PHILADELPHIA – Attempting to pull off the three-peat and do something that hasn't been done in Ivy League baseball since 2015—qualify for an NCAA regional in three consecutive seasons—the University of Pennsylvania baseball team begins postseason play this weekend at the Ivy League Tournament, hosted by top seed and Ivy League regular season champion Yale at George H. W. Bush '48 Field in New Haven.
 
Third-seeded Penn takes on second-seeded Columbia Friday at 4 p.m. in Game 2 of the seven-game, double-elimination tournament with both teams playing again on Saturday against either the top-seeded Bulldogs or fourth-seeded Harvard.
 
The Quakers enter the weekend on a bit of a slide, dropping six of their last 10 games despite posting their best conference record (13-8) since going 16-5 in 2023.
 
2025 Ivy League Baseball Tournament | George H.W. Bush '48 Field | New Haven, Conn.
May 16-19 | Watch (ESPN+) | Live Stats | Penn Game Notes (PDF) | Tickets
 
SCHEDULE
Friday, May 16
Game 1: No. 1 Yale vs. No. 4 Harvard – Noon
Game 2: No. 2 Columbia vs. No. 3 Penn – 4 p.m.
 
Saturday, May 17
Game 3: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 – Noon
Game 4: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 – 4 p.m.
 
Sunday, May 18
Game 5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4 – Noon
Game 6: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5 – 4 p.m.

Monday, May 19
Game 7 (if necessary) – Noon
 
Penn at the Ivy League Tournament
There have been two iterations of the Ivy League Tournament with Penn winning both times in 2023 and 2024.
 
In the very first year the ILT was contested in 2023, the Quakers ran the table and won all three games to become the inaugural tournament champion, heading to the NCAA regional for the first time since 1995. Top-seeded Penn hosted the tourney at Tommy Lasorda Field at Meiklejohn Stadium, defeating Columbia in the opening game, 10-6, before beating Harvard (10-7) and Princeton (16-3) to claim the crown.
 
Jarrett Pokrovsky, then a freshman, was named the ILT's Most Outstanding Player.
 
In 2024, the Red and Blue battled back through the loser's bracket to claim their second consecutive ILT crown. The fourth-seeded Quakers beat top-seeded Columbia in the opener, but fell to Cornell in the next game. Penn won three games in a row, including two over the Big Red on the final day to win the title. Wyatt Henseler capped a tremendous season and career by earning MVP honors for the ILT. 
 
Chasing History
There are several program records up for grabs this weekend with the Quakers take the field for postseason action.
 
One shoe has already dropped when Pokrovsky set both the Ivy League and Penn single-season record for doubles (23) two weekends ago at Brown. He added another to put himself at 24 at the year, two more than Penn's Tom Grandieri's 22 from 2010.
 
Notably, the junior leads the nation in doubles per game average (0.62) and now, is ranked third in total doubles, three off the lead currently held by Kent State's Hayden Jatszak (24).
 
In addition, Davis Baker heads into the weekend currently at 48 career doubles, two shy of tying, three from passing Wyatt Henseler's program-record 50 set in 2024. Ryan Taylor has 19 stolen bases on the season, six from tying, seven from passing Doug Glanville's single-season record of 25 from 1989. Taylor also has five triples this season, one shy of tying, two from breaking the single-season mark of six held by Peter Matt (2019), Andrew McCreery (2001), Joe Delli Carri (1988), Steve Flacco (1982), and Glenn Partridge (1976).
 
Coaching Milestone
Two wins in New Haven this weekend would capture the W. Joseph Blood Head Coach John Yurkow's 250th career victory.
 
Currently at 248 after a win over Brown in the final game of the regular season, two more wins would make Yurkow just the third head coach in Penn history to reach the 250-win milestone.
 
He's ranked third in all-time wins behind just Bob Seddon (634 from 1971-2005) and Walter Cariss (309 from 1920-43).
 
Year of Pok
There's no doubt this season has been the Year of Pok.
 
Pokrovsky has been the bonafide leader of the Penn offense throughout the 2025 campaign, leading the team in overall batting average (.346), hits (55), and doubles (24), while finishing the regular season second on the squad in slugging (.553), RBIs (33), total bases (88), and at bats (159).
 
