ITHACA, N.Y. – Two high scoring games were in the cards for the Yale softball team as the squad split a pair of tilts with Cornell. Yale picked up a 16-12 victory before falling 8-6 in the series finale at Niemand-Robison Field. The Bulldogs moved to 11-15 overall and 3-4 in the Ivy League. While the Big Red moved to 9-11 overall and 3-3 in the conference.
 

Game 1: Yale 16, Cornell 12

• T2 | Yale had a big second inning push that saw them go up 4-0. Sophie Woodridge took a first pitch swing, sailing the ball over the left field fence into the woods. With two outs, Sam Goodcase and Alex Perren snagged back-to-back doubles, while the former scored on Perren's hit. A single from Carolyn Skotz  then scored Perren. Rounding out the scoring, a misplay from the Cornell defense gave Yale their fourth run of the inning.
• B2 | Cornell cut Yale's lead in half scoring on a hit and a fielder's choice.
• T3 | The Bulldogs doubled up on their lead in the third. Maddie Latta and Mady Smith were the first baserunners, reaching on a pair of singles. It was Goodcase again, who reached on an error, scoring Latta from second. With two outs, Skotz knocked in Smith with a single before Libby Peoples blasted a RBI triple to bring Skotz home.
• T4 | Yale was at it again in the fourth inning. Latta made it an eight-run lead with a two-run home run to left field. Another single later, and then Goodcase matched Latta with a two-run home run to left field herself. Peoples was doing People things, picking up her fourth extra base hit of the game to seal the inning with an 11-run lead.
• B4 | The Big Red picked up a run in the bottom half of the inning.
• T5 | Yale's Alex Perren singled with two outs in the fifth, eventually having two runs score on the play.
• B5 | Cornell exploded in the bottom half of the inning with six runs on six hits.
• T6 | Peoples and SJ Mull helped the Bulldogs respond. After Peoples earned a lead-off walk, and stole second, Mull ripped a two-out triple to score her.
• B6 | Cornell picked up another run in a three-hit inning, putting them within six of Yale.
• B7 | After a quiet top half from the Bulldogs, the Big Red recorded two runs, coming within four, but Yale's defense shut them down in 1-2-3 fashion following the 12th scored run.

 
Game 2: Cornell 8, Yale 6

• B1 | Cornell struck first with a first pitch solo home run in their second at bat.
• T2 | The Bulldogs responded in the next half inning. Lauren Perren doubled to lead off. SJ Mull would then single and steal to put runners on second and third for Yale. Sam Goodcase knocked a two RBI double. Alex Perren scored Goodcase from next in the next at bat, putting the Bulldogs ahead 3-1.
• T4 | Back-to-back singles in the fourth scored two runs for Yale, extending their lead to four, before Libby Peoples' two-out single made it five.
• B5 | Cornell had an explosive fifth inning that saw two, two-run home runs and one three-run home run that gave them the lead and ultimately secured the comeback victory.

 
Notes

• Carolyn Skotz went 5-for-10 with four RBI, three runs, and one stolen base.
• Libby Peoples went 5-for-9 on the day, including three doubles and a triple, with three RBI, and a stolen base.
• Alex Perren went 5-for-8 with three RBI and three runs scored.
• Sam Goodcase went 3-for-6, including two doubles and a home run, scored four runs and had four RBI.
• Maddie Latta went 2-for-3 in game one with three runs and two RBI.

 
Looking Ahead
The Bulldogs will host Penn on April 8-9 at 5K Corral Field at DeWitt Family Stadium.