TAMPA, Fla. – The Yale softball team opened the season Friday with a split at the Fonseca Memorial Tournament, earning a 2-0 victory over Boston College before falling 5-0 to host South Florida.

Game 1: Yale 2, Boston College 0

• B1 | The Bulldogs wasted no time getting on the board. Ella Gandolfo led off with a 1-2 single down the left-field line. In her first game in 357 days, Libby Peoples rocketed a triple on her second pitch to score Gandolfo. (Yale 1, BC 0)
• B6 | Scoring was quiet until the sixth inning. With two outs, first-year Demi Donahoe lined a first-pitch double down the left-field line. Isabella Fortini followed with a hit that scored Donahoe from second, giving Yale a 2-0 lead.

Game Notes

• This marked Yale's first win against a Power Four program since defeating Boston College 1-0 on March 25, 1995.
• Emma Taylor earned the win in the circle, throwing a complete-game shutout.
• Libby Peoples went 2-for-3 at the plate with a stolen base.
• In her collegiate debut, Demi Donahoe went 2-for-2 with a double and a run scored.
• Isabella Fortini went 2-for-3 with an RBI.

Game 2: South Florida 5, Yale 0

• B2 | The Bulls broke through in the second inning with two runs on two hits. (USF 2, Yale 0)
• B4 | South Florida added another run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly. (USF 3, Yale 0)
• B6 | The Bulls extended their lead with two more runs in the sixth. (USF 5, Yale 0)

Up Next
The Bulldogs will face Kansas at 11:30 a.m. and Indiana State at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14, in Tampa.