Baseball splits with Cornell, must wait for division crown

They've waited 10 years for a Lou Gehrig Division title, and now the Quakers must wait a little bit longer. With a chance to clinch the division with a sweep over Cornell today, Penn came up just short, losing Game 2 11-10 in 12 innings. Penn had a dramatic five-run ninth-inning rally including four with two outs, to tie the game, but the Quakers couldn't push across the winning run up in Ithaca, N.Y.

The Quakers were fighting from behind all game, although they brefly held leads of 1-0 in the first and 2-1 in the second.

Penn got exactly what it needed in the first game of its make-up doubleheader against Cornell, though.

The Quakers thrashed the Big Red 13-1, getting three innings from Jim Birmingham and four from Doug Brown for the win.

Catcher Jeff Cellucci was 4-for-4 with four RBIs, and Joey Boaen hit his fourth homer for Penn (12-8 Ivy). Cornell, losers of four out of five, is eliminated with a 7-9 record.

Now the Quakers must root for the Big Red to win at least one game against Princeton in their two doubleheaders Friday and Sunday. Only a four-game Princeton sweep would create a tie in the standings.

More to come in tomorrow's DP.