Box Score

HANOVER, N.H. -- The timely hitting that had carried the Cornell baseball team through the latter half of the season finally came up short, as the Big Red lost to Dartmouth in game three of the Ivy League Championships Series on Sunday afternoon in Hanover, N.H., by a 10-0 score. Cornell's season concludes with a 17-23 record, while Dartmouth will advance to the NCAA tournament with a 25-15 mark.

Cornell left 13 men on base in the contest, stranding a pair of runners in five of the nine innings. Cornell's offense was paced by Brian Billigen, who went 3-for-5 to wrap up his season with his batting average just over .400 on the year. Domenic Di Ricco and Nate David both went 2-for-4 for the Big Red on the day.

Corey Pappel got the start on three-day's rest for the Big Red, and was hit with the loss to fall to 2-3 on the year. Pappel worked five innings and allowed five earned runs on eight hits while walking three and striking out six. Taylor Wood came on and worked a pair of innings of relief, allowing one earned run on two hits, fanning a pair. Stephen Osterer worked the eighth, allowing one hit and striking out one in his final collegiate appearance.

Dartmouth got on the board early, capitalizing on a pair of walks to the first two batters. Mike Pagilarulo singled home a run and Jim Wren lined a double to left-center to plate another pair and give the Big Green a 3-0 lead after the first inning.

Dartmouth tacked on another three in the fourth inning on a three-run home run from Nick Santopadre over the wall in left. After scoring another two runs in the fifth on a two-run single by Wren, Pappel's day ended with a strikeout with runners on second and third.

Wood came on to open the sixth, and allowed a leadoff home run to Santopadre, his second of the game. From there, the Big Green added an unearned run in the seventh to close out the scoring.

Sunday's game was the final contest for seven Cornell seniors, as Casey Brett, Domenic Di Ricco, Nathan Ford, Scott Hardinger, Adam Jacobs, Stephen Osterer and Eddie Timpano closed out their careers by leading the program to its first division title since 2005.