Box Score (Princeton 6, Cornell 3)
Box Score (Princeton 6, Cornell 1)

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Marshall Yanzick and Mickey Brodsky both had three hits on the day, but the Cornell baseball team dropped a pair of contests to close out the Ivy League season on Sunday against Princeton at Hoy Field. Cornell fell in the opener, 6-3, before dropping a 6-1 contest in the nightcap.

Yanzick finished the day 3-for-7 with one run scored, while Brodsky went 3-for-8 with three runs driven in. Brian Billigen scored a pair of runs and Chris Cruz came around once on the day. Taylor Wood worked a complete game in the opener, allowing two earned runs on eight hits with a pair of strikeouts to take the loss. Dan Lea got the nod in game two, allowing two earned runs in seven and a third innings, scattering seven hits and striking out eight.

Princeton (21-20, 15-5 Ivy League) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning of game one, scoring three unearned runs on a pair of Cornell errors, but the Big Red responded with a single run in the bottom half of the inning. Billigen drew a walk to open up the inning, then stole second and scored on Brodsky's single to left-center.

The Tigers restored the three-run lead with a single tally in the third, then stretched the margin to 6-1 with another pair of runs in the sixth, but the Big Red mounted a comeback in the bottom of the seventh. Back-to-back one-out singles by Billigen and Yanzick put two men on for Brodsky, who ripped a triple to the gap in left-center, scoring two, but Brodsky would be stranded at third as Frank Hager fouled out and Cruz struck out to end the game.

In game two, Cornell (10-30, 7-13 Ivy) took a 1-0 lead in the second, taking advantage of back-to-back doubles by Cruz and Brenton Peters, and Lea held onto the lead until the fifth inning. A two-out single was followed by a triple to right-center, knotting the game at one.

Princeton broke the game open in the eighth inning, scoring four runs, but only one of them earned. The Tigers would tack on an insurance run in the ninth to seal the final margin of victory.

Sunday's game marked the final home game for the seven seniors of the Class of 2011. Brodsky, Mike Carroll, Lea, Mike Lopez, Corey Pappel, Jadd Schmeltzer and Taylor Wood each closed out their home careers with the weekend's action.

Cornell will wrap up the 2011 season on Wednesday, playing a single game at Binghamton at 4 p.m.