ITHACA, N.Y. — Junior left fielder John Quinlan's two-RBI double to right field in the 10th inning capped an eight-run comeback for the Cornell baseball team in the opening game of its doubleheader sweep of Yale at a blustery Booth Field on Saturday afternoon.

In the nightcap, Cornell plated the final eight runs in an 8-2 victory over the Bulldogs. The Big Red improved its overall mark to 13-13 while moving its Ivy League mark to 10-4, the first 10-win season in conference play since 2013 (11-9).

Cornell's 10 wins in Ancient Eight action are its most through its first 14 conference games since going 12-2 in 2012. It is just the second time in the Ivy League era (since 1993) and the seventh instance (1940, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1982, 2012, 2024) that Cornell has won 10 games within its 14th league contest since 1930 when it was first affiliated with a conference.

GAME ONE RECAP
Trailing 8-0 in the eighth inning, Cornell plated seven runs in the home half of the eighth to trim Yale's lead to one. Junior first baseman Max Jensen's RBI double ignited the Big Red's eighth-inning rally before freshman Mark Quatrani hit a two-out, two-run single that set up junior second baseman Matt Barnhorst's grand slam — Cornell's seventh of the season.

Sophomore Caden Wildman tied the game at 8-all in the ninth on a two-out RBI single through the left side of the infield.

In the 10th, Yale's Robert Ciulla opened extra innings with a triple to the right-center field gap before being driven home by Jeff Pierantoni on a sacrifice fly.

After opening its half of the 10th with a groundout and a strikeout, the Big Red started its two-out rally when freshman third baseman Luke Johnson hit a single to center field. A five-pitch walk drawn by junior center fielder Jakobi Davis enabled Quinlan to loft a wind-aided blooper into right field that scored Johnson and Davis, giving the Big Red its second come-from-behind win in as many games.

Quinlan concluded the game with a team-high four hits, going 4-for-6 with two doubles and two RBI. Johnson was the only other Big Red player with a multi-hit game, going 3-for-5 with a double.

Junior right-handed pitcher Chris Ellison earned his third victory in as many weekends for the Big Red after pitching the 10th inning.

Yale's Tate Evans was the losing pitcher after allowing three runs on four hits over 1.2 innings of work.

GAME TWO RECAP
A two-run home run by Quinlan in the fourth inning broke open a 2-2 game, leading Cornell to its 8-2 victory over Yale to solidify the sweep of Saturday's doubleheader.

Yale plated the first two runs of the game on a two-out, two-run double by Alec Atkinson to the right-center field gap in the first inning. Jensen countered Yale's scoring output in the second inning with a two-run bloop single to left field — similar to Quinlan's game-winning hit earlier on the day — ultimately plating the first of Cornell's eight unanswered tallies.

Following Quinlan's two-run blast in the fourth inning, Jensen drove in his third RBI of the day with a two-out RBI single in the sixth before Cornell plated three more runs in the eighth behind a two-run home run by Davis and an RBI single by Quatrani with two outs.

The Bulldogs threatened with a two-out rally in the ninth, but junior right-handed pitcher Ryan Porter kept the Bulldogs off the scoreboard by getting a game-ending strikeout to leave the bases loaded.

Quinlan went 2-for-3 in the nightcap, while Jensen (2-for-5, three RBI) and freshman shortstop Kevin Hager (2-for-5) also had two-hit days.

Sophomore left-handed pitcher Noah Keller shined in his six-inning outing on the mound, yielding two runs and scattering four hits. Despite hitting a pair of Yale hitters, Keller did not issue any walks and struck out six. Porter logged his second save of the season, allowing two hits and striking out three in his three scoreless innings of relief.

GAME NOTES
• Saturday was the 190th and 191st meeting between Cornell and Yale, as the Big Red's record now stands at 80-111 against the Bulldogs. Cornell has been victorious in six of the last eight contests.

