After having a midweek doubleheader at Wagner cancelled due to rain on Wednesday, the softball team finishes the season this weekend with four games against North Division rival Brown (11-21, 5-11 Ivy). Saturday’s doubleheader will be played in New Haven at the DeWitt Family Field and Sunday’s will take place in Providence, R.I.
Following two consecutive Ivy League losses during the week, the Bulldogs knew this weekend’s pair of doubleheaders against first-place Dartmouth was going to be crucial to rising in the North Division standings. And although a split against a team of the Big Green’s caliber is usually a success, it most likely will not be enough to help the Elis.
With two days to recharge and refocus after their four losses in two days earlier this week, the Bulldogs will look to redeem themselves in a crucial series in the Ivy League’s North Division race this weekend.
It may be only Thursday, but the Bulldogs’ doubleheader sweep over Harvard on Sunday is already a distant memory.
Softball is a game of talent and skill, but as in any sport, luck is sometimes needed to prevail — and on Tuesday afternoon, the Bulldogs did not have it on their side.
Sunday showed that history does not necessarily repeat itself.
This weekend will be a battle between historic rivals as the Yale softball team travels to Cambridge, Mass., to face Harvard.
The softball team knows a little bit about ups and downs. The Bulldogs (14-16, 3-5 Ivy) began their weekend with a stunning comeback win over Columbia (12-20, 2-6) and continued on to sweep the doubleheader against the Lions in the nightcap but could not bring the momentum Sunday versus Penn (9-17-1, 4-4).
With two home victories under its belt this week, Yale’s softball team will look to continue its home field success this weekend.
On Wednesday, it was back to business for the softball team as the Elis took on Fairfield in a doubleheader one day after Yale’s losses to Cornell. The Bulldogs topped the Stags 5-1 and 8-1.
On Tuesday, the softball team finally got its chance to play Ivy League rival Cornell in a doubleheader that was postponed after the games slated for Sunday had been rained out. But the games were not worth the wait.
Long bus rides and fierce competition await the softball team this weekend as the Bulldogs face two of their toughest league competitors on the road this weekend.
