HANOVER, N.H. – The University of Pennsylvania softball team lost on back-to-back walk offs at Dartmouth on Friday. The Quakers squandered a 3-0 lead late as they fell victim to a two-out walk off grand slam in game one. Penn dropped its second game via the walk off as Dartmouth completed the run-rule victory for a 9-1 win.

Katie Reagan hit her first collegiate home run as she gave the Quakers a 3-0 lead in the first game.

FINAL: Dartmouth 6, Penn 3
The first game started as a pitching dual with the two starting pitchers pitching shutouts through the third inning. Penn allowed one runner in the bottom of the first and Dartmouth allowed two runners in the top of the second but both pitchers worked out the innings to strand the runners.

Penn struck first for three runs in the top of the fourth inning. Sarah Schneider opened with a base hit to left and then stole second. She advanced to third on a fly out to right off the bat of Dana Anderson. Two batters later, Julia Mortimer hit an RBI base hit to score Schneider from third and give Penn a 1-0 lead. Katie Reagan followed with a two out two-run shot to left to give Penn a 3-0 lead. This was Reagan's first career home run.

The Quakers threatened to add to their lead in the top of the fifth as Brianna Brown beat out a bunt and stole second  with two outs. The half inning would end as the next batter popped up to second.

Dartmouth got on the board in the bottom of the fifth as a one-out fielder's choice scored the runner from third.

Over the final two innings, the Quakers managed just one base runner as Alyssa Pope drew a one out walk as she pinch hit for Jillian Kuntze in the seventh.

The first three batters of the bottom of the seventh all reached as Dartmouth cut the Quaker lead to one run. Penn got two foul outs on the next two batters and looked to close out the game on the next batter. The next batter hit a swinging bunt and hit the ball into no-mans land to load the bases. The Big Green walked the game off as the final batter sent a ball over the right center wall for a walk off grand slam.   

FINAL/6: Dartmouth 9, Penn 1
Dartmouth stuck first in the second game with a run in the bottom of the second as the second batter hit a solo shot over the left center field wall.
 
The Big Green extended their lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the fifth on a RBI base hit to right and a two out two-RBI base hit on the next batter put the home team up 4-0.
 
The Quakers got on the board in the top of the sixth as back-to-back singles by Brown and Schneider set up runners on first and second with one out. Anderson flew out to right and Brown tagged up and advanced to third. Sammy Fenton reached on an error by the shortstop and scored Brown from third making it a 4-1 score.
 
Dartmouth ended the game in the sixth inning with four five on four hits. The game ended on an infield single to short.
 
QUAKER NOTEMEAL

• The Quakers lost on back-to-back walk-offs for the second time this season. Previously, Penn was walked off twice in a doubleheader at USF.
• Penn lost on a walk-off grand slam for the second time this season. NC State used a grand slam to end a 15-6 run-rule game in February.
• Brianna Brown improved to a perfect 9-for-9 in stolen bases accounting for more than half of the Quakers 17 stolen bases on the season.

UP NEXT
The Red and Blue close out their series with the Big Green on Saturday morning with a 10 a.m. first pitch. The Quakers are back to the diamond on Wednesday as they head to Lehigh for a doubleheader with the Mountain Hawks.