PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After switching its weekend Ivy League series to Brown Softball Field, the Cornell softball team treated Saturday's doubleheader like it was at the friendly confines of Niemand*Robison Field. The Big Red swept the two games, claiming 8-4 and 11-3 victories. Cornell improved to 10-14 (5-3 Ivy), while Brown fell to 8-16 (2-6 Ivy)
Game One
Cornell scored three runs in the fourth and four more in the fifth to recover from an early deficit to top the Bears 8-4 in game one. The Big Red pounded out 10 hits and took advantage of eight walks, with sophomore Sarah Murray driving in a career-high five runs.
Murray was 2-for-3 with a pair of run-scoring doubles - a two-run hit in the fourth and a bases-clearing shot to center the following inning. Erin Rockstroh was 3-for-5 and Megan Murray collected a pair of hits to make a winner of Lisa Nelson.
The sophomore hurler improved to 6-4 on the year with a complete game seven-hitter, allowing four runs, but stranding eight and striking out five.
Trailing 2-0 after three, Cornell took the lead for good with three in the fourth, highlighted by a two-run double by Murray. The lead climbed to 7-2 after four and a half, and though the Big Red gave up a run in the fifth, it stranded the tying run at the plate in the frame. The Bears threatened in the seventh, but was only able to score once before Nelson struck out the final batter.
Game Two
Kate Jencarelli's three-run double in the third set the tone and Cornell never trailed in an 11-3 victory in game two.
Cornell had 11 hits, including two apiece from Megan Murray and Tori Togashi, as the Big Red completed the doubleheader sweep of the Bears. Brianna Straley drove in a pair of runs with a triple and Rebecca Kubena, Erin Rockstroh, Madeline Avery and Sarah Murray scored twice apiece.
In the circle, Katie Lew went the distance and scattered five hits while striking out five batters. She improved to 4-8 on the season with the victory.
The Big Red scored three runs in the third and never trailed, scoring seven of its runs in the final two innings to blow the game wide open. A five-run seventh put the game on ice, with the Big Red taking advantage of four hits and a pair of Brown errors.
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