Big Green Host Harvard in Key Series, Celebrate 25th Anniversary

Saturday, April 13

Hanover, N.H.

12:30 PM

Dartmouth College

Harvard

Morgan Martinelli softball action versus Penn

Senior Morgan Martinelli

Photo by: Doug Austin

Big Green Host Harvard in Key Series, Celebrate 25th Anniversary

4/12/2019 11:01:00 AM | Softball

This weekend marks the rematch of the 2018 Ivy League Championship Series

By: Mike Miezejeski

GAMES 27, 28, 29
Dartmouth Big Green (6-20, 3-6 Ivy) vs.
Harvard Crimson (13-14, 6-3 Ivy)
Date: Saturday, Apr. 13 – 12:30 PM / Sunday, Apr. 14 – 12:30 PM
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Dartmouth Softball Park
All-Time Series: Harvard leads, 51-22
Last Time: May 12, 2018 / L, 6-4 (Hanover, N.H.)
Game One: ESPN+ | LIVE STATS
Game Two: ESPN+ | LIVE STATS
Game Three: ESPN+ | LIVE STATS

THIS WEEKEND
The Big Green host Harvard this weekend in a rematch of the 2018 Ivy League Championship Series and Dartmouth will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the softball program. This is just the second weekend this season that the Big Green are playing at the Dartmouth Softball Park.

25TH ANNIVERSARY
This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of Dartmouth softball, there will be a ceremony between games on Saturday honoring past members of the Dartmouth softball family. In the 24 years since the team has been a varsity sport, there have been 19 All-Ivy League First Team Selections, 26 have been named to the Second Team and 30 players have earned an honorable mention nod. Sarah Damon '02, Kristen Rumley '15, Katie McEachern '16 and Karen Chaw '17 are the only four players in Big Green history to be named All-Conference three times. McEachern was named Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons in 2015 and 2016, while Rumley claimed Pitcher of the Year in three straight years from 2013 to 2015. Since the award was implemented in 2015, Shannon Doepking won the Ivy League's Coach of the Year twice in both 2015 and 2018.

LAST WEEKEND AGAINST YALE

The Big Green won their first Ivy League series of the season at Yale, sweeping the doubleheader on Saturday before dropping game three Sunday.
Shelby Wilkison pitched a complete game in game one and the Big Green offense helped her out in a big way for a 10-2 win. Dartmouth raced out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning and stayed in control. Three more runs crossed in the second, one came around in the fourth and two runs scored in the seventh.
The Big Green came out on the winning end of the run rule in an 11-3 thrashing in game two. Dartmouth scored two runs in the first inning and three in the second. Madie Augusto did not give up a hit in the circle for the final four innings and the Big Green put up five runs in the fourth and one more in the sixth to grab the win.
Yale took control in game three, winning 8-5. Dartmouth jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but the Bulldogs scored all eight of their runs in the middle innings to take the win and avoid the series sweep.

SCOUTING HARVARD

Harvard comes into the weekend with a 13-14 record and is tied for second in the Ivy League standings at 6-3 in conference. The Crimson have won six out of their last eight games, most recently with a win over Boston University on Thursday.
Harvard ranks fifth in the Ivy League in hitting with a .273 batting average and is fourth in the conference with a 4.40 team ERA.
The Crimson are led at the plate by Teagan Shaw who is tied for first on the team with a .328 batting average and leads with four home runs and 16 RBI.
Trina Hoang is also hitting .328 with 10 RBI and Kaitlyn Schiffhauer bats .319 with two home runs and nine RBI.
Katie Duncan leads the way with a 2.96 ERA and has a 7-3 record with 51 K's in 75.2 innings.
Grace Krantz has a 4.67 ERA and a 6-4 record with 29 strikeouts in 57.0 innings.

ALL-TIME VS. THE CRIMSON

Harvard is one of three Ivy League opponents to have a winning record over the Big Green and the Crimson have dominated taking 51 of the 73 contests dating back to 1995.
The Big Green have lost eight out of the last ten meetings with Harvard.
All-time at home, the Big Green are 9-29 against Harvard and 5-9 since the opening of the Dartmouth Softball Park.

RECENT HISTORY

The Ivy League did-away with divisions before the 2018 season and began the system that is now in place where the top two teams from the regular season play a three-game series to decide the conference champion.
Dartmouth finished first a season ago, while Harvard came in second, setting the Championship series at Dartmouth Softball Park.
Harvard swept the series, winning 6-4 and 4-1, to advance to the NCAA Tournament.

BIG PERFORMANCES

Micah Schroder was firing on all cylinders last weekend at Yale. The junior went 10-12 at the plate (.883) with a home run, two doubles and seven RBI to earn the Ivy League Player of the Week Award.
Billie McFadyen was named to the honor roll after hitting .700 for the weekend with five stolen bases.
Madie Augusto was also named to the honor roll after going 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA and seven strikeouts in seven innings including four no-hit innings in relief in game two.
Schae Nelson ranks 24th in the country with 0.13 triples per game and leads the Ivy League with three triples this season.

FOLLOW ALONG
To keep up-to-date on all the action over the weekend, you can visit the Dartmouth softball schedule by clicking HERE and finding the links for live video and live stats associated with the games.

WHAT'S AHEAD?
The Big Green are back on the road in Ithaca to face Cornell next weekend at the Niemand-Robison Softball Field.