PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania softball team (8-15, 4-5 Ivy) has picked up momentum over the past few weeks. Penn won its first Ivy series of the season on the road against Brown -- taking the first two games -- the Quakers went on to defeat Villanova for the first time since 2012 on Wednesday to improve to eight wins on the year. The Red and Blue will take that momentum into a big Ivy League home series that starts with a Friday double-header when they host Yale at 2 p.m. Due to the weather, the usual Saturday two-game slot was moved up to Friday with the normal Sunday game remaining in its usual 12:30 time frame. 

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Inside the Numbers

* Leslie King is coming off of the 300th win of her career. The Penn head coach is in her 15th season at the helm and has earned more wins than the previous two coaches in the program's history combined. 

* Sam Pederson is on a ten game hitting streak tying her career high set in her freshman season. 

* The Quakers trail the all-time series against Yale 26-45 and are 15-19 at home. While trailing in the all-time series they are 8-2 in the last 10 meetings including last season's sweep. 

* Penn and Yale have a 4-5 record in Ivy play. 

* The Red and Blue rank 37th in the nation in stolen bases per game. 

* Pederson, Sarah Cwiertnia, and Kayla Ketring have lead the Quakers at the plate all batting above .300 this season. Sarah Cwiertnia leads the charge hitting .488 with a .610 slugging percentage. 

* Jurie Joyner has found her way at the plate. The senior has hit multiple RBI's in four of the last five games and has recorded a hit in five of the last six. 

* In what is sure to be a blustery day at Penn Park on Friday with winds forecasted to be 19-mph, Lucy Yang leads the team with four home runs hitting in the team's fifth slot. 

* Penn has averaged 4.56 runs per game this season compared to Yale's 2.65.

* In the circle, Mason Spichiger and Abigail Abramson have lead the way. The senior, Spichiger, has a 4.09 ERA with two wins while the freshman, Abramson, is 3-4 with a 4.16 ERA and team-high 32 strikeouts.

* Abramson is coming off of rookie of the week honors this week. She pitched her second career complete game against Brown to clinch the team's first Ivy series win of the season. 

Scouting Yale

* The Bulldogs hold a 7-19 record on the year, going 4-5 thus far in Ivy League play. 

* Three of the team's 19 losses have come to Lehigh and Columbia. The Quakers defeated Lehigh last week and also went 1-2 against the Lions. 

* The Bulldogs are 3-14 on the road this season. 

* Annie Tarte and Sydney Grobman lead the way at the plate. Both are the only players hitting above .300 for Yale. 

* Behind Miranda Papes, Francesca Casalino, and Terra Jerpbak, Yale's 3.74 ERA ranks second in the Ivy League. 


What's Next

The Quakers play a mid-week game against Drexel on Wednesday at Penn Park before heading back on the road for a three game series against Harvard.