Big Green Split Doubleheader with Big Red

Friday, March 28

Ithaca, NY / Niemand-Robison Field

12:30 PM

Dartmouth College

9-10, 3-1

Cornell

9-9, 2-2

Dartmouth

Cornell

3/28/2025 6:00:00 PM | Softball

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By: Callie Cyr

ITHACA N.Y. – Four different Big Green players hit five total home runs on the day as the Dartmouth softball team split their doubleheader with Cornell on Friday afternoon from Niemand-Robison Field in Ithaca.

Alanna Panu contributed two of the five Big Green homers. In the first game versus the Big Red, Jensin Hall recorded four strikeouts. Rachel McCarroll, who came in as a relief pitcher in the second game, recorded three strikeouts and earned her third win of the season.

GAME 1: Cornell 6, Dartmouth 5

Justice Malone, Cwen Wilson, and Marilyn Beauvais all singled in the first few innings but were left stranded in each.

The first run of the game came in the top of the third for Dartmouth when Alaana Panu and Faby Serna both knocked singles. They both advanced one base on steals and got themselves into scoring position. A sacrifice bunt from Olivia Schramm sent Panu home, 1-0 Big Green.

The third inning also got the bats going for Cornell. A two run double put the Big Red ahead 2-1.

In the top of the sixth, Wilson found herself on first after she outran the throw from third on a grounder. Jenna Brown came up to the plate and hit a two-run homer and gave the Big Green a 3-2 lead.

An error put Panu on first base in the top of the seventh. Serna singled and sent Panu over to third base and in scoring position. A sacrifice bunt from Malone scored Panu, 4-2 Big Green. Schramm singled to center field and Serna was able to cross home plate, 5-2.

An explosive bottom of the seventh inning from Cornell gave them four runs and they were able to walk it off and win the game 6-5.

GAME 2: Dartmouth 9, Cornell 7
The Big Green came out hot in the top of the first. It started with a Serna single and a Schramm double to have two runners in scoring position. Beauvais rocked a home run to give Dartmouth a 3-0 lead. Cornell got one run back off a sacrifice fly, 3-1 Big Green.

Panu knocked a home run in the top of the second and extended the lead, 4-1 Big Green. In the bottom of the second, Cornell came right back and tied it at 4-4 with four hits on the inning. Isabel Kirby, who started in the circle for the Big Green, was replaced by Anna Marie Fagan.

A first pitch of the inning home run from Schramm in the top of the third allowed Dartmouth to regain the lead, 5-4. Once again Cornell fought back and tied the game 5-5 in the bottom of the third.

Rachel McCarroll came into the game for Fagan and got the Big Green out of a bases loaded jam with back-to-back strikeouts to keep the game tied 5-5 in the bottom of the fourth.

A two-run homer from the Big Red in the bottom of the fifth gave them a 7-5 lead.

Dartmouth had fun with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Serna reached first on an error and a Malone double advanced her to third. Schramm ripped a double that scored both Serna and Malone. Schramm was able to advance to third on an error and Wilson hit a single up the right field line to score Schramm, 8-7 Big Green. The bottom of the seventh saw a one-two-three inning from McCarroll and the Big Green.

Panu ripped yet another home run in the top of the seventh and extended the lead for the Big Green. The bottom of the final inning saw a one-two-three inning and the Big Green took the victory, 9-7.