Sitting Atop the Ivy League

Pound Ridge's Griffen Dey '19 (top) gets the celebration started after Yale defeated Penn to win the Ivy League baseball championship (Yale Athletics photos)

Capping one of its best Ivy campaigns in its history, Yale baseball swept two games from Penn, May 16, to capture the Ivy League title and earn an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. The Bulldogs, now 30-16, beat the Quakers in a double-header at home in a best-of-three series that determined the Ivy champion.

When the final out was secured in the second game, Yale Westchester players joined other teammates to celebrate in a pile-up on the mound.

In the first game, with Yale shutting out its opponent, 5-0, Rye's Tim DeGraw '19 had a sacrifice fly and scored a run and Pound Ridge's duo Griffin Dey '19 and Richard Slenker '17 had base hits.

In the second game, DeGraw had one of his best collegiate games with three hits (including a double and home run), four RBI, and two runs scored.  Slenker, likely playing in his last  game at Yale Field as a senior, had two hits. Dey scored a run and pitched the final inning.

Yale won't know its NCAA-tournament foe until pairings are announced May 29.  The Bulldogs return to the tournament for the first time in 24 years. As a four-year starter and this year's captain, who is on pace to graduate from Yale next week, Slenker is finishing his Yale career with a batting average of .330 with over 185 hits.