NEW YORK, N.Y. – In its regular season finale, the Yale softball team finished in dominant fashion with an 11-2 victory over Columbia in five innings. The Bulldogs cap the regular season with a 20-24 overall record and a 14-7 record in the conference, while the Lions, who have one more weekend, are 15-22 and 9-9 in the Ivy.
 
How it Happened

• Yale had a powerful first inning, bouncing back from a game one loss yesterday that saw them scrape together three hits and no runs against Columbia pitcher Rocky Reyes.
• T1 | Carolyn Skotz and Sophie Woodridge led off with back-to-back singles to start. NYC's finest, Willa Ferrer, doubled to center to score Skotz. In the very next at bat, Lauren Perren popped a double to left center, bringing around two more runs. With runners on the corners, Perren stole home for the fourth run. Yale capped the inning after scoring on a ground out.
• B3 | Columbia found the scoresheet scoring on a sacrifice fly.
• T4 | Four-straight bases loaded walks gave Yale an eight-run lead. They capped the inning with their fifth run on a wild pitch.
• T5 | Woodridge scored on the tag for the 11th run for the kids in the pins.
• B5 | The Lions grabbed a second run with a single up the middle cutting Yale's lead to nine.
• Meredith Henderson pitched a complete game with two strikeouts en route to the win.

Notes

• With five steals in today's game, the Bulldogs reached 53 for the season. The last time Yale had 50 stolen bases in a season was in 2004 when they had 58.
• The Bulldogs completed the regular season with 20 overall wins marking back-to-back seasons with 20 wins. The last time this feat was accomplished was from 2006-2009 when Yale had four-straight seasons of 20 or more wins.
• Yale's new program record for single-season conference wins stands at 14 with their season finale win over Columbia.
• Sophie Woodridge went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs and a walk.
• Hometown kid Willa Ferrer went 2-for-3 with a double, a RBI, and a run.
• Lauren Perren had a pair of hits including a double with two RBI, a run and a stolen base.
• Katie Donahey went 2-for-2 with a RBI, a walk, and two stolen bases.

 
What's to Come
Yale caps its regular season with this series against Columbia, while the rest of the Ivy League, with the exception of Harvard, will play another series next weekend. The Ivy League Tournament will commence on May 9-11 at the site of the No. 1 seed.