NEW YORK – The University of Pennsylvania softball team won its second Ivy League game of the season in a doubleheader split at Columbia on Friday. The Quakers were held scoreless in an eight-inning affair as the Lions used a walk off base hit for a 1-0 win. The visiting team opened the second game with three runs in the first inning as it cruised to a 7-0 victory.

Three Penn pitchers combined to limit the Columbia offense to one run on seven hits while striking out six and walking one in 14.1 innings of work on Friday afternoon. Game one was a scoreless duel until the final at-bat as Kelly Zybura struck out three while allowing one run on four hits in 7.1 innings pitched.

In the second game, Payton Bean made the start and got the first out before Bella Fiorentino took over for the remainder of the game. Fiorentino picked up the win while pitching a scoreless 6.2 innings as she scattered three hits and three strikeouts for her first victory of the season.  

The Quakers have their first chance to win an Ivy League series on Saturday morning with a win.

FINAL/8: Columbia 1, Penn 0
Game one was a pitchers duel as the game was scoreless until the final at-bat of the game, a pitch-hit RBI double for a 1-0 Columbia win in eight innings.
 
Blake Landow made her first collegiate start and drew a two out walk in the top of the third for the first base runner of the game.
 
The Quakers got their first pair of base runners in the top of the fifth as Katie Reagan got the first Penn hit, a base hit to left, and pinch-hitter Jillian Kuntze followed with a hit by pitch putting runners on first and second with one out. A groundout and a lineout ended the threat.
 
A leadoff base hit through the left side ended Zybura's bid for a no-hitter in the top of the sixth. She worked around the leadoff hit by drawing a fielder's choice, a strikeout and a ground out.
 
Penn put runners on first and third with one out as Dani Freer hit an field base hit and Landow advanced to third on the play. That was all the Quakers could manage as the next two batters fouled out and grounded out.
 
Columbia led off the bottom of the eighth with a double to left and after the first out a pinch hit RBI base hit down the left line scored the winning run.
 
FINAL: Penn 7, Columbia 0
 
The Quakers opened the second game scoring three runs all with two outs in the top of the first. With two outs and runners on first and second, Bella Fiorentino laced an RBI double that scored Freer for a 1-0 Penn lead. Reagan sent a base hit to the right field wall that scored both runners and allowed her to advance to second on the late throw home.
 
Payton Bean started the game for the Quakers and got the first out. Bella Fiorentino came on in relief to get the final two outs as she stranded a one out base hit.
 
Penn looked to add to its lead early in the second inning as the first three batters reached on a fielding error, an infield hit, and a fielder's choice. Columbia got out of the inning with a pair of fly outs.
 
Fiorentino recorded two of her three strikeouts to work around a lead off base hit in the bottom of the second.
Sarah Schneider scored the fourth Penn run on a wild pitch in the top of the third.
 
Sammy Fenton sent a two out RBI base hit up the middle to score Schneider for a 5-0 Penn lead in the top of the fifth.
 
Penn capped off its 7-0 victory added two runs in the top of the seventh. After Fiorentino led off the inning with a double to straight away center field, Reagan hit the first triple of the season for the Quakers to drive in Fiorentino for a 6-0 lead. Following a Columbia pitching change, Fenton reached on a fielder's choice that saw Reagan score the seventh and final run of the game.
 
Fiorentino pitched her second 1-2-3 inning of the game to close out the victory as Landow caught the final out in foul territory.  
 
QUAKER NOTEMEAL

• Penn pitching allowed a season low one run in a single day for the first time this season. Six strikeouts is the most in a single day since an eight strikeout day at Lehigh.  
• Blake Landow made her first collegiate start in game one and in the second game tripled her season total in hits as she put together her first multi-hit game of her career. She went 2-for-3 with a walk.
• Katie Reagan hit the Quakers first triple of the season in the top of the seventh of game two.
• Sarah Schneider moved into a tie with Brianna Brown for 24 career stolen bases and now the duo are tied for ninth most with Elysse Gorney (2011-14).

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The Red and Blue will close out the series at Columbia with an 11 a.m. first pitch.