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Cornell University Athletics

Celebrate win over Harvard, 2016
Tim McKinney/Cornell Athletics
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Harvard HARV 10-12, 0-1 Ivy
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Winner Cornell COR 4-13, 1-0 Ivy
Harvard HARV
10-12, 0-1 Ivy
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Final
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Cornell COR
4-13, 1-0 Ivy
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Harvard HARV 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 6 9 0
Cornell COR 4 0 0 1 3 0 X 8 12 1

W: Parker, Meg (2-4) L: Duncan, Kathleen (0-3)

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Winner Harvard HARV 11-12, 1-1 Ivy
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Cornell COR 4-14, 1-1 Ivy
Winner
Harvard HARV
11-12, 1-1 Ivy
9
Final
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Cornell COR
4-14, 1-1 Ivy
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Harvard HARV 0 0 1 0 3 1 4 9 13 1
Cornell COR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 2

W: Cabe, Taylor (7-3) L: Orcutt, Maddie (4-7)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Christens Renovated Field With Ivy Split

ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell softball team opened its home and Ivy season and christened a renovated Niemand*Robison Field on Friday afternoon with an 8-6 win over Harvard in game one before dropping the second contest 9-1. The Big Red moved to 4-14 (1-1 Ivy), while the Crimson ended the day 11-12 (1-1 Ivy).

Game One
The Big Red answered a game-changing five-run Harvard rally with three runs of its own in the bottom of the fifth inning and held on late to claim an 8-6 victory over the Crimson. Cornell had 12 hits, including five that went for extra bases, and won its Ivy League opener for the first time in four seasons in head coach Julie Farlow's first game at home as head coach of the Big Red program.

Emily Weinberg, Meg Parker and Rebecca Kubena each had two hits and Leanne Iannucci slammed her second home run of the season to lead the Big Red offense. Parker earned her second win of the season in the circle, going the distances and scattering nine hits and surrendering five earned runs. 

Cornell plated four runs in the first inning and added a fifth run in the fourth inning, but Harvard answered with a five-run fifth that knotted the game. Cornell answered right back in the bottom half of the inning with a two-run double by freshman Madeline Avery proving to be the difference. Olivia May drove in an important insurance run, one that would prove critical after Harvard scored one in the sixth and left another runner on second before Parker shut the door by retiring the final five hitters of the night.

Game Two
Taylor Cabe was perfect for the Crimson through four innings and picked up a complete game win, her seventh victory of the year, by scattering five hits and allowing just one run. She was picked up by 13 Harvard hits and a three-run fifth inning that turned a pitcher's dual into a comfortable victory.

The Crimson led just 1-0 after four innings, with the two pitchers allowing a total of three hits in the fast-moving nightcap before Harvard struck for three runs in the fifth. Cornell got a run back on an Iannucci sacrifice fly, but that was as close as the home teams would get. The Crimson scored an insurance run in the sixth and four more in the seventh to run away with the final.
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