Columbia University
10-12, 0
Penn
11-13, 0
Baseball Sweeps Penn With 9-7 Victory on Sunday
3/31/2024 4:42:00 PM | Baseball
Lions hold first place spot in Ivy standings
With the sweep, Columbia (10-12, 5-1) sits alone atop the Ivy League standings while Penn falls to 11-13 (3-3). Following Sunday's victory, head coach Brett Boretti has now tied Paul Fernandes as the program's all-time wins leader with 359. This weekend's sweep is the first over Penn since 2013.
Winners of five-straight, the Lions are now 34-6 at home since the beginning of 2022 and are 9-1 in home contests this year.
Penn opened the scoring in the third inning on a Nick Saventa two-run double down the right field line. The Lions immediately answered the next half inning to tie the game at 2-2 after Anton Lazits ripped a double to plate Jack Cooper and Skye Selinsky.
Columbia then took its first lead of the day in the fourth inning when Griffin Palfrey cracked a double to score two. Wyatt Henseler drove in a run for Penn with two outs in the fifth to make it 4-3, Columbia.
In the home fifth, the Lions broke open an 8-3 lead. Sam Miller singled in a run, then Lazits scored on a passed ball. With Miller still on, Cole Fellows blasted his third home run of the weekend to give Columbia a five-run advantage.
After Penn added a run in the sixth and seventh to make it 8-5, Cole Hage belted a triple to score Eric Jeon and push Columbia's lead to 9-5.
Brandon Madrigal and JD Ogden held off the Quakers in the final three innings to secure the win. Columbia hits the road to face UConn on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Vaughn, James (1-0)
L: Katz, Josh (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Henseler, Wyatt 2 ; Spaventa, Nick 1 ; McGonigal, Cole 1
HR: Henseler, Wyatt 1
RBI: Henseler, Wyatt 4 ; Spaventa, Nick 2 ; Ahearn, Qwynn 1
SH: Baker, Davis 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Chavez, Connor 1 ; Baker, Davis 2 ; Henseler, Wyatt 2 ; Taylor, Ryan 1 ; Ahearn, Qwynn 1
HBP: Chavez, Connor 1 ; Collins, Gavin 1
Batting:
2B: Palfrey, Griffin 1 ; Cooper, Jack 2 ; Lazits, Anton 1 ; Jeon, Eric 1
3B: Hage, Cole 1
HR: Fellows, Cole 1
RBI: Hage, Cole 1 ; Palfrey, Griffin 2 ; Lazits, Anton 2 ; Miller, Sam 1 ; Fellows, Cole 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Hage, Cole 1 ; Selinsky, Skye 1 ; Cooper, Jack 2 ; Lazits, Anton 1 ; Miller, Sam 1 ; Fellows, Cole 2 ; Jeon, Eric 1
SB: Miller, Sam 1
