Princeton University
PRINCETON – The Princeton Baseball Team welcomes the Harvard Crimson to Clarke Field this weekend.
The Tigers and Crimson will play a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 11:30 a.m. before a single contest on Sunday at 12 p.m.
Columbia is on top of the Ivy League standings at 8-1 while Cornell is in second at 6-3. Penn and Princeton are 5-4 with Yale at 4-5. Brown and Harvard are 3-6 while Dartmouth is last at 2-7.
Princeton is 9-17 this season with wins over UNC Wilmington, Navy, Old Dominion, VUC, Cornell, Yale and Brown. Jake Bold continues to lead the team in hitting (.311), walks (25) and on-base percentage (.462) while adding three home runs and 12 RBI. Jake Koonin paces the offense in runs (20), RBI (29), slugging (.527) and stolen bases (six). Koonin has reached base in all but three games.
Jacob Faulkner has been outstanding out of the bullpen for the Tigers, producing a 3.27 ERA in 12 outings, striking out 26 in 33 innings. Justin Kim (4.66 ERA) and Sean Episcope (7.03 ERA) have gone at least six innings in each of their last four starts. Episcope’s 36 strikeouts in 32 innings leads the team.
Harvard is 6-19 this season and 3-6 in the Ivy League. The Crimson have wins over the Citadel, Penn State, Columbia, Brown, Cornell and UMass. Ben Rounds has been the Crimson’s best player with a .404 average and 1.149 OPS.
The Tigers and Crimson will play a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 11:30 a.m. before a single contest on Sunday at 12 p.m.
Columbia is on top of the Ivy League standings at 8-1 while Cornell is in second at 6-3. Penn and Princeton are 5-4 with Yale at 4-5. Brown and Harvard are 3-6 while Dartmouth is last at 2-7.
Princeton is 9-17 this season with wins over UNC Wilmington, Navy, Old Dominion, VUC, Cornell, Yale and Brown. Jake Bold continues to lead the team in hitting (.311), walks (25) and on-base percentage (.462) while adding three home runs and 12 RBI. Jake Koonin paces the offense in runs (20), RBI (29), slugging (.527) and stolen bases (six). Koonin has reached base in all but three games.
Jacob Faulkner has been outstanding out of the bullpen for the Tigers, producing a 3.27 ERA in 12 outings, striking out 26 in 33 innings. Justin Kim (4.66 ERA) and Sean Episcope (7.03 ERA) have gone at least six innings in each of their last four starts. Episcope’s 36 strikeouts in 32 innings leads the team.
Harvard is 6-19 this season and 3-6 in the Ivy League. The Crimson have wins over the Citadel, Penn State, Columbia, Brown, Cornell and UMass. Ben Rounds has been the Crimson’s best player with a .404 average and 1.149 OPS.
