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Softball Celebrates Senior Day; Begins Final Home Series Against Dartmouth

Yale vs. Dartmouth
Friday, April 21–3:30 PM
5K Corral Field at DeWitt Family Stadium (New Haven, Conn.)
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Yale vs. Dartmouth
Saturday, April 22 –12:30 PM / 2:30 PM (DH)
5K Corral Field at DeWitt Family Stadium (New Haven, Conn.)
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The Yale softball squad will round out its home slate of games with a three-game set against Dartmouth. Due to impending weather, Sunday's game was rescheduled to be play on Friday. On Saturday, Yale will honor its one-member senior class prior to the start of the game.

Scouting Yale
  • The Bulldogs are 16-19 overall and 7-8 in the Ivy League heading into the weekend series against Dartmouth.
  • Lauren Perren sits first in the Ivy League in RBI with 25 and second in home runs with six.
  • Emma Taylor is fifth in the Ivy in strikeouts with 59 to her credit.
  • Willa Ferrer has hits in three straight games. In that span, she has batted .455.
  • In her last three games, Sam Goodcase batted .500 including a double and a RBI.
  • In the circle, Maddie Latta has won her last three starts. In that time, she pitched 13.1 innings and had eight strikeouts.

Last Season Against Dartmouth
  • Yale led last season's series, 2-1 behind an 8-7 and a 6-2 victory in the first two games of the series and fell 10-3 in the final game.
  • Sam Goodcase went 4-for-5 on the day.
  • Maddie Latta batted .428 with three RBI and two runs scored.
  • In game one, Maddie Latta picked up the win in the circle, while Nicole Conway clinched the save.
  • In game two, Nicole Conway pitched a complete game, allowing just four hits in the win.

Scouting The Big Green
  • Dartmouth is 12-17 overall and 6-6 in the Ivy League.
  • The Big Green is 3-2 in its last five games.
  • The Big Green last took the field at home against Merrimack for a non-conference
  • tilt on Wednesday, April 19. Dartmouth picked up its fifth home win of the season,
  • knocking off the Warriors by a score of 5-2.
  • Alaana Panu leads the team in hits with 28 and runs scored with 16, while Kate Farren leads the team in RBI with 19.
  • Rachel McCarroll has the most appearances of all in the Big Green bullpen with 24 appearances and an 8-10 record. McCarroll has 10 complete games and 69 strikeouts.
     
Ivy League Honors
  • Emma Taylor was named to the Ivy League weekly honor roll for her performance against Hartford in the circle on April 12. The first year picked up the win with five strikeouts in an 11-1 non-conference victory.

Looking Ahead
Yale will play one final three-game series in Ivy League play next weekend on the road at Brown.
 
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Players Mentioned

Nicole Conway

#21 Nicole Conway

P
5' 10"
Senior
Willa Ferrer

#33 Willa Ferrer

1B/3B
5' 10"
Junior
Sam Goodcase

#27 Sam Goodcase

C
5' 7"
Junior
Maddie Latta

#23 Maddie Latta

P/OF
5' 7"
Sophomore
Lauren Perren

#20 Lauren Perren

1B/3B
5' 7"
Sophomore
Emma Taylor

#2 Emma Taylor

P/1B
First Year

Players Mentioned

Nicole Conway

#21 Nicole Conway

5' 10"
Senior
P
Willa Ferrer

#33 Willa Ferrer

5' 10"
Junior
1B/3B
Sam Goodcase

#27 Sam Goodcase

5' 7"
Junior
C
Maddie Latta

#23 Maddie Latta

5' 7"
Sophomore
P/OF
Lauren Perren

#20 Lauren Perren

5' 7"
Sophomore
1B/3B
Emma Taylor

#2 Emma Taylor

First Year
P/1B