Dartmouth Dominates Yale in Doubleheader Sweep

Saturday, April 6

New Haven, Conn.

12:30 PM

Dartmouth College

5-19, 2-5

Yale

11-19, 6-4

Dartmouth

Yale

Sophomore Shelby Wilkison

Photo by: Doug Austin

Dartmouth Dominates Yale in Doubleheader Sweep

4/6/2019 6:49:00 PM | Softball

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The Big Green scored 21 runs on the day

By: Mike Miezejeski

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Dartmouth softball team gained traction in the Ivy League standings with a dominating sweep at Yale Saturday afternoon. The Big Green (6-19, 3-5 Ivy) put up 21 runs on the day, defeating the Bulldogs (11-20, 6-5 Ivy), 10-2 and 11-3 in six innings.

Micah Schroder collected seven hits in eight at bats for the day, raising her batting average over .400. The Big Green have scored double digit runs in three straight games.

Game One:
Dartmouth jumped ahead, 4-0, in the first and never surrendered its lead as the Big Green executed in every facet to come away with a 10-2 victory in game one.

The Big Green finished the game with 15 hits. Micah Schroder stayed hot at the plate, going 3-4 with an RBI and three runs scored. Five other Dartmouth batters came away with two hits.

Shelby Wilkison tossed a complete game to pick up her third victory in the circle. The sophomore only allowed two runs on six hits and struck out three batters in seven innings.

Dartmouth used its speed to strike first. With Billie McFadyen on third and Taylor Ward on first and nobody out in the first inning, Ward took off for second, forcing a throwing error that allowed McFadyen to score. Schroder then singled to put runners on the corners and Schae Nelson followed with a base hit that was mishandled by the right fielder, allowing two more runs to score. The fourth run of the inning came when Tessa Grossman hit a double to score Nelson.

Both of the runs for Yale came in the bottom of the first on a two RBI single off the bat of Terra Jerpbak. Just five more hits would be given up by Wilkison for the rest of the game.

Three more runs scored in the second for the Big Green. Schroder drove in her second run with a single that put runners on the corners. Schroder and McFadyen then pulled off a double steal to plate another run and Nelson brought in Schroder with a sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 7-2.

Morgan Martinelli hit a base knock in the fourth to make it an 8-2 game. The final two Big Green runs crossed in the sixth on back-to-back singles by Grossman and Gray to complete the 10-2 victory.

Game Two:
Once again it was pitching and hitting that got the job done in the second game of the day and Dartmouth won, 11-3, in six innings. It was the first time this season that the Big Green were on the positive end of the run rule.

Micah Schroder led the way in the batter box going a perfect 4-4 with a home run, three runs batted in and three runs scored. Billie McFadyen finished with three hits, while Morgan Martinelli had two hits and two RBI and Taylor Ward also had two hits with a run driven in.

Madie Augusto entered the circle in the third inning and did not allow a hit and struck out five batters in four innings of work, earning her third win of the season.

After Ward walked and Schroder doubled to put two runners in scoring position in the first. Martinelli and Schae Nelson ripped consecutive two-baggers to score both runs and give the Big Green a 2-0 advantage. Yale scored its first run in the bottom of the first on an RBI single.

Dartmouth extended its lead to 5-1 in the second. McFadyen doubled and Ward drove her home with a base hit, Schroder then launched the first Big Green homer of the day with a two-run shot over the center field fence.

Yale plated a run in the second and third innings to bring its deficit to 5-3. Augusto then came into pitch and did not allow an opposing hit for the rest of the game.

Dartmouth broke the game wide open with a five run fourth. With the bases loaded, Schroder singled to score Calista Almer. Schroder and Ward then scored on a Bulldog error and Kira La Scola drove in the final two runs of the inning with a base hit to center to make it a 10-3 Big Green lead.

Schroder got her fourth hit of the game with a single to start the sixth. Martinelli then hit an RBI single to score the 11th run of the game for Dartmouth. Augusto struck out the side in the bottom of the sixth to secure the doubleheader sweep.

The Big Green finish their weekend series at Yale on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at the DeWitt Family Stadium.