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Visiting Princeton (10-20, 5-7 Ivy) for a four game series, the
Red and Blue (20-12, 11-1) will need to focus on the task at hand despite a
looming showdown with second-place Columbia just a week away.
During Penn baseball’s Sunday doubleheader against Cornell, it was clear that the Quakers had all the fundamentals in place to let their big arms do the talking when all was said and done.
After dropping
its first Ivy contest of the 2014 season and splitting two games on Saturday,
Penn baseball responded in emphatic fashion on Sunday, capturing two wins
against Lou Gehrig Division-rival Cornell.
After
having its longest winning streak in over 20 years snapped the previous
afternoon, the Red and Blue used 14 hits — including four from freshman Tim
Graul — to pick up an 8-4 win over Saint Peters at Meiklejohn Stadium.
In the semifinals of the Liberty Bell Classic, the Quakers’ 11-game winning streak — as well as their unbeaten mark at home, came to an end at the hands of St. Joseph’s, 4-2
The Red and Blue used complete games from their two aces and some hot hitting to secure a second straight Ivy weekend sweep, remaining undefeated atop the Ancient Eight standings at 8-0
The Quakers kept their unbeaten home record intact with an 11-5 drubbing of the Lafayette in the Liberty Bell Classic quarterfinals. The win extended the Red and Blue’s winning streak to seven and gave them their ninth win in 10 games.
With a strong senior class and contributions from each class, this team has the ability to compete with defending champion Columbia for a spot in the Ivy League Championship series.
Facing Brown, the Quakers stepped onto the field Tuesday looking for their second consecutive sweep of an Ivy doubleheader, and got just what they wanted, downing the Bears with two 3-2 victories at Meiklejohn Stadium.
After a weekend full of rainouts, Ivy season couldn’t have
come soon for Penn baseball.The Quakers were originally supposed to play a doubleheader
against Yale on Saturday afternoon but the weather washed out both games,
leading to a Monday matinee between the Red and Blue and the Elis.
Entering Thursday's road matchup with Villanova, the Red and Blue hoped to build off their weekend momentum against another local rival. The Quakers used a six-run fifth inning and strong pitching to knock out Villanova, 12-1.
The Quakers (5-10) turned their losing streak into a winning streak, picking up three of four games against Lafayette (6-10) in this weekend’s home and home series.