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BaseballIvyChamps_2023
Don Felice
4
Columbia COL 23-20, 11-10 Ivy
10
Winner Penn PENN 29-14, 16-5 Ivy
Columbia COL
23-20, 11-10 Ivy
4
Final
10
Penn PENN
29-14, 16-5 Ivy
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Columbia COL 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 8 0
Penn PENN 0 2 1 0 1 1 5 0 X 10 10 0

W: Dromboski, Ryan (7-2) L: Madrigal, Brandon (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

CHAMPIONS! Baseball Completes Sweep of Columbia For Outright Ivy Title

Quakers will host the Ivy League Tournament next Friday through Monday

PHILADELPHIA - For the first time since 1995, the University of Pennsylvania baseball team is the outright Ivy League champions, completing a three-game sweep of Columbia on Sunday afternoon at Tommy Lasorda Field at Meiklejohn Stadium with a 10-4 decision.

It's the second straight year the Quakers will host the Ivy postseason, clashing with Columbia last season in the best-of-three championship series at Meiklejohn Stadium. This year will mark the first Ivy League Tournament with four teams which include: No. 1 Penn, No. 2 Harvard, No. 3 Princeton, and No. 4 Columbia. 

Quaker Notemeal
*It's the first time since 1998 the Quakers swept Columbia in a regular-season series.
 
*Cole Palis, Jarrett Pokrovsky, and Seth Werchan all drove home two runs in the game, while Palis, Pokrovsky, and Davis Baker each had two hits.
 
*Pokrovsky rounded the bases three times for Penn, while Wyatt Henseler and Baker touched home plate twice.
 
*Ryan Dromboski earned his seventh win on the mound this season, tossing a scoreless five innings with six strikeouts, three hits, and three walks. He saw 22 batters on 86 pitches.
 
*The final four innings saw relief from Edward Sarti (0.1), Eli Trop (1.2), Tommy Delany (0.2), and Carson Ozmer (1.1). The crew surrendered just four runs while striking out six.
 
*Trop nearly posted a perfect outing, sitting down five of the six batters faced and didn't allow a hit or a walk.
 
How It Happened
The bats were hot early for the Quakers with the first four runs in the opening five innings coming off homers. Werchan connected on a two-run bomb in the second to push Penn ahead 2-0. Henseler knocked a solo in the third before Baker did the same to center field in the fifth to give the Quakers a 4-0 advantage that held the rest of the way.
 
In the top of the sixth, the Lions used a single to center to bring home two runs to cut their deficit to two, but Palis answered in the bottom half of the frame with a RBI single to center to drive home Pokrovsky.
 
After a scoreless top half of the seventh, the Quakers laid on five more runs in the bottom half. Ben Miller ignited the inning with a RBI double to drive home Henseler. A bases-loaded scenario for Pokrovsky allowed him to drop a single into left field to bring around Miller and Baker for two more runs. Palis hit a deep sacrifice fly later to score Ryan Taylor, and Jackson Appel wrapped up the inning with a RBI single to left field to push a 10-2 lead for the final two innings.
 
Columbia found home plate twice in the eighth, but that as much as it could stir up. Ozmer came in for the final out of the eighth and added a perfect top of the ninth, going three up-three down to put a bow on the regular-season title.
 
Up Next
Penn will open the tournament on Friday at Tommy Lasorda Field at Meiklejohn Stadium, playing in the second game at 3 p.m. against the Lions. For full details on the tournament, click HERE.

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