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Posted: Apr 07, 2020

This Week in Tartans History - April 5-11, 2019

This Week in Tartans History - April 5-11, 2019

With our 2020 seasons cut short, we are honoring our spring athletes with a look back at their many accomplishments during their time as Tartans. We hope you enjoy celebrating these past performances.

Softball

The Tartans played six games and turned in three wins throughout the week, including playing and winning the first extra-inning contest in program history with a 6-4 win over Saint Vincent College in nine innings. The Tartans opened play taking game four of a four-game series over Case Western Reverse University which marked the program’s first University Athletic Association (UAA) victory. The Cardinal and Gray then swept Saint Vincent in a midweek doubleheader. 

In the Tartans’ 7-1 win over Case Western Reserve, Scotty McGee posted her seventh complete game on the season, as she struck out eight batters and allowed six hits. McGee was perfect at the plate recording four singles with an RBI.

McGee’s stellar play on the mound continued in the Tartans’ sweep of Saint Vincent. She didn’t allow an earned run in 9.2 innings pitched in the series while striking out 15 and accounted for the save in game one and the win in the Tartans’ 6-4 nine-inning game two victory. Piper Johnson went 4-of-8 at the plate in the series with three doubles while Io Jette-Kouri tabbed three singles and four RBIs, including a single in the top half of the ninth inning that knocked in two, including what proved to be the winning run.

“This week was a pivotal week for our young program,” recalls head coach Monica Harrison. “The win at Case Western versus a strong conference competitor who made it to the NCAA World Series the previous year was a big win. The girls learned a lot that weekend and came together to get a win to close the series and were able to take that momentum into the mid-week non-conference double header. When you're a young program, it's about the growth and the process, and this week was the epitome of it.”

 

Men’s Golf

The men’s golf team played in The Hershey Cup on the par-71, East Course at Hershey Country Club. The Tartans ended the 36-hole event with a 610 after carding rounds of 301 and 309, which tied for second out of 15 teams. Jason Folker led the Cardinal and Gray with a 150 (76-74) and tied for ninth individually in a field of 84 golfers. Jason Li ended play one-stroke behind Folker with a 151 (77-74) and tied for 11th.

 

Men’s Track and Field

The men’s track and field team competed at the Dave Labor Invitational hosted by Slippery Rock University with the field comprised of Division II and III athletes.

Highlights of the meet include:

  • Evan Yukevich and Liam Walsh finishing first and second, respectively, in the 1,500-meter run
  • Michael OBroin taking second in the 5,000-meter run
  • Tyler Waters placing third and Grant Johnson placing seventh in the 400-meter hurdles
  • Bram Miller placing third in the shot put and fourth in the hammer throw and discus
  • Logan Stahl placing seventh in the hammer throw
  • Dhroovaa Khannan placing seventh in the triple jump
  • In the pole vault, Brian Lane placing seventh
  • The Tartans' 4x400-meter team of Heoseph Desir, Johnson, Graham Eversden and Isaac Mills placing second

 

Women’s Track and Field

The women’s track and field team competed at the Dave Labor Invitational hosted by Slippery Rock University with the field comprised of Division II and III athletes. For the second consecutive week, 2019 graduate Debarati Bhanja broke her own school record in the 200-meter dash.

Highlights of the meet include:

  • Joanna Baranowski placing second in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal-best time
  • Michelle Karabin placing third in the pole vault with Baranowski placing fifth
  • Kate Reilly placing fourth in the 1,500-meter run with a personal-best time
  • The Tartans’ 4 x100-meter team of Claire Yuan, Valerie Reiling, Leah Kendrick and Bhanji placing second
  • The Tartans’ 4x400-meter relay team of Baranowski, Rose Ciriello, Reilly and Bhanja placing third
  • Ally Tully placing seventh in the hammer throw
  • Sami Johnson placing eighth in the triple jump

 

Men’s Tennis

The men’s tennis team, then ranked 15th nationally, hosted 16th-ranked University of Mary Washington and defeated the Eagles, 5-4. After dropping all three points in doubles, strong singles play lifted the Tartans to their seventh win for the season.

Carnegie Mellon collected wins at first, second, fourth and sixth singles before Clark Safran sealed the win with a straight set victory, 7-6 (7), 6-3, at fifth singles.

 

Women’s Tennis

The women’s tennis team, then ranked 10th nationally, played three matches and recorded wins over 12th-ranked University of Mary Washington and 24th-ranked Christopher Newport University while dropping a hard fought match to Division I Duquesne University.

In the two wins, the Tartans swept doubles play in both, as they blanked Mary Washington and downed Christopher Newport 8-1. Vinaya Rao, Danna Taylor and Janabelle Wu all recorded two singles victories while Taylor clinched the win over Mary Washington with a 6-2, 6-0 decision at the top spot.