CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Cornell baseball team posted victories of 11-6 and 3-2 to sweep Saturday's doubleheader from Harvard and claim the series victory over its Ivy League rival at O'Donnell Field.

Cornell improved its overall record to 6-20 on the year and is 5-7 in Ivy League play. Harvard fell to 12-19 overall and 8-4 in Ancient Eight play.

No Cornell baseball team had ever swept a doubleheader over the Crimson on its home turf since April 9, 1995. It is just the third time the Big Red swept a doubleheader at O'Donnell Field. The first instance came on May 27, 1933.

It is the first overall time Cornell swept its conference rival since taking both games of an April 28, 2018 twin bill at Hoy Field.

Freshmen starting pitchers Ethan Hamill and Noah Keller shined on the mound for the Big Red on Saturday, as the pair of first-year hurlers were the winning pitchers in both contests.

For Hamill, the win was the first of his collegiate career.

Game One Recap

A seven-run fourth inning propelled Cornell to an 11-6 victory over Harvard in the opening game of Saturday's doubleheader.

All nine Cornell starters recorded at least one base hit in the contest as senior right fielder Sam Kaplan, senior third baseman Joe Hollerbach, and junior second baseman Matt Barnhorst each had two-hit efforts.

Barnhorst registered a team-high three RBI, and sophomore first baseman Max Jensen and junior catcher Nathan Waugh both drove in two runs apiece.

Hamill allowed two runs and two hits over his five-inning outing en route to his first collegiate victory. He walked five and matched his season high for strikeouts, fanning a quartet of Crimson batters. Hamill ended his outing retiring the last six batters he faced.

Harvard's Chris Clark cruised in his first three innings of work before being roughed up Cornell in the fourth. Clark concluded his outing by pitching 3.2 innings, allowing seven runs on five hits while also issuing five walks and fanning four.

Hunter Baldwin had a team-high three hits for the Crimson, driving in a pair of runs. Peter Messervy, Will Jacobsen, and Gio Colasante also registered multi-hit days.

Cornell threatened in the top of the second after both teams were set down in order in the first inning, as it drew a trio of two-out walks. Clark prevented any damage by getting Barnhorst to strikeout looking.

Harvard used four stolen bases in the home-half of the second to take a 2-0 lead. Colasante hit an RBI single before crossing home plate on a double steal.

The Crimson had a chance to further increase its lead in the third following a pair of walks and Hamill hit a Harvard batter with a pitch, but the freshman right-hander was able to induce an inning-ending groundout.

After being held hitless over the first three innings, Cornell scored seven runs on six hits to take a 5-2 lead over the Crimson.

All of the Big Red's runs in the frame came with two outs as Barnhorst cleared the bases with a double to right field to put Cornell ahead. Jensen plated a pair with a two-run double off the 20-foot wall in right field, setting Kaplan up to record Cornell's third extra-base hit of the inning with an RBI double to right-center field.

Waugh, who scored the final run of the fourth on a Josh Smith wild pitch, increased the Big Red's string of unanswered runs to nine with an RBI single.

Harvard trimmed the deficit in the its half of the sixth. The Crimson opened the inning with three consecutive base hits before Zach Brown plated the first run with an RBI single of his own. Messervy later hit a two-out RBI double that plated Brown.

Sophomore shortstop Ryan Porter hit his second home run of the season in the seventh to give Cornell a 10-4 advantage.

For the second consecutive inning, Harvard matched Cornell's scoring output in its half of the frame as Baldwin recorded a two-out RBI double.

Cornell scored once in the ninth following a bases-loaded balk.

Baldwin attempted to spark a ninth-inning rally for Harvard with an RBI single, but Porter was brought in to pitch from his usual shortstop position and he generated a pair of looking strikeouts to close out the contest.

Game Two Recap

A two-out, two-run home run by Waugh in the fifth inning gave Cornell a 3-1 lead, aiding the Big Red to a 3-2 victory over the Crimson, punctuating the program's doubleheader sweep.

Waugh was joined by Jensen and Kaplan with two-hit days for the Big Red, as Cornell's 2-3-4 hitters combined to go 6-of-14 with a double, home run, and three RBI.

Keller recorded his second consecutive quality start after the first-year southpaw gave up two runs and scattered six hits over his seven innings of toeing the rubber. The first-year southpaw pitcher struck out seven batters — matching his season high — for the third time in his last four outings.

Sean Matson was the losing pitcher of record for Harvard after he yielded three runs on eight hits over five innings of work. Matson struck out five and walked just one.

Colasante drove in both of Harvard's runs and Will Jacobsen was the lone Crimson batter with a multi-hit game in the nightcap.

Harvard drew first blood in the fourth inning when Colasante drew a bases-loaded walk off Keller, who prevented any further damage by getting an inning-ending strikeout.

Cornell took the lead in the fifth after scoring all three of its run in the frame. Jensen ignited the Big Red's two-out rally with an RBI single that enabled Waugh to hit his go-ahead, two-run home run.

Colasante drove in his second run of the game with a two-out RBI single in the sixth inning, trimming the Big Red's lead to 3-2.

Callan Fang kept Cornell in check when he came in from the bullpen in the sixth. Of the 14 batters Fang faced, only Jensen (two-out single in seventh), Barnhorst (two-out walk in ninth), and Quinlan (two-out single in ninth) were those able to reach safely.

Junior right-handed pitcher Von Baker and Porter — who concluded the game for Cornell in the opener — retired Harvard in order over the final two innings to solidify the Big Red's victory.

Porter's save was his second of the season and the fourth of his collegiate career.

Game Notes

• Cornell and Harvard met for the 169th and 170th times on Saturday. The Big Red is now 57-112 all-time over the Crimson, as the victory in the opening game marked the program's sixth consecutive trip to Cambridge in which it recorded at least one win.

• The Big Red's seven-run fourth in the opening game was the program's highest output in an inning since plating eight runs against Yale in the second game of a doubleheader on April 2, 2022.

• Cornell's 11 runs in the opening game were the most scored in a contest played at O'Donnell Field since posting an 18-5 win in the second game of an April 10 doubleheader in 2011.

• Davis' trio of walks in the opening game marked the first time a Big Red player had at least three walks in a game since senior infielder Ryan Ross did so against Binghamton last year on April 20.

• Of its 14 runs scored on Saturday, 12 came in multi-run innings, leading to 95 of Cornell's 126 runs this season being scored in innings with at least two runs (75.4 percent of its offensive production).

• Over his four Ivy League starts, Keller has stymied Ancient Eight opposition posting a 2.25 ERA while striking out 26 batters in 24 innings of work. Opposing teams are hitting just .225 off the left-hander.

• Four of Waugh's five home runs this season have come against Ivy League pitching, as the junior catcher is batting .357 with three doubles, four home runs, and 14 RBI over the four Ivy League series played so far.

Looking Ahead

Cornell will open a seven-game homestand with a non-conference contest against Binghamton on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Game action will be broadcast on ESPN+.