ITHACA, N.Y. – The University of Pennsylvania baseball team extended its winning streak to seven consecutive games, taking sole possession of first place in the Ivy League standings after topping Cornell twice—4-3 and 9-4—Sunday afternoon at Booth Field.
 
The Quakers are now 15-12 overall and 9-2 in Ivy play, while the Big Red fall to 10-12, 5-6. It's Penn's third Ivy series victory of the season with three remaining and will go for its third sweep of the year on Monday.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Penn tied its season-best win streak of seven consecutive games, the longest win streak since the Quakers won 10 straight in 2023, during a stretch of winning the inaugural Ivy League Tournament and advancing to the regional final of NCAAs.
 
*It's the fifth straight season dating back to 2019—not counting 2020 and 2021—Penn has at least three Ivy League series victories. The Quakers went on to win the Ivy regular season title in 2022 and 2023, and the Ivy League Tournament in 2023 and 2024.
 
*The Quakers' 9-2 start to Ivy play is their best in 10 years since 2015, going 15-2 to begin that campaign.
 
*Gavin Collins led Penn offensively in Game 1 with his 2-for-2 performance, homering with three RBIs and two walks.
 
*Davis Baker (1-for-3) and Nick O'Brien (1-for-3) combined for two of the Quakers' four hits in the win.
 
*Noah Millikan didn't factor into the decision, but was consistent in limiting damage in five innings of work, allowing just two runs with two strikeouts.
 
*Marty Coyne (3-1) continued his strong start to Ivy play, giving up just one run on five hits in four innings, striking out six batters with zero walks.
 
*Nearly every member of Penn's starting lineup recorded at least one base hit in Game 2, led by Nick Spaventa's three-hit effort. He had a double with two RBIs and a run scored.
 
*Baker (2-for-4), Ernie Echevarria (2-for-5), and Nick O'Brien (2-for-5) also had multi-hit games.
 
*Both Collins and Jarrett Pokrovsky walked twice, totaling four of Penn's seven walks on the afternoon.
 
*Josh Katz (4-2) earned his fourth win of the season, surrendering three runs on eight hits in six innings, striking out three.
 
*Tommy Delany, Jake Moss, and Marshall Mott held down the fort in relief, allowing just one run on three hits in three frames.

How It Happened (Game 1)
Penn managed just a single from Collins in the top of the first inning, while right-handed starter Noah Millikan struck out the first batter he faced in the bottom of the frame. He allowed two baserunners, but stranded both on second and third to head to the second.
 
Millikan began the third inning by giving up a leadoff walk and a single, quickly retiring the pair on a 6-4-3 double play. He got out of the frame with a flyout and entered the fourth inning scoreless.
 
Collins worked a nine-pitch walk to begin the fourth inning, but couldn't capitalize on it with three consecutive outs.
 
Millikan pitched a perfect fourth, retiring the Big Red 1-2-3 to get the game to the fifth, still no score.
 
Cornell scored the first two runs of the game in the bottom of the fifth inning, doing so on Hager's RBI double down the left field line and Wildman's single up the middle.
 
Penn began the sixth with a pair of infield hits from O'Brien and Baker, the team's first knocks since the opening stanza. With no one out, Collins delivered a three-run shot well over the right-field fence to give the Quakers a 3-2 lead.
 
Coyne took over for Millikan in the bottom of the sixth inning, allowing a leadoff homer to Ryan Porter to tie the game up at 3-3.
 
The Quakers left one runner on base in the seventh, before Coyne came back in to pitch, striking out the first two batters he faced. He got Wildman to fly out to center field to send the game to the eighth.
 
Baker led off the eighth with a four-pitch walk and Collins followed suit with a four-pitch of his own. Pokrovsky also drew a four-pitch walk to load the bases. Penn took a 4-3 lead after Spaventa grounded into a 6-4-3 double play, scoring Baker.
 
Coyne battled back after giving up a double to Porter, striking out Davis swinging and getting Swidorski to ground out, heading into the ninth inning.
 
Penn was set down 1-2-3 to begin the ninth, as Coyne came back out for his fourth inning of work, looking to shut the door for the victory. He retired the first two Big Red batters he faced, but allowed the tying run and the winning run on. He struck out Wildman looking on six pitches to get out of the jam and pick up the win.
 
How It Happened (Game 2)
Two runs came across to score early in the first inning for the Quakers, the first on a wild pitch and the second on Ernie Echevarria's RBI groundout.
 
Katz retired the Big Red 1-2-3 to begin his start in the first, while Cornell shut down Penn 1-2-3 in the second. After getting Hager to fly out in the second, Katz surrendered a solo homer to left field off the bat of Wildman, now a 2-1 game. He then gave up a single and a double to put runners on second and third with one out. Cornell took a 3-2 lead on a two-run single from Davis.
 
Penn put two runners on base—by way of Collins' single to center field and Pokrovsky's walk—to set up Spaventa's two-out, bases-clearing double to re-take a 4-3 edge.
 
Katz had some issues to begin the Cornell half of the third inning, allowing back-to-back singles. The Big Red put runners on the corners with one out when Wildman grounded into a 4-6-3 double play to get Katz out of the jam.
 
The Quakers opened the fourth with a single from O'Brien and a double for Degnan. Baker brought home O'Brien on a sacrifice fly to make it a 5-3 game.
 
Cornell got its first runner on base in the fourth on a single up the middle, but Katz rolled his second double play of the afternoon, the 5-4-3 variety, and struck out Davis to retire the side.
 
Katz had another successful inning in the fifth when he got Johnson to ground out, then allowing a single to Quinlan, but Degnan threw him out at second trying to leg out a double. Katz set Carlson down swinging to end the frame.
 
O'Brien led off the Penn sixth with a triple off the right-field wall, coming in to score on an RBI single for Chavez, now a 6-3 game.
 
Katz recorded his fourth straight scoreless inning in the sixth when he struck out Quatrani swinging and set down the next two in order.
 
Spaventa laced a one-out single up the middle to begin the seventh, advancing over to second on a throwing error. He managed to get over to third base on Taylor's single through the right side. Four consecutive walks—three with the bases loaded—scored a trio of runs as Penn entered the bottom of the inning with a 9-3 cushion.
 
After Katz's six strong innings, Tommy Delany took over on the mound in the seventh. He retired the first batter he faced on a 5-3 groundout, struck out Porter swinging, and then recorded a popout to send the contest to the eighth.
 
Back-to-back singles from Echevarria and Spaventa had Penn threatening once again in the eighth, but Cornell recorded two quick outs and left both on base heading to the bottom of the eighth inning.
 
Jake Moss came into the game, making his first relief appearance in over a month, but allowed a leadoff home run to Johnson, Cornell trimming the deficit to 9-4.
 
The Quakers wasted Baker's one-out single with two quick outs as the game shifted to the bottom of the ninth with Marshall Mott taking over on the bump.
 
Mott gave up a leadoff single, but picked up two outs following the knock. The runner on first advanced to second on defensive indifference, as Johnson fouled out to Spaventa to end the inning, the contest as Penn sealed its third series win of the year.
 
Up Next
The Quakers close out the series against Cornell Monday at noon, looking for the sweep at Booth Field.
 
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