PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania softball team is back home for its second home Ivy League series of 2023. The Quakers will host the Princeton Tigers this weekend for a single game at 4 p.m. on Friday and a 12:30 p.m. doubleheader on Sunday.
 
Friday, March 31
Penn Park | Philadelphia, Pa.
vs. Princeton – 4 p.m.
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Sunday, April 2
Penn Park | Philadelphia, Pa.
vs. Princeton (DH) – 12:30 p.m.
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Game 2: Watch | Live Stats
 
Previewing Penn
The Quakers are coming off their final non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday at Lehigh. The Mountain Hawks swept the doubleheader using a four-run fifth inning in game one and crafty pitching to limit the Quakers to just one run on four hits.
 
Over the last five games, the Quakers have 24 hits, 10 RBI, four doubles, one homer, and 11 runs scored. Sarah Schneider (5), Brianna Brown (4), and Sammy Fenton (4) combined for 13 of the 24 Penn hits. Brown has opened her junior season a perfect 11-for-11 in stolen bases to lead the Ivy League and is 4-for-4 in the last five games.
 
Brown also leads the league in sacrifice bunts with six and is second with 15 runs scored. Schneider's 10 doubles lead the Ivy League and is second with 26 hits on the season. Fenton sits third in the league with 14 RBI and is second with 78 total at-bats.
 
In the circle, both Kelly Zybura and Payton Bean lead the team in innings pitched over the last five games. On the season, Bean posts a 3.75 ERA in 18.2 innings pitched allowing 16 runs on 25 hits with 11 strikeouts and eight walks. Zybura pitched a complete game in game two at Lehigh allowing three runs on nine hits while striking out a career-high three batters and walking three.
 
Zybura is second in the Ivy League with 69.2 innings pitched and is in the top 10 with eight strikeouts looking.
 
As a team the Quakers are second in the league with 168 hits, just two behind Harvard's 170 to lead the Ancient Eight. Penn is also second with 34 doubles.
 
Previewing the Tigers
The Tigers enter the weekend winners of seven of their last eight games including a doubleheader sweep at Rider on Wednesday. Princeton is 5-1 in the Ivy League this season after taking two of three at Brown last weekend.
 
Serena Starks (.337) and Adrienne Chang (.333) lead the offense in batting average. Starks leads the team with 14 runs scored and 24 hits. Julia Dumais leads the Tigers in RBI (10), doubles (5), and is second on the team with nine runs scored.

In the circle, Alexis Laudenslager has seen the most time posting a 4-8 record with a team best 2.90 ERA in 62.2 innings pitched allowing 28 runs on 60 hits while striking out a team leading 83 batters and walking 28.
 
Numbers of Note
.253 – Team batting average this season, top four hitters, Sarah Schneider (.338), Sammy Fenton (.308), Brianna Brown (.304), and Madison Bauerle (.297)
65 – Strikeouts as a pitching staff: Rachel Riley (25), Kelly Zybura (25), Payton Bean (11), Bella Fiorentino (4)
64 – Penn batters have drawn 64 walks
9 – Seven Penn batters have combined for nine home runs on the season, Sarah Schneider (2), Sammy Fenton (2), Bella Fiorentino, Dani Freer, Julia Mortimer, Dana Anderson, Katie Reagan
7 – Seven Penn batters have 10 or more hits on the season, Sarah Schneider (26), Sammy Fenton (24), Madison Bauerle (22), Brianna Brown (21), Dana Anderson (17), Julia Mortimer (13) Delaney Smith (10)