Big Green Ready for Two Against Holy Cross Crusaders

Wednesday, March 30

Hanover, N.H.

3:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Holy Cross

Maddie Katona and Jenna Brown

Photo by: Big Zig Photography

Big Green Ready for Two Against Holy Cross Crusaders

3/29/2022 10:15:00 AM | Softball

Dartmouth softball remains at home this Wednesday for a non-conference doubleheader against Holy Cross

By: Charlotte Brackett

GAMES 23-24
Dartmouth (4-18) vs. Holy Cross (7-17)
Date: Wednesday, March 30 – 3 PM / 5 PM
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Dartmouth Softball Park
Live Stats | Video 1 | Video 2

THIS WEEK
Softball will host Holy Cross for a non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday, playing at 3 and approximately 5 p.m. at the Dartmouth Softball Park.

LAST TIME OUT
Dartmouth rebounded from a pair of losses on Saturday to defeat Yale decisively, 10-3, ending the series with the Bulldogs on a high note.

Kate Farren led the Big Green by going 2-for-3 with three runs and three RBIs, while Maddie Katona also scored three times. Leila Hennessy also had a pair of hits while scoring twice and provided one of the team's two home runs.

Brooke Plonka pitched a complete game, allowing three runs on seven hits while striking out four.

Yale got things started in the top of the first and held on to that 1-0 lead until the bottom of the second when Mary Beth Cahalan cracked a two-run shot for her first career home run. The visitors tied it up in the next inning, but a three-run third for Dartmouth made it a 5-2 game. Another Yale homer in the fourth got the visitors back within three, but the Green pulled away when Billie McFadyen delivered a two-run single.

In the bottom of the sixth, Hennessy led off with her four-bagger, and Katona and Farren later crossed the plate to finish the scoring.

SCOUTING THE CRUSADERS
Holy Cross heads into Wednesday's games with an overall record of 7-17. Over the weekend, they kicked off Patriot League action against Bucknell, winning a pair of one-run decisions while dropping the third, 8-0. Prior to the first win against the Bison on March 26, the Crusaders had been on a six-game losing streak dating back almost two weeks.

The two teams have zero opponents in common, minus Brown (a team Holy Cross lost to, 16-2 and 2-0, and one the Big Green will not meet until April 9).

Jessica Mott is the team's top hitter with a .307 average, a team-leading eight runs and two long balls while also providing six doubles. Kelly Nelson has gone 5-10 on the mound with a 2.60 ERA over 91.2 innings, striking out 101 and walking 23.

OVERALL RECORD VS. HOLY CROSS
The Big Green are 2-4 against the Crusaders in a series dating back 27 years, playing a pair of games in 1995, two more in 1996 and a doubleheader in 2002, the last time the teams met.

LAST TIME AGAINST THE CRUSADERS
On April 30, 2002, Dartmouth split against Holy Cross, narrowly dropping the first game, 7-6, before rebounding to win the second, 7-1. The Green went 27-18 that year.

FOLLOW ALONG
Game information can be found on DartmouthSports.com. To keep up to date on all of the Big Green news, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram at @DartmouthSball.

NEXT UP
The Big Green will play a trio of games at Princeton on April 2-3 before gearing up for seven straight home games: two against Hartford, three vs. Brown and a pair against Merrimack.