Missing the second half of last season due to a season-ending knee injury at Harvard, Pokrovsky battled his way back into the lineup and turned into an Ivy League Player of the Year candidate, leading the conference in doubles and finishing third in batting average.

All-Ivy Honors
Seven Quakers earned All-Ivy laurels when the conference office announced its awards slate on Thursday afternoon. Of those seven, two—left-handed reliever Marty Coyne and utilityman Pokrovsky—were unanimously named first-team selections. They were joined on the first team by outfielder Gavin Collins.

Senior right-hander Noah Millikan was placed on the second team following a breakout season as the ace of the rotation, with shortstop Baker—making his third career All-Ivy appearance—also on the list.

Sophomore first baseman Nick Spaventa was tabbed an honorable mention, along with second baseman Connor Chavez. 
 
The Columbia Series
Penn holds a 154-130-2 all-time advantage over Columbia in a series that dates all the way back to 1886.
 
The Quakers are 87-58-1 at home against the Lions while splitting the last 10 matchups, 5-5.
 
Columbia won the best-of-three series in Philadelphia when the two teams met earlier this season, taking two of three matchups. Penn won the opening game of the doubleheader, 9-8, when Ernie Echevarria homered, Chavez ripped a two-run single in the eighth for insurance and Thomas Shurtleff shut the door to pick up his fourth save of the year.
 
The Lions are a familiar foe for the Quakers in the Ivy League Tournament, matching up each of the last two postseasons in the opening round. Penn is 2-0 in ILT games against Columbia, going on to win the title in each of those two campaigns. However, this is the first time both squads will compete at a neutral site, playing in Philadelphia in 2023 and New York City in 2024.
 
At The Plate
Penn wrapped up its 2025 regular season two weekends ago at Brown with just two hitters batting north of .300 on the year led by Pokrovsky (.346) and Collins (.327).
 
Pokrovsky is leading the offensive effort this season by pacing the team in average, hits (55), and doubles (24), while adding three home runs for 33 RBIs, 25 runs scored and slugging .553 with an on-base percentage of .402.
 
Collins is second in hits with 48 this year, but has walked a team-best 26 times, striking out just 25 times.
 
Baker leads the Quakers with eight home runs while driving in 37 runs.
 
In conference play, Collins is pacing the team with a batting average of .371, slugging .583 with an on-base percentage of .515. He's the only player on the team with an OPS over 1.000 at 1.098. Collins is also tied with Baker with three homers in Ivy games.
 
On The Mound
Relief pitching is what has stood out this year for Penn, led by left-hander Marty Coyne (4-1, 4.08 ERA) and righty Thomas Shurtleff (2-3, 2.92).
 
Coyne's Ivy League ERA of 1.46 is officially the lowest in the conference among qualified pitchers, striking out 29 batters over 24.2 innings, walking just three.
 
The Quakers have also been bolstered by consistent starting pitching in arms Noah Millikan (0-3, 5.34), Josh Katz (4-3, 7.29), and Will Tobin (2-3, 5.86). Katz (51) and Millikan (50) have combined to total 101 of the team's 373 strikeouts this season.
 
Other relievers that have made an impact and will certainly contribute on the mound this weekend include Connor Darling (0-1, 6.43), Jake Moss (1-1, 3.50), and most recently, Aidan von Zuben (1-0, 8.85).

Scouting #1 Yale
There's no hotter team in Ivy League baseball entering the postseason than the Bulldogs, who on Sunday clinched a share of the Ivy League regular season title and secured the No. 1 seed in the ILT, earning the right to host the tournament at Bush Field in New Haven.
 
Yale has won 10 consecutive games dating back to a 7-4 victory over the Quakers on April 19, going nearly a month without a loss. The Bulldogs improved to 30-12 on the season, clinching just the third 30-win season in program history after a three-game sweep of Dartmouth.
 
The Elis own series victories over all three teams in the ILT field this weekend including Columbia, Penn, and Harvard.
 
