PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania baseball team begins its Ivy League slate this weekend as Dartmouth makes the trip down to University City for a three-game series at Tommy Lasorda Field at Meiklejohn Stadium.

Last year's series in Hanover, N.H. saw the Big Green earn wins in Games One and Two, but Penn took home a 5-1 win in the final contest to avoid a series sweep.

Saturday's doubleheader is slated to begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by a 3 p.m. start. The final matchup on Sunday is scheduled for a 1 p.m. first pitch.

The Red and Blue enter the weekend with two wins in their last four matchups, snatching wins against East Carolina (3/14, 1-0) and Lehigh (3/18, 15-2).

GAME 15-17: Penn (4-10, 0-0 Ivy) vs Dartmouth (3-8, 0-0 Ivy)
March 21-22 | Tommy Lasorda Field at Meiklejohn Stadium | Philadelphia, Pa.
Watch (ESPN+) Game 1, Game 2, Game 3 | Live Stats Game 1, Game 2, Game 3

Ivy League Openers
The Quakers have been a force to be reckoned with within the Ivy League over their recent history. In Penn's last 10 conference openers, it holds a 6-4 record and will look to make it three-straight seasons with a win to begin its league slate. Over the last four seasons, the Red and Blue hold an Ivy League record of 57-26.

The Series
In 189 meetings between the conference foes, Penn narrowly edges the series' history with an all-time record of 95-92-2. The Quakers have won three of the last five meetings, including a dominant 24-5 victory last time out at Tommy Lasorda Field at Meiklejohn Stadium during the 2024 season.

The series commenced on April 4, 1981, and the hosts earned a 9-6 victory in Philadelphia. 

At the Plate
*Junior catcher Qwynn Ahearn leads Penn at the plate in his nine starts at catcher with a .379 batting average. He didn't appear in the team's midweek matchup against Lehigh (3/18), but registered a hit in all three games last weekend at East Carolina, including a three-run home run in Game Three.  

*Jay Secretarski holds a .300 batting average in his first season at Penn and paces the Red and Blue in hits (15), walks drawn (9), and stolen bases (6). In his last game, the Asheville, N.C. native went 2-for-3 at the dish with two RBIs and two walks.

*Junior Gavin Degnan enters the weekend with a .269 batting average, while leading the team in home runs (3), doubles (4), RBIs (16), and total bases (27). The outfielder had a monster day at the dish against the Mountain Hawks, finishing with two hits, five RBIs and a run scored.

*Nick Spaventa (.245), Gavin Collins (.244), Michael Powell (.235) and Ryan Taylor (.220) round out Penn's hitters batting over .200.

On the Mound
*The Quakers used five arms during the week against Lehigh, with freshman left-hander Ben Moulin earning his first collegiate victory. The San Clemente, Calif. native rang up two strikeouts and allowed only one hit in his two innings of work.

*Junior left-hander Marty Coyne holds a team-leading 3.00 ERA in his four starts this season, ranking second among his Ivy League foes. The Hockessin, Del. native has thrown 22 strikeouts in an Ivy League-leading 24.0 innings pitched and allowed only eight runs during that stretch. Coyne's eight-inning showing on Mar. 14 at East Carolina guided Penn to its first road win of the season by allowing only four hits and no runs in 27 batters faced.

*Jake Moss (1-1) is expected to see time on the mound over the weekend, boasting a 5.89 ERA among pitchers that have thrown at least one inning per appearance. The senior has pitched 18.1 innings this campaign, and his 14 strikeouts rank second on the team.

*Freshman right-hander Nick Newburn has thrown 7.2 innings for Penn in five appearances and has allowed only six hits and one run over that stretch for a 1.17 ERA.
 
*Connor Darling, Aidan von Zuben and Josh Katz are expected to remain as the Red and Blue's first arms out of the bullpen.

*As a unit, the Quakers rank third in the Ivy League with a 5.45 ERA, allowing a second-best 77 runs through 14 games. Penn has thrown the third-most strikeouts (102) in the conference, while allowing a conference-low 54 walks.

Scouting the Big Green
Dartmouth enters the weekend with a 3-8 record and has lost its last four games. The visitors dropped three of four games against Navy last weekend, prior to falling to Bryant on Wednesday, 10-6. Their other two wins were claimed against FDU (2/21) and Grambling State (2/28).

Through 11 non-conference games, seven hitters are batting .200 or better, including Henry Murray (.304), Axel Riess (.300), Nico Bañez (.289), Milo Suarez (.276), A.J. DeMastrie (.275), Camden Rush (.200) and Sam Andersen (.200).

On the bump, Nate Isler (0-1, 5.02) leads Dartmouth in innings pitched (14.1) and strikeouts (21). Mac Burke (0-1) has competed in six games this season, holding a team-best 1.23 ERA in 7.1 frames of work. Izzy Parsky (0-0, 4.63), Isler, Eddie Albert (0-2, 3.72), Nathan Matoush (0-0, 5.00), Andrew Lombana (0-0, 6.43) and Marco Dumsky (0-1, 7.00) have taken on the workload as the Big Green's starters.

The visitors make their way to University City with a pitching staff ERA of 4.57 over 90.2 innings, which paces the Ivy League. Dartmouth's starters have allowed 49 runs this season, while the entire staff has struck out 88 batters.

Follow the Action
This weekend's three-game series can be streamed live on ESPN+, with live stats available throughout the weekend.

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