Next Game: at Lehigh 3/19/2025 | 3:30 PM Mar. 19 (Wed) / 3:30 PM at Lehigh History The Red and Blue came up huge in the second inning. Alexis Youngren worked a walk in her first at-bat, advancing to second on a groundout by Megan Huang. Yale went to their bullpen, but Bauerle was hit by […]
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at Lehigh
3/19/2025 | 3:30 PM
Mar. 19 (Wed) / 3:30 PM
at Lehigh
History
The Red and Blue came up huge in the second inning. Alexis Youngren worked a walk in her first at-bat, advancing to second on a groundout by Megan Huang. Yale went to their bullpen, but Bauerle was hit by a pitch to take first. Montgomery got hit by a pitch next, loading the bases for Rachel Riley. She worked a walk, bringing in Youngren and keeping the bases loaded for freshman Gigi Ganje. Ganje let loose a perfect swing, sending the ball over the fence in left-center field for her first collegiate home run and her first career grand slam. Greeted by her teammates at the plate, she was ambushed with helmet taps and hugs, the score now 7-1 in the Quakers’ favor. The Bulldogs made another pitching change, stopping the bleeding and ending the top of the inning. The Elis tacked on two runs in their half of the inning, relief pitcher Morgan Sullivan able to keep them at bay. Penn held their lead, 7-3 at the end of the second.Up Next
The Quakers will travel to Bethlehem, Pa. on Wednesday to play a standalone against Lehigh before traveling to Columbia this weekend.Yale loaded up the bases in the sixth inning with no outs, Lauren Perren sending a sacrifice fly to right field to bring home the fourth run for the Elis. Bases loaded again, Isabella Fortini hit a double to tie the game at seven and clear the bases. Taking the lead on a wild pitch, the sixth inning ended with the Bulldogs up, 8-7.For the latest on Penn Softball, follow @Penn_Softball on X and Instagram, and on the web at PennAthletics.com.#FightOnPennPHILADELPHIA— The University of Pennsylvania softball team closed out their weekend series at Yale earlier this afternoon, falling just short of breaking up the weekend sweep.Final: Yale 8, Penn 7
Penn took an early lead, getting on the board in the first inning with a triple down the right field line from Jade Montgomery to score Madison Bauerle. Rachel Riley came up next, sending a single to center field to bring Montgomery home. Yale cut the lead in half in the bottom of the inning, the Quakers still ahead 2-1 at the end of the first.Yale moves to 3-0 in conference play and 11-10 on the year, while Penn closes the weekend with a 1-16 record.
The score would hold for most of the game, both teams deadlocked, battling inning after inning. Freshman Sullivan had an outstanding performance, allowing just one run after taking the circle with runners on base in the second inning. Pitching 3.1 innings for the Quakers, she held her own after making appearances in both games yesterday, throwing 48 pitches this afternoon before being replaced by Kelly Zybura.
