Softball Team Opens Season With 11-3 Win Over Stony Brook

Friday, February 13

Jacksonville, Fla.

11:00 AM

Princeton University

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Stony Brook

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Stony Brook

Princeton

Courtney Harrison hit a grand slam for her first career home run.

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Softball Team Opens Season With 11-3 Win Over Stony Brook

February 13, 2026 | Softball

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Friday's season opener against Stony Brook saw the Princeton softball team hit three homers on the way to an 11-3, run-rule win over Stony Brook in Jacksonville, Fla.

After two outs in the first, Braeden Hale worked a walk and Karis Ford followed by driving the next pitch out to give the Tigers an early 2-0 lead. Later in the inning, Sonia Zhang drew a free pass, stole second, and came home on Allie Goodwin's RBI double to make it 3-0.

The Tigers added on in the third. Graciela Dominguez and Hale produced back-to-back singles, and after Ford moved the runners with a sacrifice fly, Zhang delivered an RBI base hit to extend the margin.

Stony Brook scratched across an unearned run in the fourth, but Princeton responded with the decisive frame in the bottom half.

Mia Valenzuela opened the inning with a solo homer, the first of her career, and later in the inning, Ford lined an RBI single, Goodwin forced in a run with a walk, and Courtney Harrison broke the game open by launching a grand slam to center for her first career home run to make it 11-1.

In the circle, Keala Hollenkam worked 4 2/3 innings to earn the win, allowing three runs, only one earned, while striking out six. Reece Uehara made her career debut, getting the final out.

Princeton finished with 10 hits, including two hits apiece from Dominguez, Ford, and Valenzuela.

The Tigers continue play against host Jacksonville on Friday at 4 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Hollenkamp, Keala (1-0)

L: A. Jepson (0-2)

Stony Brook

Batting:

2B: M. Hill 1 ; R. Brown 1

RBI: R. Brown 2

Base Running:

RUNS: E. Hayes 1 ; M. Hill 1 ; N. Ackerman 1

HBP: E. Gonzalez 1

Princeton

Batting:

2B: Goodwin, Allie 1

HR: Ford, Karis 1 ; Harrison, Courtney 1 ; Valenzuela, Mia 1

RBI: Ford, Karis 3 ; Zhang, Sonia 1 ; Goodwin, Allie 2 ; Harrison, Courtney 4 ; Valenzuela, Mia 1

SF: Ford, Karis 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Dumais, Julia 1 ; Dominguez, Graciela 2 ; Hale, Braeden 1 ; Ford, Karis 2 ; Zhang, Sonia 2 ; Goodwin, Allie 1 ; Harrison, Courtney 1 ; Valenzuela, Mia 1