NEW HAVEN, Conn. – In a low scoring affair, the Yale softball team defeated Fairfield, 2-1, in non-conference action at 5K Corral Field at DeWitt Family Stadium. The win puts the Bulldogs at 9-14 overall, while the Stags fell to 5-12.
 
How It Happened

• After two and a half scoreless innings, it was Yale who found the scoresheet first. Ava Kang worked the count, earning first base for her efforts in the lead-off spot. The first year picked up a stolen base in the next at bat. Kang would then advance to third on a fly-out.
• Libby Peoples hit an infield grounder, reaching on the fielder's choice, and scoring Kang in the process. Willa Ferrer ripped a double to right center that snuck past the right fielder and rolled to the fence, allowing Peoples to score.
• Fairfield picked up a run in the top of the sixth inning to slice the deficit in half.

 
Notes

• Maddie Latta picked up her third win of the season in the circle allowing just one hit and struck out three in five innings pitched.
• Nicole Conway stepped in in the sixth inning and completed her second save of the season.
• Grayson Vives extended his hitting streak to six games.
• Sam Goodcase kept her hitting streak alive and now has hits in the last five games.  

 
On Deck
The Bulldogs will take their bats to the north when they head to Ithaca, N.Y. for a three-game set with Cornell this weekend.