PRINCETON, N.J. – The Yale softball team fell in a pair of games to Princeton, 12-0 and 5-4, at Struing Field. The Bulldogs record moved to 5-11 overall and 0-2 in the Ivy League, while the Tigers improved to 6-12 overall and 2-0 in the Ivy.
 
Game 1: Princeton 12, Yale 0 (5 innings)

• Princeton opened the scoring with four runs in the first.
• The Tigers recorded two more runs in the second inning off a fly out and a hit.
• In the third inning, Princeton added another run to extend its lead to seven.
• The fourth inning saw the Tigers tack on five more runs.
• The game ended in the fifth inning due to the run rule.

 
Game 2: Princeton 5, Yale 4

• Yale found the bats in game two of the day.
• After three scoreless innings, Sophie Woodridge got the Bulldogs on the board with a solo home run in the fourth.
• Lauren Perren knocked in a run in the fifth inning, extending Yale's lead to two.
• Willa Ferrer followed up Perren's at bat with a single through the left side to score a run. Princeton responded with a RBI single in the bottom half of the inning.
• The Tigers tied the game at four aside in the sixth inning with a two-run home run.
• Libby Peoples gave the Bulldogs the go-ahead run with a two-out double to center field.
• Princeton picked up a two-run walk off double in the bottom half of the inning to sweep the doubleheader.

 
On Deck
Yale will play another game against Princeton on Sunday, March 19 to close out the season series against the Tigers.