ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell and Dartmouth returned to the diamond for the season finale from Niemand-Robison Field. The Big Red honored it's seniors in a ceremony moments before first-pitch. The squads battled it out for eight innings, with the Big Green ultimately earning the 5-2 victory over the Big Red.

Dartmouth opened up the game with a strong showing, registering three hits in the top of the first-inning, which resulted in two runs. The first-year standout Lauren Holt stepped up to the plate at the bottom of the first and smashed a homer, bringing the Big Red back within one. Cornell tacked on another run in the third due to a throwing error, ushering Ella Harrod home.

Mia Burd entered the game for Gabrielle Maday in the fourth stanza, picking up where her senior counterpart left off. Burd pitched a scoreless game in her time on the mound, sending the game to the bottom of the seventh all tied up. Harrod was able to register a hit in the inning, but that would be all as the game would go to extra-innings.

A key error from Kate Callaway in the center field led to a three unearned run outburst by the Big Green. This would prove to be enough for Dartmouth to pull away with the victory. Although credited with a loss on the mound, Burd pitched five innings and allowed zero unearned runs.

Season Recap
The Big Red capped off a season where it saw many bright spots for the future. The lower-classmen provided a strong amount of production, with a handful of first- and second-year Cornelians finishing the season at the top of the rankings in numerous Ivy-League statistical categories. Gabrielle Maday, Mia Burd, Celia Macari, Maicie Levitt, and Julie Hilcken bookended their Cornell softball careers with notable victories against Penn State, Harvard (series), University of Pennsylvania (series-sweep) and Princeton.