• Cornell has won the season series over Yale for the third consecutive season, marking the Big Red's first instance registering three successive series victories over Yale since doing so in four straight years from 1969-72 (1-0 in 1969, 2-0 in 1970, 1-0 in 1971, and 1-0 in 1972).

• In the opening game, Quinlan registered his third four-hit game of the season, marking the most four-hit games by a player since Marshall Yanzick (also three) in 2012.

MOST FOUR-HIT GAMES IN A SEASON
Since 2003
• 3, Marshall Yanzick (2012)
• 3, John Quinlan (2024)
• 2, Brian Kaufman (2006)
• 2, Nathan Ford (2008)
• 2, Brian Billigen (2012)
• 2, Nathan Waugh (2023)

• Quinlan, after his 6-for-9 day at the plate across the two games, now owns the Ivy League lead in batting average in conference games, posting a .453 average against Ancient Eight opponents. His average stands 22 points ahead of Penn's Wyatt Henseler (.431) — the lone two players with averages north of .400 in league play.

TOP BATTING AVERAGES IN IVY LEAGUE PLAY
This Season
• .453 (29-for-64), John Quinlan — Cornell
• .431 (22-for-51), Wyatt Henseler — Penn
• .388 (19-for-49), Nick DiPietrantonio — Princeton
• .388 (19-for-49), Ben Rounds — Harvard
• .377 (23-for-61), Max Jensen — Cornell

• Saturday's performance upped Quinlan's overall batting average by 30 points to .400, making him one of two players in the Ivy League with a .400 batting average, joining Harvard's Ben Rounds (.404). Cornell also has three of the top seven batting averages in the Ivy League.

TOP BATTING AVERAGES
Ivy League Leaders
• .404, Ben Rounds — Harvard
• .400, John Quinlan — Cornell
• .360, Cole Hage — Columbia
• .353, Wyatt Henseler — Penn
• .340, Max Jensen — Cornell
• .340, Nathan Cmeyla — Dartmouth
• .338, Mark Quatrani — Cornell 

• After posting six hits on the day, Quinlan upped his hit total in conference play to 29, six more than the second-place holder, which happens to be his teammate Jensen. Cornell has three players in the top four for more hits in conference play this season.

MOST HITS IN IVY LEAGUE PLAY
This Season
• 29, John Quinlan — Cornell
• 23, Max Jensen — Cornell
• 22, Wyatt Henseler — Penn
• 22, Caden Wildman — Cornell

• Cornell's seven-run eighth inning was its second time scoring seven runs in a frame this season, previously done in the first inning of its 15-2 victory over Princeton on March 24.

• The walk-off win was Cornell's first since April 20, 2022, when Jensen drew a hit by pitch in a 10-9 victory over Binghamton. It was the first walk-off recorded on a batted ball since Barnhorst had a sacrifice fly in a 2-1 win over Yale — also in the first game of a doubleheader — on April 2, 2022. No Cornell team had registered a walk-off win on a base hit since Will Simoneit hit a three-run home run against Penn in an 8-7 victory on April 28, 2019.

• Following its three home runs on Saturday, Cornell's home run total for the season increased to 35, matching the 1999 squad for the second-most home runs in a single season.

MOST HOME RUNS IN A SEASON
Cornell Program History
1. 38 — 2009
T2. 35 — 1999
T2. 35 — 2024

• Senior catcher Nathan Waugh reached base safely in both games on Saturday, increasing his on-base streak to 30 games. He became the first Cornell player with a 30-game on-base streak since Nathan Ford compiled a 42-game streak across the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

• Quatrani also upped his on-base streak to 14 games and his hit streak increased to eight.

ON DECK
Cornell will return to Booth Field on Sunday to attempt its first sweep of a season series over Yale since 2015 (two-game series). Sophomore right-hander Ethan Hamill (2-1, 5.17 ERA) will pitch for Cornell, battling Yale right-hander Daniel Cohen (2-3, 5.91 ERA). The first pitch between the Big Red and Bulldogs is scheduled for 12 p.m. Game action will be broadcast on ESPN+.