Game 1 Box Score (Yale 7, Cornell 2 - 13 innings)
Game 2 Box Score (Yale 7, Cornell 5 - 9 innings)

ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell softball team had plenty of opportunities in both games, but it was Yale who seized on its chances to complete a Saturday afternoon sweep on Saturday afternoon at Niemand*Robison Field. The Bulldogs claimed a 7-2 decision in 13 innings in game one, then earned a 7-5 victory in nine innings in game two to improve to 6-14 (2-0 Ivy). The Big Red slipped to 10-14 (0-2 Ivy).

In the Ivy openers for both teams, Cornell stranded 25 baserunners in the two losses, committed three errors and never could get in rhythm in any phase of the game. Though the Big Red had 20 hits in the two contests, just seven of those went for extra bases. Yale, meanwhile, hit six home runs, including big ones in extra innings in both contests.

In game one, Cornell jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning, but couldn't capitalize further despite having the bases loaded with one out. That might have ended up costing the Big Red the game. The Bulldogs got back into it with Kelsey Warkentine's two-run, game-tying homer in the fifth inning.

The two starting pitchers were absolute warriors, with Yale's Chelsey Dunham outlasting Cornell's Alyson Onyon. Dunham went all 13 innings for the Bulldogs and scattered eight hits and six walks over that time. She stranded 15 runners in the contest and allowed just five hits over the final 12 innings. Onyon took the hard-luck loss, surrendering 13 hits in her 12.1 innings of work. Only when the visitors broke through in the 13th with five runs did Onyon get chased. The big blow was a three-run shot by freshman Sarah Onorato, while Hannah Brennan hit a two-run shot for insurance three batters later.

Game two was more of a back-and-forth affair, as Cornell took leads of 1-0, 2-1 and 5-3, but RBI singles by Jennifer Ong and a wild pitch by Onyon allowed the Bulldogs to knot the score in the seventh. The Big Red loaded the bases in the eighth with no one out, but couldn't score the game-winning run. Yale relief pitcher Kristen Leung got a lineout and a pair of strikeouts to end the rally, then Onorato came through again, as her two-run homer in the ninth proved to be the game winner.

Jenny Edwards was 2-for-4 and had a go-ahead three-run home run in game two, while Christina Villalon ended 4-for-4 with a double and a homer in the nightcap. Villalon also had a pair of hits in game one, joining Emily Weinberg with a multi-hit game. The freshman was 2-for-4 with two walks.

The Big Red will have a chance to get back on the winning track when it faces Brown in an Easter Sunday Ivy League doubleheader beginning at 12:30 p.m. at Niemand*Robison Field.