PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania softball team is headed into its final weekend of Ivy League play this season. The Quakers (21-14, 12-6 Ivy) will play a midweek contest against Drexel on Thursday (4 p.m.) before they travel to New York for their Ivy League finale against Columbia (19-17, 10-4 Ivy) over the weekend. Penn's series against the Lions begins on Saturday with a doubleheader (12:30 p.m.) and concludes with a single game on Sunday (12:30 p.m.)
Previewing Penn
The Quakers enter the week coming off of a three-game sweep over Brown last weekend. Penn scored six unanswered runs to take game one before walking off in game two with a
Corrie Phillips single.
Jennifer Brann threw a perfect game in the series finale as the Red and Blue went on to win, 5-0.
Brann's perfect game is only the second in program history. Alexis Borden threw the team's first perfect game in 2012 during the South Division playoff against Cornell. Brann is the fifth player in the NCAA this season to throw a seven-inning perfect game and the third in Ivy League history.
With her performance, Brann was named the Ivy League's Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season. It marked the fifth time that a Quaker was named Pitcher of the Week.
Joining Brann in the weekly awards was freshman
Corrie Phillips. Phillips went 4-for-9 in the three-game sweep of Brown. She recorded at least one hit in all three games, including a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh of game two to complete the come-from-behind victory.
The Quakers sit at third place in the Ivy League and a game and a half behind Columbia and Havard (18-16, 11-4 Ivy). The Lions will close out conference play next week against Brown (10-22, 3-12 Ivy) while the Crimson finish with Cornell (8-31, 3-12 Ivy).
Penn at Drexel – Thursday, 4 p.m.
Series Information
All-time series: Drexel leads, 16-39 | Last meeting: April 11, 2018 (Penn, 7-4)
Three home-runs powered the Quakers past the Dragons last season.
Jurie Joyner,
Clare Sebastianelli, and
Katie Petroski each went yard and proved to be the difference in Penn's, 7-4, win. Drexel ranks in the top 15 in the nation in doubles per game (1.76), runs per game (7.24), batter average (0.337), and slugging percentage (0.540).
Penn at Columbia – Saturday, 12:30 p.m. (DH) | Sunday, 12:30 p.m.
Series Information
All-time series: Penn leads, 45-19 | Last meeting: March 18, 2018 (Penn, 8-5)
The season the Quakers opened Ivy League play against Columbia. Penn lost games one and two in extra innings before taking the series finale, 8-5. The Lions are 6-1 at home this season and are coming off of a series win at Yale.
