TAMPA, Fla. – The Yale softball team opened its 2024 campaign with two games at the South Florida Showdown. The Bulldogs dropped their opening tilt to Pittsburgh, 4-1, and fell to No. 8 nationally ranked Oklahoma State, 10-1, later in the day.
 
Game 1: Pittsburgh 4, Yale 1

• Willa Ferrer hit a lead-off single to left field in the first inning to get Yale's first baserunner of the inning. Libby Peoples knocked a two-out single through the left side that scored the runner.
• Pittsburgh responded in the fifth with three runs on two home runs.
• The Panthers added another run in the top half of the seventh with a single to left field.

 
Notes

• Libby Peoples and Lauren Perren highlighted the Bulldogs' offensive efforts in game one.
• Peoples went 2-for-4 and knocked in Yale's lone run.
• Perren went 2-for-3 with her first double of the season.
• Emma Taylor tossed a complete game with five strikeouts.
   

Game 2: No. 8 Oklahoma State 10, Yale 1

• Oklahoma State struck early with two runs in the first inning.
• OSU picked up two second inning runs.
• The Bulldogs got on the board with a Lauren Perren single to left field.
• The Cowgirls responded with six fifth inning runs.

 
Notes

• Sam Goodcase and Lauren Perren each went 1-for-2 at the plate.
• Meredith Henderson made her collegiate debut in the circle.

 
On Deck
The Bulldogs are back in action on Saturday, Feb. 24 when they face Loyola Chicago and No. 4 Washington in Tampa.