After four Ivy losses, Yale looks to rebound against Harvard

JULIA TIERNAN/YH The Bulldogs hope to rebound from last weekend's losses against Harvard.

On Sat., Apr. 7, the Bulldogs (6-14, 2-6 Ivy) dropped two games to Columbia, both by a score of 3-2. Craig Breslow, CC '02, pitched a complete game in the first loss, including an extra inning. Breslow struck out five, surrendered nine hits, and allowed three runs.

Jon Steitz, CC '02, started the back end of the doubleheader and allowed just two runs, both unearned, on four hits, while striking out 13. Matt McCarthy, TD '02, relieved Steitz in the ninth inning and pitched three scoreless innings only to allow the winning run to cross the plate in the 12th inning. "We lost two heartbreakers, and our shock at those two close games showed against Penn," Captain R.D. DeSantis, SY '01, said.

Sun., Apr. 8 proved worse for the Bulldogs as they again dropped both games of a doubleheader to the Quakers by a combined score of 26-2. Doug Feller, PC '02, started game one and gave up seven runs, three earned, in just over one inning. Doug Shimokawa, SM '04, relieved him and fared no better, allowing three unearned runs in an inning of work. Feller and Shimokawa pitched a combined two-and-two-thirds innings before Mike Boardman, MC '04, finished the game, pitching four scoreless innings and allowing just one hit.

In game two, the Quakers picked up where they left off, producing 18 hits off Eli pitchers for a 16-2 victory. "Our defense played well and so did our pitching, but we didn't hit the ball well," Luis Costa, CC '01, said.

Yale rebounded from its losses over the weekend with a 7-0 win over Iona on Wed., Apr. 11. Team members hope the game will give them momentum as they head into their doubleheader this weekend against Harvard. "Playing Harvard will be tough," Costa said. "This weekend should be a pitching duel."

—Scott Goldberg

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