Softball Splits with Princeton at Sachem Field

Saturday, April 9

Hanover, N.H.

12:30 PM

Dartmouth College

PRINCETON

Softball Splits with Princeton at Sachem Field

4/9/2011 3:52:00 PM | Softball

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, H.H. – The Dartmouth softball team tallied 10 runs in the first game of a doubleheader against Princeton but then couldn't score any in the nightcap as the Big Green split with the Tigers on Saturday at Sachem Field. Dartmouth (11-14, 4-4 Ivy) won the first game 10-9 while Princeton (13-17, 4-4 Ivy) took the second, 1-0.

In the opening game of the day, a single to center field by Meghan Everett (Flemington, N.J.) helped the Big Green erase a two-run Princeton lead before captain Audrey Kolodziej (Morton Grove, ill.) gave her team the win with a single to center, plating Everett with the winning run.

Dartmouth held a 6-0 lead going into the sixth when the Tigers came alive and put five across. The Big Green had got things going with its own five-run inning in the fourth. A walk and a single had two runners in as Kat Hicks (Templeton, Calif.) blasted a one-out home run to score three. Singles by Alex St. Romain (Chatham, N.J.) and Meghan Everett (Flemington, N.J.) had runners in scoring positon when Kolodziej's single up the middle brought in St. Romain as Everett and Kolodziej then scored on a wild pitch.

In Princeton's half of the sixth, the Tigers used a home run by Candace Button to score two more as the visitors sliced into the six-run lead. Princeton used four runs on four hits in the top of the seventh to take a two-run lead.

In Dartmouth's half of the frame, a walk and a single put runners on for Everett as the junior tallied her team-leading third hit on the day as she recorded two RBIs. Kolodziej's heroics helped her win the game for the Big Green with her second hit and RBI in the contest.

Hillary Barker (Duvall, Wash.) blasted two home runs on the day as well as going 5.2 innings in the circle. She recorded a season-high six stikeouts on the day with only one earned run. Hicks came on in relief and picked up the win for the Big Green as she only had to do 1.1 innings of work while striking out three.

In the nightcap the game was scoreless until the sixth when Princeton was finally able to get one on the board. Lizzy Pierce recorded her third hit of the day and then moved over on a sacrifice bunt. She advanced to third on an infield single and came around to score on the throw. Pierce was 3-for-3 on the day to lead all hitters.

Dartmouth had four hits in the contest but could not find an answer for Tigers starter, Alex Peyton. Everett, Kolodziej, Hicks and Katie Adams (Kent, Wash.) were the only ones to hit Peyton. Evan Gray (Edmond, Okla.) got the loss for the Big Green as she went the complete game with six strikeouts.

Dartmouth will be back in action, taking on North Division foe Yale on April 16 and 17 in New Haven.