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Julia Dumais was among the Tigers who hit home runs on Saturday.
Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast
Tigers Score 19 Runs, Sweep Pair from Dartmouth
April 13, 2024 | Softball
Lauren Sablone hit two home runs, Julia Dumais and Sonia Zhang hit one each, and those represented only some of the 19 runs the Princeton softball team scored across 10 innings of at-bats in a doubleheader sweep of Dartmouth on Saturday at Princeton Softball Stadium at Strubing Field.
Following Saturday's results, Princeton (7-4 Ivy) is tied for second in the league with Columbia (7-4) and behind only Yale (11-3), next weekend's opponent, in a crowded league race. Harvard (8-6) stands fourth with Dartmouth (5-6), Brown (3-6), Cornell (2-7) and Penn (2-9) rounding out the standings heading into Sunday.
Princeton's 8-4 first-game win required a comeback after Dartmouth scored three times in the fourth and once in the fifth. Princeton had taken a 2-0 lead with a Caitlin Bish second-inning RBI single in the second and Sablone's first homer, a solo shot, in the third before Drtmouth pulled ahead 4-2 after four and a half innings.
Princeton retook the lead in the fifth when a Zhang hit-by-pitch and a Sablone base hit put two on for Dumais to single home Zhang before Allison Ha tied it with a base hit. Sophia Marsalo had a hit to put Princeton ahead, and Cate Bade grounded out to make it a 6-4 Tiger lead.
Princeton tacked on two in the sixth to make it 8-4 on Sablone's second homer after a Bish leadoff double, and Brielle Wright, who entered with Princeton trailing 3-2 in the fifth, picked up the win with just a hit allowed across three innings, striking out four. Cassidy Shaw had the start, going four innings with four runs allowed on five hits with three strikeouts, getting the no-decision.
After a scoreless first inning, Princeton scored 11 runs across three at-bats on the way to an 11-1, five-inning run-rule win to complete the Saturday sweep.
Two hits and a hit batter loaded the bases in the second before a fielder's choice allowed leadoff hitter Marsalo to score before a Lauren Pappert sacrifice fly made it 2-0.
The third inning saw Sablone get a one-out hit right before Julia Dumais homered to put Princeton up 4-0, and then after a walk to Allison Ha and hits by Marsalo and Grace Jackson, Cate Bade cleared the bases with a triple to make it 7-0. Caitlin Bish's sacrifice fly to pick up Bade made it 8-0.
The bottom of the fourth saw a Zhang solo homer before three hits loaded the bases for a Marsalo RBI single and an Allie Goodwin sacrifice fly for the 11-0 lead. A fifth-inning homer spoiled the shutout, but it couldn't spoil an outstanding outing for Meghan Harrington, who went all five innings and allowed the lone run on two hits without a walk, striking out four.
Princeton and Dartmouth will wrap the series with a 12:30 p.m. single game on Sunday. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ (U.S.) and Stretch (international) with live scoring available here.
Following Saturday's results, Princeton (7-4 Ivy) is tied for second in the league with Columbia (7-4) and behind only Yale (11-3), next weekend's opponent, in a crowded league race. Harvard (8-6) stands fourth with Dartmouth (5-6), Brown (3-6), Cornell (2-7) and Penn (2-9) rounding out the standings heading into Sunday.
Princeton's 8-4 first-game win required a comeback after Dartmouth scored three times in the fourth and once in the fifth. Princeton had taken a 2-0 lead with a Caitlin Bish second-inning RBI single in the second and Sablone's first homer, a solo shot, in the third before Drtmouth pulled ahead 4-2 after four and a half innings.
Princeton retook the lead in the fifth when a Zhang hit-by-pitch and a Sablone base hit put two on for Dumais to single home Zhang before Allison Ha tied it with a base hit. Sophia Marsalo had a hit to put Princeton ahead, and Cate Bade grounded out to make it a 6-4 Tiger lead.
Princeton tacked on two in the sixth to make it 8-4 on Sablone's second homer after a Bish leadoff double, and Brielle Wright, who entered with Princeton trailing 3-2 in the fifth, picked up the win with just a hit allowed across three innings, striking out four. Cassidy Shaw had the start, going four innings with four runs allowed on five hits with three strikeouts, getting the no-decision.
Four homers on the day and highlights galore as we swept two from Dartmouth! pic.twitter.com/dolPIabEvq
— Princeton Softball (@PUSoftball) April 13, 2024
After a scoreless first inning, Princeton scored 11 runs across three at-bats on the way to an 11-1, five-inning run-rule win to complete the Saturday sweep.
Two hits and a hit batter loaded the bases in the second before a fielder's choice allowed leadoff hitter Marsalo to score before a Lauren Pappert sacrifice fly made it 2-0.
The third inning saw Sablone get a one-out hit right before Julia Dumais homered to put Princeton up 4-0, and then after a walk to Allison Ha and hits by Marsalo and Grace Jackson, Cate Bade cleared the bases with a triple to make it 7-0. Caitlin Bish's sacrifice fly to pick up Bade made it 8-0.
The bottom of the fourth saw a Zhang solo homer before three hits loaded the bases for a Marsalo RBI single and an Allie Goodwin sacrifice fly for the 11-0 lead. A fifth-inning homer spoiled the shutout, but it couldn't spoil an outstanding outing for Meghan Harrington, who went all five innings and allowed the lone run on two hits without a walk, striking out four.
Princeton and Dartmouth will wrap the series with a 12:30 p.m. single game on Sunday. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ (U.S.) and Stretch (international) with live scoring available here.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wright, Brielle (2-2)
L: Rachel McCarroll (3-7)
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Batting:
2B: Mary Beth Cahalan 1 ; Leila Hennessy 1
RBI: Mary Beth Cahalan 1 ; Olivia Schramm 1 ; Leila Hennessy 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Mary Beth Cahalan 1 ; Alaana Panu 1 ; Olivia Schramm 1 ; Cwen Wilson 1
SB: Alaana Panu 1
Batting:
2B: Zhang, Sonia 1 ; Bish, Caitlin 1
HR: Sablone, Lauren 2
RBI: Sablone, Lauren 3 ; Dumais, Julia 1 ; Ha, Allison 1 ; Marsalo, Sophia 1 ; Bade, Cate 1 ; Bish, Caitlin 1
SH: Dumais, Julia 1 ; Bade, Cate 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Zhang, Sonia 1 ; Sablone, Lauren 3 ; Dumais, Julia 1 ; Ha, Allison 1 ; Jackson, Grace 1 ; Bish, Caitlin 1
SB: Dumais, Julia 1
CS: Marsalo, Sophia 1
HBP: Zhang, Sonia 1 ; Ha, Allison 1
Game Leaders
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