PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania softball team (12-15, 7-5 Ivy) gets set for what is the biggest Ivy series of the season thus far for the Red and Blue. The Quakers will play a three-game series against the Crimson, who they trail by just a game, beginning Friday at 3 p.m. and then wrap up with a double-header on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. The third game originally scheduled for Sunday, was moved up to the series opener on Friday due to weather.
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About Penn
* The Quakers are winners of their last five and eight of their last nine.
* Penn is 3-11 away from Penn Park this season, but are 2-1 in Ivy League road games taking two of three against Brown.
* The Red and Blue trail the all-time series with the Crimson 20-54.
* The Quakers rank 50th in the nation in steals per game.
* Behind a team batting average of .287, the Quakers rank second in the Ivy League at the plate. Penn also ranks second in the conference in hits.
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Sam Pederson is approaching on two program records. The junior has hit four triples this season. She needs just one more to tie the record and two to break it. She also is on a 14 game hitting streak. Hits in each of the next two games and she will break the all-time record of 15 set by Crista Farrell in 2002.
* Pederson and
Jessica England each rank in the top-5 in the Ivy League in runs scored.
* Lead by
Kayla Ketring who is hitting .417 this season, the Quakers have seven players hitting above .300 in the lineup.
* Leading the team in RBI is freshman
Lucy Yang. She has 23 on the year.
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Mason Spichiger has been dominant in Ivy play this season. In conference games, she has a 2.50 ERA and has two saves which leads the Ivy.
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Jennifer Brann, along with Pederson earned Ivy weekly honors last week. Brann earned Pitcher of the Week while Pederson was awarded Player of the Week.
Scouting Harvard
* The Crimson are 15-12 this season with an 8-4 record in Ivy play.
* Harvard took two of three games against Columbia last week.
* In other common opponent games, the Crimson took two of three against Yale, losing game three of that series 7-0.
* Leading Crimson batters with a .427 batting average and eight multiple RBI games is senior outfielder Maddy Kaplan.
* In the circle, Katie Duncan has posted a 10-7 record with a 2.99 ERA.
What's Next
The Quakers will play a mid-week game at Penn Park against Saint Joseph's before playing a three game Ivy series against Cornell next weekend.
