first homer of the junior's career.

Bot 6th | Princeton 3, Yale 3

CAITLIN CLUTCH!

Pinch-hit two-run shot for Caitlin Bish, first homer of her career, and we're tied!

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— Princeton Softball (@PUSoftball) March 18, 2023

Yale went back in front in the top of the seventh when Libby Peoples had a two-out double to pick up an earlier walk, but Princeton had another strong inning in it.

The bottom of the seventh saw Dumais get a one-out single, Allison Ha follow that with a base hit, and Murphy send a double to the gap in right-center to pick up both and win the game.

FINAL | Princeton 5, Yale 4

LAUNCH IT LAUREN!

Lauren Murphy sends one to the gap, bringing home the tying and winning runs for the doubleheader sweep!

Back at it tomorrow at 12:30 for the series finale! pic.twitter.com/gZ4XjhQmUE
— Princeton Softball (@PUSoftball) March 18, 2023

Princeton and Yale will wrap the series Sunday with a single game at 12:30 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and admission is free.

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