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Softball Weekly Release - Week 5
Complete Ivy League Weekly Softball Release
PRINCETON, N.J. -- In the final full week of non-conference action, several Ivy League teams had successful weeks, led by streaking Cornell, Dartmouth and Columbia.
The Big Red completed a busy stretch by playing in 12 games over its spring break and is on a current four-game winning streak that has pushed the Big Red back to .500 on the year at 11-11-1. Columbia and Dartmouth have each won two in a row, with Columbia closing out its week with a home sweep of Saint Peter’s and Dartmouth earning a neutral site sweep over Stetson in DeLand, Fla., as the Big Green also closed out its spring break trip with the program’s first two wins over Stetson. Harvard also won four of six last week to improve to 12-10 on the year.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sophomore catcher/outfielder Kristen Towne
(Brecksville, Ohio) led Cornell’s offense over the Big
Red’s spring break trip in which they evened their record at
11-11-1 on the year. Towne amassed 34 at-bats in 11 games started
and batted .471 with an .853 slugging percentage with three home
runs and 12 RBI in 12 games this week for the Big Red.
Towne proved particularly efficient in the late innings. She
slammed a two-run homer in the eighth inning to give Cornell a
split with Longwood, drove in a run in the seventh to give the Big
Red a victory over Bucknell, had a home run and five RBI in a win
over Liberty and was 4-for-4 with three runs scored in a slugfest
victory at Mount St. Mary’s. All told, Towne had five
multi-hit games during the team’s spring break trip with four
games of at least three hits. She also was perfect in 40 fielding
chances during the week, primarily at catcher. Towne was the last
Big Red Player to be named the Ivy League Player of the Week,
having earned the honor on April 27, 2010.
Towne’s Weekly
Stats
11 GS, 34 AB, 7 R, 16 H, 12 RBI, 4 2B, 3 HR, 2 BB, 4 SO, .471
Avg., .853 Slg.%, 1.000 Fldg.%
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Cornell senior Elizabeth Dalrymple (Devon, Pa.)
went 4-0 with a 1.17 ERA in five starts last week en route to
becoming the school’s all-time strikeout leader. She struck
out at least six hitters in each game, including a five-hit shutout
win over defending Patriot League champ Bucknell in which she
struck out 11. In two games on the week versus the Bison, she
scattered nine hits and struck out 18 while surrendering just one
run.
Dalrymple also allowed just two hits and struck out eight in an
eight-inning win at Longwood and scattered six hits and one run
against George Washington in a game that ended in a tie due to the
lack of lights. Her complete game victory over Liberty saw her
break the school’s career strikeout record and she ended the
week with 523 for her career. It is the second time Dalrymple has
been named the Ivy League Pitcher of the Week in 2011 (March
15).
Dalrymple’s Weekly
Stats
1.17 ERA, 4-0, 5 App., 5 GS, 5 CG, 1 SHO, 36.0 IP, 24 H, 10 R, 6
ER, 39 SO, 9 BB
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Penn freshman pitcher Mikenzie Voves (Maple
Valley Wash.) picked up both of the Quakers’ wins last week.
She tossed a complete game against Lehigh in which she scattered
four hits over seven innings en route to earning the win. Her other
win came in relief against Rider. She was perfect for the last
three innings of the game, getting nine outs from eight hitters
while not allowing a hit. Batters hit just .184 against Voves over
her three appearances and managed just two extra base hits –
a pair of doubles. Voves becomes the second Quaker to earn Rookie
of the Week honors this year, joining Kayla Dahlerbruch (March
8).
Voves’ Weekly
Stats
2.93 ERA, 2-1, 3 App., 2 GS, 1 CG, 14.1 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 10 SO,
8 BB
HONOR ROLL
Rachel Brown, Harvard, Jr., P (San Diego,
Calif.)
2.01 ERA, 2-1, 4 App., 3 GS, 2 CG, 1 SHO, 22.1 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 5
ER, 43 SO, 8 BB
Meghan Everett, Dartmouth, Jr., LF (Flemington,
N.J.)
2 GP, 8 AB, 5 H, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SO, 1 SB, .625 Avg., .750 Slg.%
Prophet Gaspard, Columbia, Fr., P (Abbeville,
La.)
0.00 ERA, 1-0, 1 App., 1 GS, 1 CG, 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 7 SO, 7
BB
Elysse Gorney, Penn, Fr., OF (Orlando, Fla.)
4 GP, 11 AB, 5 H, 3 R, 0 SO, 3 BB, .455 Avg., 1.000 Fld%
Ellen Macadam, Harvard, Sr., 2B (Atlanta,
Ga.)
6 GP, 18 AB, 8 H, 6 R, 2 2B, 3 SO, 2 RBI, .444 Avg., .556 Slg.%,
1.000 Fldg.%
Tory Roberts, Princeton, Fr., IF (Ramona,
Calif.)
2 GP, 6 AB, 3 H, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 SO, 1 RBI, .500 Avg., 1.333
Slg.%
Anne Marie Skylis, Columbia, Sr., C (Ortonville,
Mich.)
2 GP, 7 AB, 3 H, 2 R, 3 RBI, .429 Avg., .857 Slg.%, .938 Fld%
Stephanie Thompson, Brown, So., 3B (Chino,
Calif.)
2 GP, 7 AB, 3 H, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, .429 Avg.
Christina Villalon, Cornell, Fr., OF/DH/C
(Robstown, Texas)
11 GP, 27 AB, 7 H, 3 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 4 BB, 7 RBI, .259 Avg., .444
Slg.%, 1.00 Fldg.%
Katie Yanagisawa, Yale, Sr., 2B (Woodbridge,
Conn.)
2 GP, 6 AB, 2 H, 1 BB, .333 Avg., 1.000 Fld%
THIS WEEK
The 32nd season of Ivy play gets underway in earnest this weekend
as the Ancient Eight begin their Ivy League seasons. Harvard, Yale,
Brown and Dartmouth are chasing the North Division Crown, while
Cornell, Princeton, Penn and Columbia are looking to finish atop
the South Division.
At the conclusion of the regular season, each of the Division
winners will meet in a three-game championship series for the fifth
consecutive year. The series will be played at the site of the team
with the best regular season Ivy record. Last season, Cornell
defeated Harvard, two games to one, at home to take the 2010
Ivy League title and advance to NCAA Championship play.
WEEKEND IVY SCHEDULE
Friday, April
1
Brown at Princeton, 2 pm
Brown at Princeton, 4 pm
Dartmouth at Columbia, 2 pm
Dartmouth at Columbia, 4 pm
Yale at Cornell, 2 pm
Yale at Cornell, 3:30 pm
Harvard at Penn, 2 pm
Harvard at Penn, 4:30 pm
Saturday, April
2
Brown at Cornell, 12:30 pm
Brown at Cornell, 2:30 pm
Harvard at Columbia, 12:30 pm
Harvard at Columbia, 2:30 pm
Yale at Princeton, 12:30 pm
Yale at Princeton, 2:30 pm
Dartmouth at Penn, 2 pm
Dartmouth at Penn, 4 pm
* - Constests listed are Ivy League games
