BOSTON — The Dartmouth College baseball team kept its slim hopes alive for a spot in the Ivy League championship series by taking two of three at Harvard, remaining in third place in the conference standings.
The Big Green (21-16, 12-6 Ivy League) got a quality start in Saturday’s first game from senior right-hander Nathan Skinner, who allowed two earned runs over six innings. Senior Justin Murray led the way at the plate with three hits, including a two-run home run in the ninth, and four RBIs.
The nightcap Saturday went to the Crimson, 6-1, as Dartmouth couldn’t overcome Logan Bravo’s offensive fireworks. Bravo was 3-for-4 with a homer and four runs driven in, and senior left-hander Trystan Sarcone took the loss, giving up six earned runs and departing in the fourth inning.
But the Big Green came back to win the rubber match in dominating fashion, scoring at least three runs in three different innings, including a six-run fifth, for a 15-2 victory. Murray got the win with six innings of two-run ball, striking out six. Sophomore Tyler Cox was 4-for-5 with three RBIs and senior Kade Kretzschmar also had four hits, including a homer.
Dartmouth will spend the rest of the regular season at home, starting with a three-game, non-conference series against Manhattan this weekend. The Big Green then close out the schedule with three against first-place Columbia.
BOSTON — Dartmouth (18-23, 12-6 Ivy League) and Harvard entered the weekend tied for second place in the Ivy League standings, meaning the winner of this three-game set would have the inside track for a spot in the league championship series. After splitting Saturday’s doubleheader, the Crimson came from behind and won Sunday’s rubber game 4-3 in extra innings, putting themselves a game ahead of the Big Green for second.
Harvard took the opener, 4-1, scoring two runs in the first inning and two more in the sixth. Trailing by just two at the time, Dartmouth loaded the bases with two outs in the sixth, but junior shortstop Kate Farren’s fly ball to center came up just short on the warning track to end the inning.
The Big Green came back with a vengeance later that afternoon, with freshman left fielder Alaana Panu and Farren hitting back-to-back home runs in the first. Every time the Crimson cut into their deficit, Dartmouth added insurance runs, coming away with the 11-6 victory. Seniors Emily Lipsett and Billie McFayden, junior Maddie Katona and sophomre Mary Beth Cahalan all had multiple hits as well, with McFayden going yard in the seventh.
Dartmouth took a three-run lead through two innings Sunday, the biggest hit being McFayden’s two-run triple in the second. Harvard’s Madi Mays evened the score in the third with a two-run single, and the teams remained knotted at 3 through the seventh. The Big Green left the bases loaded in the seventh and stranded two more in the eighth, setting the stage for the Crimson to score the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth.
Both teams have a three-game series against Cornell to close the season.
Harvard heads to Ithaca, N.Y. on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Dartmouth needs the Crimson to lose two of three to have a chance because Harvard owns the tiebreaker.
The Big Green host the Big Red on Saturday and Sunday.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Big Green (4-9, 0-6 Ivy League) suffered their 35th consecutive conference loss Saturday at the hands of the Bears, a streak that dates back to head coach Brendan Callahan’s first season in 2015.
Freshman Colin McGill was the only Dartmouth player with multiple goals, while fifth-years George Prince and Matt Paul, junior Tommy Rogan and senior Colin Prince also tallied.
Brown had a 30-17 edge in shots on goal and a 17-8 edge in face-offs.
The defeat marked the end of the season for the Big Green.
ITHACA, N.Y. — A disappointing season for the Big Green (3-12, 1-6 Ivy League) concluded with Saturday’s loss to the Big Red.
Freshman Katina Christensen and juniors Lucy Murray and Jev Ward led Dartmouth with three goals apiece, but a fourth-quarter rally fell short.
Cornell put 24 shots on goal to the Big Green’s 17, overcoming Dartmouth’s 21-13 edge in draw controls.
The Big Green finished seventh in the Ancient Eight, ahead of only Columbia.