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Softball Weekly Release - Week 8
Complete Weekly Ivy League Softball Release in pdf format
PRINCETON, N.J. -- In the first weekend of Ivy League softball divisional play, Harvard and Penn recorded series sweeps, Dartmouth took three-of-four from Yale and Cornell and Columbia split their series in New York.
With its four-game sweep over Brown, Harvard moved to a three-game lead in the North Division standings. Dartmouth’s three wins at Yale kept the Big Green in second place in the North. Penn’s sweep of Princeton vaulted the Quakers into second place in the South and they now trail division leaders Cornell by just one game, thanks in part to Columbia’s split with the Big Red.
PLAYER & ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Freshman third baseman/designated player Kasey
Lange (Ladera Ranch, Calif.) paced the Crimson offensive
attack last week as she batted .591 over the course of seven games
in which Harvard posted a 6-1 record. She totaled 18 RBI and
slugged 1.182 for the week with a .593 on base percentage. Lange
also played error-free softball in seven games started at third
base en route to claiming both the Ivy League Player of the Week
and Rookie of the Week honors. It is her first career Player of the
Week honor and her second Rookie of the Year award (April 5).
Lange opened the week with three home runs in a doubleheader sweep
of Holy Cross. Also in mid-week non-conference action, Lange drove
in Harvard’s lone run in its 4-1 loss to ACC rival Boston
College.
Lange’s offensive momentum continued into the
Crimson’s four-game sweep of North Division rival Brown over
the weekend. She batted .538 versus the Bears, added eight RBI,
scored three runs and recorded two doubles. With the two doubles to
close out her weekend, Lange reached 17 on the year to lead the
League and set the single-season record at Harvard. Lange also has
an active seven-game RBI streak.
Lange’s Weekly
Stats
7 GP, 22 AB, 6 R, 13 H, 18 RBI, 4 2B, 3 HR, 3 BB, 2 SAC, .591
Avg., 1.182 Slg.%, .593 OBP, 1.000 Fldg.%
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Freshman Prophet Gaspard (Abbeville, La.) posted
a 2-1 record for Columbia last week, with all three of her
appearances coming against South Division leader Cornell. Gaspard
went the distance in both of her starts and also pitched 3.2
innings of relief in her final appearance of the weekend. Gaspard
retired the final 19 batters she faced over the weekend, closing
with a stingy 0.40 ERA and a .119 batting-average against.
Gaspard allowed just one earned run over 17.2 innings pitched. The
first-year allowed just three hits in the first game of the series,
and entered the seventh inning with a 1-0 lead but Ali
Tomlinson connected on a two-run homer to give Cornell the
come-from-behind 2-1 win in the series opening pitcher’s
duel.
After Tomlinson’s home run, Gaspard scattered four hits over
10.2 innings pitched, including a four-hit, complete-game shutout
on Sunday as the Big Red downed Cornell 6-0. It marks
Gaspard’s second Weekly Ivy award, as she was named the
League’s Rookie of the Year on March 22.
Gaspard’s Weekly
Stats
0.40 ERA, 2-1, 3 App., 2 GS, 2 CG, 1 SHO, 17.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER,
13 SO, 3 BB
HONOR ROLL
Marissa Amiraian, Cornell, Sr., OF (Latham,
N.Y.)
6 GP, 18 AB, 2 R, 8 H, 1 RBI, 1 3B, 3 BB, 1 SB, .444 Avg., .524
OBP, 1.000 Fldg.%
Chelsey Dunham, Yale, Fr., P (Fairfax Station,
Va.)
1.83 ERA, 1-1, 3 App., 2 GS, 2 CG, 15.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 7 BB,
17 SO
Evan Gray, Dartmouth, So., P (Edmond, Okla.)
1.14 ERA, 1-0, 2 App., 2 GS, 1 CG, 12.1 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 6 SO,
1 BB
Cailyn Hennessy, Penn, Jr., P (Freehold,
N.J.)
1.00 ERA, 2-0, 2 App., 2 GS, 2 CG, 14 IP, 14 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 6 SO, 1
BB
Maggie Johnson, Columbia, Sr., P (Danville,
Calif.)
1.35 ERA, 0-1, 2 App., 2 GS, 1 CG, 10.1 IP, 12 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 7 SO,
2 BB
Batting: 4 GP, 8 AB, 3 R, 5 H, 5 RBI, 3 HR, .625 Avg., 1.000
Fldg.%
Laura Ricciardone, Harvard, Fr., P (Slidell,
La.)
0.50 ERA, 2-0, 3 App., 2 GS, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 14 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 7
SO, 0 BB
Allison Scott, Harvard, Fr., C (Alpine,
Calif.)
7 GP, 24 AB, 5 R, 13 H, 8 RBI, 4 2B, 3 HR, .542 Avg., 1.083
Slg.%,
Molly Khalil, Dartmouth, Jr., C/DP (Seal Beach,
Ontario)
4 GP, 9 AB, 2 R, 4 H, 3 RBI, 2 2B, 1 HR, 5 BB, .444 Avg., 1.000
Slg.%, .643 OBP, 1.000 Fldg.%
McKynlee Westman, Yale, Sr., C (Smithville,
Mo.)
4 GP, 10 AB, 4 H, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB, 1 SAC, .400 Avg., .958
Fldg.%
Kelsey VandeBergh, Princeton, Jr., IF (Beaverton,
Ore.)
4 GP, 9 AB, 5 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 1 HBP, .556 Avg., .556 Slg.%, .692
OBP
Mikenzie Voves, Penn, Fr., P (Maple Valley,
Wash.)
2.00 ERA, 2-0, 2 App., 2 GS, 2 CG, 14 IP, 13 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB,
11 SO
THIS WEEK
The Ivy eight enter the second-to-last weekend of League play
looking to make headway in their respective division races. With
eight Ivy games left on each team’s schedule, the teams are
all still very much in contention to finish first in their
divisions and advance to the fifth Ivy League Championship
Series.
In North Division action, first place Harvard welcomes Yale for a
four-game set. The Crimson has a five-game winning streak in Ivy
play, dating back to April 9. Four games back in the standings,
Yale will be looking to stay within striking distance of the
Crimson. Brown plays at Dartmouth in this weekend’s other
North Division. The Big Green is in second place, two-games ahead
of the Bears. Both squads will be looking for wins to keep playoff
hopes alive entering the final weekend of play.
Cornell holds a one-game lead over second place Penn in the South
Division, with those two teams meeting in Ithaca, N.Y. this weekend
in a series that could further separate the two teams if either was
able to take three or four wins over the weekend. Princeton
welcomes Columbia in for a four-game set, with the Lions looking to
build on a two-game Ivy winning streak and the Tigers trying to
snap a four-game Ivy losing skid.
WEEKEND IVY SCHEDULE*
Saturday, April
23
Columbia at Princeton, 12:30 pm
Columbia at Princeton, 2:30 pm
Penn at Cornell, 12:30 pm
Penn at Cornell, 2:30 pm
Yale at Harvard, 12:30 pm
Yale at Harvard, 2:30 pm
Brown at Dartmouth, 1 pm
Brown at Dartmouth, 3 pm
Sunday, April
24
Columbia at Princeton, 12:30 pm
Columbia at Princeton, 2:30 pm
Penn at Cornell, 12:30 pm
Penn at Cornell, 2:30 pm
Yale at Harvard, 12:30 pm
Yale at Harvard, 2:30 pm
Brown at Dartmouth, Noon
Brown at Dartmouth, 2 pm
* - Ivy League games listed
