WEST HAVEN, Conn. (Interstat) — Drew Nelson threw seven no-hit innings and Alex Benevento hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth to lift Brown to a 2-1 victory over Yale in the first game of an Ivy League doubleheader Saturday at Yale Field.

Nelson allowed one unearned run, walking four with four strikeouts. Yale’s Ben Winslow matched him with one run allowed over seven innings. Kaiden Dossa’s first-inning RBI single gave Yale a 1-0 lead. Brown tied it in the seventh on an error and won it on Benevento’s solo homer off Alex Hwang. Christian Keel earned the save with two perfect innings for Brown (6-10). Yale fell to 9-7.