Softball Takes Down Syracuse, Gets Swept by Princeton
“We came in on Wednesday, showed up and took care of business,” said head coach Julie Farlow ’97. “It was a pretty positive feeling for sure.”
“We came in on Wednesday, showed up and took care of business,” said head coach Julie Farlow ’97. “It was a pretty positive feeling for sure.”
After entering the transfer portal on April 7, Robertson will transfer to the University of Michigan, announced on Tuesday afternoon.
“I know this team is going to continue to get better and better,” Ramachandran said. “[I want to credit] our amazing coaching staff, our work crew, team members who cheered us on and most importantly our horses who we owe the world to and wouldn’t have made this season possible without.”
“Those two games remaining are huge for us,” Graap said. “But our win over Brown and this win over Harvard put us in a strong position to at least earn a spot in the top four in the Ivy Tournament."
“It‘s execution,” said head coach Connor Buczek ’15 prior to the weekend. “This is as close to a playoff atmosphere as we get in the middle of the season. It’s going to come down to execution.”
“Earning another title as a junior would be an honor,” Jaramillo said. “My goal is always to win and have fun while doing it. … It would be an amazing experience to be able to win back to back championships.”
“[Syracuse does] a great job playing six-man offense and creating opportunities. For us, it’s about not giving them anything easy.”
This past Friday, the Red teamed up with the University of Pennsylvania to beat Oxford and Cambridge 13-6 in the men’s side and 14-5 in the women’s side of the Transatlantic Series.
Game one of a Friday doubleheader was a 1-0 win for the Red. Sophomore outfielder Hailey Pirkey scored the lone run for Cornell in the second inning with an RBI double down the right field line, enough to push Cornell to a narrow victory.
Though he came to Cornell undrafted, Robertson has emerged as one of the Red’s top defensemen.
“These are all important conference games,” Graap said. “We have to stand true to our formula of preparing well and starting games with more momentum and more guts.”
“I was aided by our assistant coach Robby Faris, who does a really good job with the scouting reports we get every week, so I had a good description of the tendencies of the batters I was facing,” Holcombe said. “He put together a concise plan for me to attack the hitters.”
To open the fourth quarter, Brown scored the equalizer bringing the game to a score of 9-9. With its No.1 ranking on the line, Cornell hunkered down on defense and scored four straight to close the game.
In just one week, six departing seniors have inked professional contracts.
Bancroft will spend the rest of the 2024-2025 season with the Providence Bruins — Boston’s American Hockey League affiliate — on an amateur tryout agreement.
This weekend, softball (11-9, 3-3 Ivy) took on Dartmouth College (10-11, 3-2 Ivy) at Niemand-Robison Field. Cornell won two games and lost one in a hard fought series.