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Non-conference games have just not been kind to Penn softball this season. In what was the team’s final game before the all important Ivy League Championship Series, Penn fell to Big Five rival Villanova.
After stumbling in their midweek matchup with Monmouth, the
Quakers (15-18, 10-5 Ivy) return to Ivy League play for their final conference
action of the regular season when they take on Columbia in a home-and-home
four-game series this weekend
Just
a bump in the road.The
Quakers looked to keep their recent run of success going as they tried to build
on the three wins that they picked up in their last four games against their
rival Princeton Tigers.
A historic rivalry. An Ivy South division title. A conference
championship appearance. These are the stakes for Penn softball as they take on
the Princeton Tigers in its second division series of the season.
The Quakers were looking to extend their winning streak to three games after a big series against Cornell last weekend, but couldn’t put it together against next-door neighbor Drexel and lost, 6-2.
While a
lot went right for the Quakers this past weekend as they scored 27 runs
while winning three of four games, there were plenty of things that are cause
for worry before the matchup with the Dragons
With three series remaining in the 2014 regular season, the Quakers know that if they win all three, the squad will be back in the Ivy Championship game.
The Quakers, who came into the weekend with momentum after
wins over Yale and Temple, fell in all three games they completed, losing to
Harvard, 8-3, on Friday before getting swept by Dartmouth, 3-2 and 12-1,
respectively.
Penn
softball hit its stride this last week, and not a minute too soon, as the
Quakers are about to be truly tested by this weekend’s road trip to Harvard and
Dartmouth.
After enduring seven consecutive losses, Penn softball won its
third straight game Wednesday thanks to some heroics from Kayla Dahlerbruch.
The senior third baseman singled home the winning run in the eighth inning as
the Quakers (7-11) took down city rival Temple.
When freshman outfielder Leah Allen suited up to play her first Ivy League games of the season on Monday against Yale, she donned royal blue glitter in place of eye black.
So far, the pitcher’s college experience has been anything but ordinary.
In just over two seasons at Penn, Borden has pitched the
only two no-hitters in Penn history and holds the program records for
career strikeouts and victories
Penn softball’s fiercest competitor thus
far in the 2013-2014 season has been the weather. The team will look to get through it's first home doubleheader of the season this weekend against St. Joe's.