ITHACA, N.Y. — Scoring 16 runs on 17 hits, the Penn baseball team (16-12, 10-2 Ivy League) extended its winning streak to eight games — seven of which have been in Ivy League play — with a 16-1 victory over Cornell (10-13, 5-7 Ivy League) at Booth Field on Monday afternoon, completing the three-game sweep of the Big Red.
Nick Spaventa and Ernie Echevarria spearheaded the Quakers' offensive effort, each going 2-for-5 with a double and a home run. Together, Spaventa and Echevarria drove in nine RBI on the day. Gavin Collins topped a group of seven Penn players who recorded multi-hit performances, going 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI.
Will Tobin notched his second win of the season for Penn, surrendering one run on five hits across six innings, with three walks and six strikeouts. Connor Darling and Thomas Shurtleff combined to allow just one hit from Cornell over the final three innings, with both pitchers recording two strikeouts.
Freshman left-handed pitcher
Sam Keene gave up seven runs on six hits during the first two innings. He issued one walk and struck out one Quaker batter. Junior right-handers
Josh Shea and
TJ Swidorski, along with freshman left-handed pitcher
Will Siwinski, all delivered scoreless outings in relief.
Junior right fielder
Caden Wildman delivered the only multi-hit performance for Cornell, going 2-for-2 and drawing a pair of walks. Senior first baseman
Kyle Musser registered the lone extra-base hit of the day, blasting a one-out home run in the first inning to open the scoring.
Penn responded to Musser's home run with a seven-run second inning, igniting the Quakers' streak of 16 unanswered runs. Ryan Taylor put Penn ahead for good with a bases-clearing triple to the right-center field gap and later scored on a wild pitch. Echevarria extended the Quakers' lead to 7-1 with a three-run home run to cap off the scoring in the second.
Collins drove in Penn's next two runs with an RBI double in the third inning and a sacrifice fly in the fifth. Gavin Degnan plated the Quakers' 10th consecutive run with another RBI double in the sixth inning. An RBI double by Echevarria along the left-field line set up Spaventa for a two-RBI double of his own, which extended Penn's lead to 13-1. Spaventa concluded the scoring with a three-run home run in the ninth inning.
GAME NOTES
• Monday's matchup marked the 301st all-time meeting between Cornell and Penn, with the Quakers extending their lead in the series to 168-131-2, having won the last five games against the Big Red. Since 2022, Penn has claimed victory in 11 of the last 15 meetings against Cornell.
• It was the first time Cornell played a regular-season game on a Monday since April 1, 2019, against Yale in West Haven, Conn. The last time Cornell hosted a game on a Monday was also against Yale on April 9, 2018.
• With his second-inning single, senior left fielder
John Quinlan extended his on-base streak to 31 games, dating back to last season. Quinlan is the only Big Red player who has reached safely in all 23 games this season.
• Musser's home run was his first since the opening game of a doubleheader against UMBC on March 1, ending a 36-at-bat streak without a round-tripper.
• Cornell turned a season-high three double plays, its first time spinning a trio of twin killings in a game since May 19, 2024, also against Penn in the Ivy League Tournament.
• Sophomore catcher
Mark Quatrani had his nine-game hit streak snapped after going 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. Senior two-way player
Ryan Porter also had his career-high five-game hit streak snapped following his 0-for-4 day at the plate.
• Sophomore right-handed pitcher
Ethan Van Sice's strikeout of Baker to begin the seventh inning was the first punchout of his collegiate career.
• Senior right-handed pitcher
Chris Ellison appeared in his 45th career game for the Big Red, tying Steve Huber (1982-85) for the second-most pitching appearances in Cornell's modern era (since 1947) and is nine outings shy of matching John O'Connor (1985-88) for the record.
MOST PITCHING APPEARANCES
Cornell Modern Era (Since 1947)
1. 54, John O'Connor (1985-88)
T2. 45, Steve Huber (1982-85)
T2. 45, Chris Ellison (2022-Present)
T4. 44, Jim Pronti (1994-97)
T4. 44, Ryan Porter (2022-Present)
T6. 43, Kellen Urbon (2012-15)
T6. 43, Eric Upton (2012-15)
T6. 43, Colby Wyatt (2017-20)
UP NEXT
Cornell will embark on its eight-game road trip on Tuesday night when it travels south on Interstate 81 for a midweek contest against its Central New York rival Binghamton (14-14, 5-4 America East). First pitch from the Bearcats Baseball Stadium is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Game action will be broadcast on ESPN+.
