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3/29/2026 | 12:30 PM


Mar. 29 (Sun) / 12:30 PM


 Cornell

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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The University of Pennsylvania softball team split with the Cornell Big Red in the first two of three games Saturday, winning the first 7-2 while falling in the second, 7-6.

Quaker Notemeal

* Batting average leader Delaney Smith had another consistent day at the dish, going 4-for-6 with one RBI and two walks.

 

* Alexis Youngren found her first long ball of the year, delivering a solo shot in the bottom of the sixth in today’s game two.

 

* Sienna Acosta produced just two hits allowed and two strikeouts in a clean four innings of work in game one.

 

How It Happened

Penn 7, Cornell 2

After getting blanked against Dartmouth in the series closer last Sunday, Penn opened today’s first contest with a score when Gigi Ganje scored on a wild pitch. The same could be said for Penn’s second score of the game, when Hannah Graveline scored in the same fashion in the second inning following a Cornell tally in the top of the frame.

 

In the same inning, Jaz Johnson was able to drive in a run via a fielder’s choice to give Penn the lead, one that would not give back. A fielder’s choice score of Cornell’s own came across the dish in the third inning, but Penn rallied to put insurance runs on the board.

 

Between the fifth and sixth innings, Ella Utschig, Hannah Graveline, and Jade Montgomery would bring runs home via singles and a fielder’s choice to give Penn the series opener.

 

Freshman pitcher earned her first clean sheet of her career, going 4.0 innings strong with only two hits allowed, two punchouts, one walk, and no earned runs.

 

Cornell 7, Penn 6

Following the win, Penn looked as though it was on its way to win number two on the day. After a sacrifice fly gave Cornell the early edge, Penn came alive in the fifth inning. A drawn walk by Jade Montgomery, a hit by pitch taken by Ella Utschig, and a wild pitch allowed three Penn runs to cross and build on the one run they scored in the third frame.

 

Lauren Holt, in the sixth, sent on straight away to deep center to make it 4-2, giving Cornell life heading to the bottom of the sixth. Penn would answer with two runs off an Alexis Youngren home run and a base on balls score.

 

Up 6-2 entering the last half frame, things began to get shaky for the Quakers, who allowed runs off a single and a wild pitch to make it 6-4. Then Lauren Holt came back to bat.

 

With two runners on and two runs deficit, Holt sent one deep for the second time in the game, blasting a three-run shot and taking the lead 7-6.

 

Penn would not be able to find that tying run in the bottom of the seventh and ultimately fell to Cornell in the second of the double header.

Up Next

Penn will square off against Cornell in the series finale tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. down at Penn Park.

 

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