Brown Softball Takes 9-1 Game One Win in Princeton Split

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Five different Bears notched multiple-hit games as Brown University softball took a 9-1 win in game one over Princeton University before falling, 3-1, in game two in an Ivy League doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at Brown Softball Field.

On the second day of their home-opening weekend, the Bears (16-11, 5-3 Ivy) earned a run-rule win over the Tigers (11-21, 4-4 Ivy) in six innings in the opener prior to the visitors gaining a 3-1 decision in the nightcap. Brown swept Cornell yesterday for the first time since 2000 in its first home date of 2016.

Between the two games, sophomore pitcher Katie Orona (Pueblo, Colo.) threw 8.0 innings, allowing one run on six hits with five strikeouts and one walk.

In game one, junior Christina Andrews (Southlake, Texas) hit a three-run home run, her second homer of the season.

Next, Brown hosts Dartmouth College for a pair of Ivy League North Division doubleheaders on
Saturday, Apr. 16 and Sunday, Apr. 17 with both game days beginning at 12:30 p.m.

Game 1: Brown 9, Princeton 1 (6 Innings)
Andrews went 3-for-4 with three RBIs on her three-run blast and two runs scored, four other Bears enjoyed multi-hit games, and Brown topped Princeton, 9-1, in six innings in game one.
Junior Julia Schoenewald (Jamison, Pa.) finished the game 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run while freshman Ashli Lotz (Austin, Texas) went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBIs, and a run. Freshman Sofia Venegas (La Mirada, Calif.) registered a 2-for-3 game with an RBI and a run, and sophomore Yeram Park (Arcadia, Calif.) went 2-for-4 with a run.

In the circle, Orona (8-5) earned the win, pitching 6.0 innings and permitting one run on six hits with three strikeouts.

Brown opened the scoring with three runs in the bottom of the second. Schoenewald, Andrews, and junior Lauren Hanna (Milford, Mass.) each singled to load the bases before Venegas singled to left field to score a run. A second run came home on an error on Venegas's hit before senior Janet Leung (Mississauga, Ontario) brought home a run with an infield single.

The Bears extended their edge to 7-0 with four runs in the bottom of the fourth. Schoenewald drove in the first run with a single to left field prior to Andrews launching her three-run shot over the wall in right center field.

Princeton pulled within 7-1 in the top of the fifth as Danielle Dockx led off the inning with a single and later came home on a ground ball from Haley Hineman.

Lotz ended the game in the last of the sixth, sending a two-run double to left center to make the score 9-1. Freshman Cat Seitz (Poway, Calif.), Venegas, and Park each singled earlier in the frame to set the table.

Princeton's Shanna Christian (2-7) took the loss, hurling 5.1 innings and conceding nine runs, six earned, on 14 hits with five strikeouts.

Game 2: Princeton 3, Brown 1
Brown's pitching staff allowed just two earned runs, but Princeton kept the Bears at bay to force a split of the twin bill with a 3-1 decision in game two.

Freshman Annie Scarangella (Tucson, Ariz.) paced the Bears at the plate in the contest with a 2-for-3 effort while Schoenewald drove in the hosts' only run in the game.

Orona and junior pitcher Gina Chieffallo (Eynon, Pa.) threw 3.1 innings of scoreless relief. Chieffallo pitched 1.1 innings, allowing one hit, while Orona struck out two batters and did not give up a hit in 2.0 innings.

Junior pitcher Leah Nakashima (San Jose, Calif.) made the start, giving up three runs, two earned, on eight hits over 3.2 innings in the setback (3-5).

For the Tigers, Ashley La Guardia (5-5) picked up the win, surrendering just one run on four hits with three strikeouts in 6.0 innings. Riley Wilkinson came on for the seventh, tallying her first save of the year and allowing no runs and one hit.

Princeton scored all of its runs in the top of the fourth as Skye Jerpbak began the scoring with an RBI on an infield single. Hineman plated a run with a single to left field, and a third run scored later in the frame on an error.

The hosts attempted a comeback in the bottom of the fifth as Venegas singled and Leung absorbed a pitch to open the stanza. Lotz later walked to load the bases with one out, and Schoenewald brought home a run with a ground out before the visitors escaped the jam.

For the second time in as many days, Park threw out a runner at the plate from right field, doing so in the top of the second against the Tigers in game two.