Seven of Yale's key contributors on offense are batting over .300 on the year led by Alec Atkinson (.344), Kaiden Dossa (.342) and Jake Williams (.333). Dossa and Jack Dauer share the team lead in home runs with five each, while Dauer leads the Bulldogs with 39 RBIs.
 
Starting pitchers Jack Ohman (8-0, 1.08 ERA) and Colton Shaw (5-2, 3.36) might be the best 1-2 punch in a rotation the Ivy League has seen in quite some time. Ohman's 78 strikeouts are a team-high, while Shaw is right behind with 75.
 
Notably, Penn is the only team that has tacked three or more earned runs against Ohman this season, while both Princeton and Dartmouth each put up two in subsequent starts against the freshman right-hander.  
 
This is Yale's first appearance in the Ivy League Tournament field, searching for its first title and NCAA regional appearance since 2017.
 
Scouting #2 Columbia
As mentioned earlier, the most familiar foe to Penn in this field is Columbia, appearing in its third consecutive Ivy League Tournament and looking for its first title since 2022.
 
The Lions earned a share of the Ivy's regular season title for the second consecutive season and the third time in four years by finishing the regular season conference slate with a 16-5 record.
 
Columbia comes into the tournament riding a four-game win streak, again starting with an 11-3 victory over the Quakers before sweeping Harvard May 3-4 to conclude the slate. The only team the Lions don't have a head-to-head series victory in the field is against Yale, dropping two of three games to the Bulldogs April 11 and 13. Columbia has series victories over both Penn and Harvard this year.
 
There are several heavy hitters in the Columbia offense, but none more prominent than Sam Miller. Miller is batting .350 overall on the year with an OPS of 1.049, belting an Ivy League-leading 14 home runs with 51 RBIs, adding an insane slugging percentage of .628. Cole Fellows (.329), Jack Kail (.305), Ben Fishel (.301), and Anthony Temesvary (.306) have all made tremendous impacts on the field this year for the Lions. In addition, Anton Lazits' nine homers are ranked second on the team behind only Miller.
 
Pitching-wise, there's a 1-2-3 punch in the starting rotation with Jagger Edwards (3-3, 5.33 ERA), Thomas Santana (5-3, 6.34), and Joe Sheets (3-3, 6.66). Santana has a team-high 49 strikeouts on the mound with 43 for Sheets. Freshman Alex Sotriopoulos (4-3, 8.40) has been a revelation out of the bullpen for the Lions this year, pitching to a 3-0 record with an ERA of 2.49 in seven Ivy appearances, striking out 19 with 11 walks.
 
Scouting #4 Harvard
Harvard punched its ticket into the Ivy League Tournament by the skin of its teeth when it took down Princeton in Cambridge on May 7, 5-3, in the contest rescheduled from a rainout on April 13. Since Dartmouth lost all three games to Yale over the weekend, that matchup served as a de facto "play-in game," with the Crimson prevailing.
 
Before beating the Tigers last Wednesday, Harvard had dropped four consecutive games including a three-game series sweep to Columbia at home. In that set, the Crimson were outscored 43-17 including 27-4 in the final two games.
 
Harvard is making its second-ever appearance in the Ivy League Tournament field and the first time since 2023. It will be looking for its first NCAA regional berth since 2019.
 
The Crimson dropped a series to all three of Yale, Penn, and Columbia and were swept by the latter two.
 
The offense enters the weekend being led by George Cooper (.342), Matt Giberti (.314), and Gio Colasante (.302). Colasante, a two-way player, leads the Harvard bats with eight long balls, driving in 27 runs. Cooper, who also leads the team in OPS (.926), has a team-high nine doubles as well.
 
RHP Callan Fang (2-3, 4.66 ERA) is always a tough out when he's ton the mound, but so is RHP Truman Pauley (4-6, 5.28) who leads the team in strikeouts with 78. However, Pauley also has 46 walks given up, the most by 20 (Will Burns). Ryan McHugh (1-2, 9.55) has been a stalwart out of the bullpen in relief, leading the team with three saves in 15 appearances.
 
Follow The Action
All seven Ivy League Tournament games will be streamed live on ESPN+, including the winner-take-all Game 7 scheduled for Monday at noon (if necessary). Live stats will be provided for all games.
 
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