ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell baseball team returns to Ivy League action this weekend when it takes on its longtime Ancient Eight rival Harvard in a three-game series at O'Donnell Field in Cambridge, Mass.

Series Information

FRIDAY, APRIL 14 - 3:00 P.M.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Ethan Hamill (0-5, 8.38 ERA) vs. RHP Jay Driver (0-2, 4.66 ERA)
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: GoCrimson.com

SATURDAY, APRIL 15 - GAME ONE - 11:30 A.M.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP: LHP Noah Keller (1-4, 5.87 ERA) vs. RHP Chris Clark (3-2, 5.21 ERA)
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: GoCrimson.com

SATURDAY, APRIL 15 - GAME TWO - APPROX: 2:30 P.M.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP: TBA vs. RHP Sean Matson (1-2, 6.11 ERA)
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: GoCrimson.com

Last Time Out

Seven Binghamton pitchers combined to throw a four-hit shutout of Cornell on Tuesday night at the Bearcats Baseball Complex in Vestal, N.Y.

Senior outfielder Wils Guy recorded two of the Big Red's four hits, going 2-for-3 while reaching base safely in his first three plate appearances. Sophomore catcher John Quinlan and senior right fielder Sam Kaplan had the other hits.

Freshman right-handed pitcher Beck Urofsky made his first collegiate start for the Big Red, giving up two runs on two hits in his two innings on the mound. Urofsky also walked a pair and struck out two.

With Urofsky's start, he became the third freshmen pitcher to start a game for the Big Red, joining southpaw Noah Keller and right-hander Ethan Hamill. It is the most first-year pitchers to earn starts in the same season since 2014 when Tim Willittes, Tiger Smith, and Paul Balestrieri combined for six starts.

Last Weekend Rewind

Cornell was swept by Brown in its first home Ivy League series of the season last weekend at Hoy Field.

The Bears took both games of Saturday's doubleheader, 12-8 and 1-0, before solidifying the three-game sweep with a 5-2 triumph on Easter Sunday.

Freshman left-handed pitcher Noah Keller recorded his second career quality start in the Big Red's 1-0 loss last Saturday. Keller pitched seven innings and struck out seven — both figures serving as season highs.

Sophomore catcher/designated hitter John Quinlan hit a team-leading .364 (4-of-11) in the series. Junior catcher Nathan Waugh recorded Cornell's lone home run of the series in the opening game. Waugh batted .273 while driving in four runs — all of which came in the 12-8 setback.

When It Runs, It Pours

Cornell has shown a knack of scoring runs in bundles so far this season. Of the Big Red's 107 runs scored this season, 78 have come in multi-run innings (72.9 percent of run production).

The Big Red has scored two runs in an inning on 16 occasions this season, including twice in the 12-8 loss to Brown last Saturday. Cornell has had five three-run innings this season, while also having a quartet of four-runs frams, as well as having three instances of scoring five runs in an inning.

In Cornell's 22 contests played so far this season, Cornell has registered at least one multi-run inning in 17 games (77.3 percent of games).

No. 300 for Pep

Dan Pepicelli, the Ted Thoren Head Coach of Cornell Baseball, earned his 300th career head coaching victory in Cornell's 13-3 victory over crosstown rival Ithaca last Tuesday at Hoy Field.

With the victory, Pepicelli became just the third head coach to accrue at least 300 career head coaching victories and serve as head coach at Cornell at some point during their collegiate head coaching careers. Ted Thoren, who won all 533 of his games while at Cornell from 1962-90, and Pepicelli's predecessor Bill Walkenbach (311) have more career victories.

136 Years | 327 Miles | 167 Meetings

Cornell and Harvard have met 167 times prior to this weekend's three-game series. The Crimson have the advantage in the rivalry, 111-55, which includes Harvard being victorious in six of the last seven meetings.

The Big Red went 1-2 in its last trip to Cambridge, which came back in 2019. Cambridge has not been kind to the Big Red as it has an all-time record of 28-68 on Harvard's home turf, but Cornell has won at least one game in each of its last five trips to Cambridge, dating back to 2011.

Last year, Harvard swept a three-game series at Hoy Field on March 25 and 26. Junior infielder Matt Barnhorst went 5-of-12 (.417) with two doubles and a home run in the series. Sophomore infielder Ryan Porter and senior outfielder Wils Guy also had home runs for the Big Red. Porter and sophomore infielder Max Jensen each drove in a Cornell-leading four RBI in the series.

Despite being the losing pitcher, junior right-handed pitcher Von Baker struck out a career-high six batters in 6.1 innings of work.

Waugh(tch) It Fly!

Despite having his career-long six-game hit streak snapped last Sunday, junior catcher Nathan Waugh has been one of Cornell's hottest hitters as of late. Over his last eight games, Waugh is hitting .367 (11-of-30) with six of his hits going for extra bases (three doubles, three home runs).

Waugh's 13 RBI currently ranks second on the team, trailing sophomore infielder Max Jensen. Of the 13 runs driven in by Waugh this season, 11 have come in his last eight appearances.

Tough to Touch

Over 14 relief outings this season, senior left-handed pitcher Spencer Edwards has been tough to hit off of this season.

Edwards enters this weekend with opponents hitting at a .207 clip off him (18 hits in 87 at-bats), which ranks as the fourth-best average in the Ivy League following games completed on Tuesday.

His 18 hits allowed are the second-fewest given up by an Ivy League pitcher, trailing Princeton's Justin Kim (17).

After allowing five hits in his season debut on Feb. 25 at James Madison, Edwards has given up 13 hits over his last 21.1 innings pitched.

Joining Edwards in the top 10 are freshmen Noah Keller (.246 - 7th) and Carson Mayfield (.256 - 9th).

Cornell is one of two Ivy League programs (Penn) with a trio of pitchers ranking in the top 10 in lowest batting average against.

Mayfield Shining Early

Freshman right-handed pitcher Carson Mayfield been a bright spot for the Cornell bullpen so far this season through his 10 relief outings.

Mayfield has issued just five walks in his 30.2 innings pitched, leading to a 1.47 walks-per-9-inning ratio, ranking second nationally for a freshman pitcher. Northeastern's Aiven Cabral paces the nation with a 0.44 figure (2 BB in 41.1 IP). Dartmouth's Jake Metzger is also ahead of Mayfield for the Ivy League lead in the category (3 BB in 39.2 IP - 0.68).

Along with his five walks, Mayfield has struck out 24 batters — which is second on the Big Red behind his classmate Noah Keller (33). The two totals lead to a 4.80 strikeout-to-walk ratio that is the third-best figure by a first-year pitcher. Mayfield also trails Metzger (12.00) for the Ivy League lead in the category.