Sweep at Yale Vaults Softball Team Atop Ivy League

Saturday, April 20

New Haven, Conn.

12:30 PM

Princeton University

21-11, 0

Yale

18-21, 0

Princeton

Yale

Sonia Zhang hit a three-run homer and had four RBI in game two at Yale.

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Sweep at Yale Vaults Softball Team Atop Ivy League

April 20, 2024 | Softball

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A seventh-inning comeback was part of a doubleheader sweep at Yale on Saturday for the Princeton softball team as the Tigers vaulted into first place in the Ivy League with the 7-6 and 7-3 wins.

Princeton now stands 10-4 in the Ivy with Yale at 12-5, Harvard at 10-6 and Columbia at 8-6 as the four teams presently in the Ivy League Tournament spots with Dartmouth (7-7), Brown (6-8), Cornell (3-11) and Penn (2-11) rounding out the league standings.

In the opener, Princeton got a Julia Dumais first-inning homer and a Karis Ford two-run third-inning homer to lead 3-1 after four. Yale responded with five runs between the fifth and sixth innings, and though Princeton got an Allie Goodwin RBI single to pick up a leadoff Dumais double in the sixth, the Tigers still trailed 6-4 headed to the seventh.

The last inning saw Sophia Marsalo draw a leadoff walk and Sonia Zhang get a base hit to put two runners on for Lauren Sablone, whose base hit cut the deficit to 6-5. After a Dumais flyout to put two runners in scoring position, Goodwin had the go-ahead two-RBI double to put Princeton up 7-6. Brielle Wright, who entered with two out in the sixth, picked up the win in retiring all four batters she faced.

Mid 7th | Princeton 7, Yale 6

Let's GOOOOO!

Lauren Sablone drives home a run to make it 6-5, and then Allie Goodwin comes up with this HUGE two-RBI hit to put us in front!

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— Princeton Softball (@PUSoftball) April 20, 2024

Meghan Harrington threw the first 4 2/3 innings before giving way to Molly Chambers for an inning.

In the nightcap, Princeton got all seven of its runs between the third and fourth innings, with Zhang driving in a run and Dumais bringing home two in the third before a Cate Bade RBI single and a Zhang three-run home run in the fourth gave Princeton a 7-0 lead.

Top 4th | Princeton 7, Yale 0

?????? Homer hat time again!

Cate Bade tacked one on with an RBI single, and then Sonia Zhang busted it open with this three-run shot!

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— Princeton Softball (@PUSoftball) April 20, 2024

Yale got its three runs in the sixth as Brielle Wright closed out the final 2 1/3 innings after Cassidy Shaw had 4 2/3 no-hit innings, walking three batters before leaving in the fifth with a 7-0 lead.

Princeton and Yale will close out the series with a 12:30 p.m. single game on Sunday. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ in the U.S. and Stretch internationally with live scoring here.