College Softball News

Ivy League Softball Players Of The Week

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PRINCETON, N.J. — As Ivy League softball teams prepared to do battle for the opening weekend of League play, it was Mother Nature that won out for the most part this past weekend.

Weekend rains played havoc with the schedule of games. It wasn’t until Monday evening that a slate of games scheduled for Friday and Saturday was somewhat completed. Harvard wasn’t able to play either of its slated doubleheaders at Cornell and Princeton. The Crimson and Tigers had the first game of their twinbill suspended in the fourth inning.

New dates for those two doubleheaders and the Brown-Penn twinbill that was washed out have not yet been announced.

Cornell and Dartmouth beat the elements to get their twinbill in and Dartmouth and Princeton had to wait until Monday to get their games completed, but finally did so under better conditions. The Big Green (14-13) swept all four games to take an early lead atop the North Division standings.

Columbia is out to its first-ever 4-0 start in Ivy play after sweeping Brown and Yale. The Lions (13-9) have won a school-record nine in a row and 12 of their last 13, sitting atop the South Division. As a team, the Lions are hitting .303. Emily Snodgrass and Kayla Shimoda are Nos. 2 and 3 in the Ivy League in hitting, batting at a .365 and .362 clip, respectively. Shelby Unger is fifth in the League at .350. Impressively, there are 13 hitters in the League batting .333 or better and Columbia has six of them.

During the current winning streak, Unger is hitting .481, while Alyssa Rodia is hitting .440 with 11 runs scored.

Dartmouth’s Kelsey Miller continues to lead the League in hitting at .405. She has a League-high 30 hits on the season and also has drawn 11 walks for a League-best .488 on-base percentage.

Several games can be viewed and heard on The Ivy League Digital Network again this weekend. Among those games will be Friday afternoon’s doubleheader between division leaders Dartmouth and Columbia. A broadcast list is available in the weekly schedule below.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Dartmouth sophomore Morgan McCalmon (Norman, Okla.) had a strong week at the plate and helped her squad’s cause inside the circle, as well. McCalmon hit .500 on the weekend as Dartmouth went 4-0. She went 7-for-14 with two home runs and eight RBIs, hitting safely in all four games. In the circle, McCalmon was 2-0 with a 2.52 ERA. In 8-1/3 innings, she had 10 strikeouts and walked just one.

For the season, McCalmon is hitting .400, although she does not yet qualify for the League leaders (2.5 plate appearances per team game).

McCalmon’s Weekly Stats
4 GP, 14 AB, 3 R, 7 H, 1 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBIs, 1 K, 3 SB, .500 Avg., .500 on-base, 1.000 Slg.%

PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Kristen Rumley
 (Katy, Texas) had a hand in all four of Dartmouth’s wins last weekend with two wins and two saves. In 18-1/3 innings in the circle, the junior allowed just one earned run (coming on a solo home run). She scattered eight hits, striking out 19 and walking just one.

On the season, Rumley is now 9-6 with a 2.13 ERA, striking out 111 batters and walking just 16 in 102 innings of work.

Rumley’s Weekly Stats
4 App., 2 GS, 2-0, 2 svs., 0.38 ERA, 18.1 IP, 2 CG, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 19 Ks.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Columbia’s Shelby Unger (Yorba Linda, Calif.) went 6-for-11 in the Lions’ sweeps of Brown and Yale. She scored three runs and drove in five, smacking two doubles and a home run. Unger hit safely in all four games.

In Columbia’s current nine-game winning streak, Unger is hitting .481 (13-for-27).

Unger’s Weekly Stats
9 GP, 23 AB, 14 R, 10 H, 3 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 4 BB, 2 K, 2 SB, .435 Avg., .500 on-base, .826 Slg.%

HONOR ROLL
Chloe Madill, Dartmouth (Fr., SS – Goleta, Calif.)
4 GP, 14 AB, 1 R, 5 H, 1 BB, 4 K, .357 Avg., .400 on-base, .357 Slg.%

Alexis Sargent, Penn (Fr., P –  Alexandria, Va.)
4 GP, 12 AB, 3 R, 4H, 1 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 2 K, .333 Avg., .333 on-base, 1.167 Slg.%
2 App., 1-0, 0.72 ERA, 9.2 IP, 1 CG, 11 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 K

Brooke Darling, Columbia (Jr., P – Springville, Pa.)
2 App., 2 GS, 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 12.0 IP, 2 CG, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6K

Alexis Borden, Penn (Jr., P – Yorba Linda, Calif.)
2 App., 2 GS, 1-1, 1.08 ERA, 13 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 11 K

