HANOVER If the Dartmouth College softball team’s dugout looks unusually empty when the Big Green are on the field, that’s because it is.With just 14 players on its roster, Dartmouth is easily the smallest team in the Ivy League, with none of the.
HANOVER Exactly three fans remained at Dartmouth Softball Park to see Holy Cross ace Kelly Nelson strike out Big Green third baseman Maria Angelino to complete a three-hit shutout in Game 2 of Wednesday’s nonleague doubleheader.Those who were there.
Dartmouth roundup: Plonka fans record 17 in softball no-hitter
Brooke Plonka
Modified: 5/15/2021 10:15:27 PM
MEDFORD, Mass. Dartmouth College’s Brooke Plonka made history during game one of Big Green softball’s doubleheader at Tufts on Saturday.
The junior pitcher threw a no-hitter, the seventh in program history, as Dartmouth won, 5-0. She also set a program record with 17 strikeouts, accounting for all but four of the Jumbos’ outs. The Marilla, N.Y., native finished the gem off in 99 pitches, striking out the final batter looking.
The Big Green completed a twinbill sweep with a 7-4 win in the nightcap.
The only blemishes that kept Plonka from a perfect game were two walks to Tufts’ Mia Steinberg in her first two at-bats.
Dartmouth roundup: Big Green softball ends COVID break with UMass spli
Kelly Beaupre
Modified: 4/24/2021 10:24:54 PM
Staff Reports
AMHERST, Mass. Playing games for the first time in almost 14 months because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dartmouth College softball team split a doubleheader with host Umass on Saturday afternoon.
Freshman Kelly Beaupre delivered a perfect game at the plate in the opener for the Big Green (1-1), going 3-for-3 with two runs and hitting a key three-run triple in a 6-2 victory. Beaupre and Regan Weekly got Dartmouth on the board with back-to-back doubles in the fourth inning, and the freshman blew the game open with her bases-clearing three-bagger in the seventh.