Game 1 Box Score (Cornell 3, Yale 0)
Game 2 Box Score (Cornell 10, Yale 2 - 6 innings)

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell's pitching and defense was enough to keep the Big Red's win strak alive on a cold and blustery Saturday afternoon at Ithaca College's Kostrinsky Field, topping Yale 3-0 in game one and 10-2 in six innings in game two. Cornell won its fifth and sixth straight contests to improve to 13-11-1 (2-0 Ivy), while the Bulldogs fell to 6-12 (0-2 Ivy) in the conference opener for both squads.

Senior pitcher Elizabeth Dalrymple was dominant in both games, the first with a complete-game, four-hit shutout, then in relief to shut down the Bulldogs in game two. In eight innings on the mound, Dalrymple allowed just four hits and struck out 12 without issuing a walk.

In game one, Cornell scored two runs in the second and added an insurance run in the sixth to pick up the victory. Morgan Cawley got the Big Red on the board with a two-out triple down the rightfield line to score Christina Villalon, who walked to open the inning. Two pitches later, a passed ball went to the backstop to score Cawley to make it 2-0. Villalon was again i nthe center of things with an RBI double to the wall in the sixth to put the visitors away.

Dalrymple cruised throughout, striking out the side in the third, fourth and fifth innings and only allowed one runner to reach second base.

Game two saw the Big Red scrape together its 10 runs on seven hits, six walks, a hit batter and two Yale errors. That was enough for senior Ali Tomlinson, who went 4.1 innings and scattered six hits while surrendering just two runs. Cornell did enough at the plate however, scoring twice in the first after loading the bases on three walks to open the contest. A pair of RBI groundouts gave the home team a 2-0 lead.

After Yale got a run back in the second inning, Cornell answered with four more runs highlighted by a two-run single by Kristen Towne and some heads-up baserunning by Erin Keene, who scored on the throw to second. A solo homer by Lauren Bucolo in the fifth made it 7-2, and Cornell ended the contest with three in the sixth, including RBI singles by Jenny Edwards and Towne.

Cornell mustered just three hits off hard-luck loser Chelsey Dunham in game one, with Villalon going 1-for-2 with a walk and driving and scoring a run. Towne was 2-for-4 with four RBI, while Belles went 2-for-3 in the nightcap.