Liz Caggiano, Columbia (Jr., C – Bellaire, Texas)
4 GP, 10 AB, 1 R, 4 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 4 K, .400 Avg., .500 on-base, .700 Slg.%

Michiko McGivney, Cornell (So., OF – Port Jefferson, N.Y.)
2 GP, 4 AB, 1 R, 3 H, 1 2B, 1 RBI, .750 Avg., .750 on-base, 1.000 Slg.%

Maddie Cousens, Princeton (Sr., OF – Albany, Calif.)
2 GP, 6 AB, 1 R, 3 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, .500 Avg., .500 on-base, 1.000 Slg.%

Elysse Gorney, Penn (Sr., C/OF – Orlando, Fla.)
3 GP, 9 AB, 3 H, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K, .333 Avg., .333 on-base, .444 Slg.%

PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS

Player of the Week
Feb. 25: Emily Gusse, Harvard
Mar. 4: Kelsey Miller, Dartmouth
Mar. 11: Christina Andrews, Brown
Mar. 18: Leah Allen, Penn / Kelsey Miller, Dartmouth
Mar. 25: Kasey Lange, Harvard / Kayla Shimoda, Columbia

Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 25: Laura Ricciardone, Harvard
Mar. 4: Laura Ricciardone, Harvard
Mar. 11: Alexis Borden, Penn
Mar. 18: Kristen Rumley, Dartmouth
Mar. 25: Alyson Onyon, Cornell

Rookie of the Week
Feb. 25: Karen Chaw, Dartmouth
Mar. 4: Karen Chaw, Dartmouth / Taylor Cabe, Harvard
Mar. 11: Christina Andrews, Brown
Mar. 18: Leah Allen, Penn
Mar. 25: Alyssa Rodia, Columbia

HITTING STREAKS IN IVY LEAGUE THIS SEASON (10 or more games)
14, Alix Cook (Columbia)
12, Kasey Lange (Harvard)
10, Leah Allen (Penn)
*current streak

CONSECUTIVE GAMES REACHING BASE IN IVY LEAGUE THIS SEASON (11 or more games)
17, Alix Cook (Columbia)*
13, Kasey Lange (Harvard)
13, Emily Snodgrass (Columbia)
12, Rachel Redina (Princeton)*
12, Meg Parker (Cornell)
11, Kayla Shimoda (Columbia)*
11, Chloe Pendergast (Cornell)
11, Christina Villaon (Cornell)*
*current streak 

NCAA STATISTICAL LEADERS (THROUGH MARCH 30)
TEAM STATISTICS (Top 30)
Doubles Per Game: 8. Columbia, 1.77; 17. Dartmouth, 1.64.
Double Plays Per Game: 22. Harvard, 0.45

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (Top 40)
ERA: 38. Alexis Sargent (Penn), 1.50
Strikeouts Per 7 IP: Alexis Borden (Penn), 8.9
Sac Hits Per Game: 5. Brittany Labbadia (Yale), 0.39; 14. Adrienne Hume (Harvard), 0.32; 17. Kelsey Williams (Brown), 0.31; 38. Maddie Cousens (Princeton), 0.2
Walks Allowed Per 7 IP: 3. Rhydian Glass (Yale), 0.55; 38. Kristen Rumley (Dartmouth), 1.21
Hits Allowed Per 7 IP: 12. Emily Kenyon (Columbia) 3.69

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Tuesday, April 1
Dartmouth at Hartford, 2 pm (DH)
Manhattan at Columbia, 3 pm (DH)
Boston College at Harvard, 3 pm (DH)
Princeton at Rider, 4 pm
Cornell at Georgetown, 4 pm (DH)

Wednesday, April 2
Cornell at George Washington, 2 pm (DH)
Yale at UMass, 3 pm (DH)
Temple at Penn, 4 pm [IVY-Audio]

Thursday, April 3
Bryant at Brown, 4 pm

Friday, April 4
*Penn at Harvard, 2 pm (DH) [IVY]
*Cornell at Yale, 2 pm (DH) [IVY]
*Columbia at Dartmouth, 2 pm (DH) [IVY]

Saturday, April 5
*Penn at Dartmouth, 12:30 pm (DH) [IVY]
*Cornell at Brown, 12:30 pm (DH)
*Columbia at Harvard, 12:30 pm (DH) [IVY]
*Princeton at Yale, 12:30 pm (DH) [IVY]

Sunday, April 6
*Princeton at Brown, 12:30 pm (DH)

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