WEST HAVEN, Conn. (Interstat) — Columbia used a strong pitching performance from Alex Sotiropoulos and a four-run second inning to defeat Penn 6-3 on Saturday afternoon at Yale Field. Sotiropoulos threw seven innings, allowing nine hits and three earned runs while striking out seven. Will Harrigan added two scoreless innings of relief with four strikeouts. Cole Fellows went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, including a two-run single in the second that put the Lions ahead for good.

Penn jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning on Nick Spaventa’s RBI double. Columbia answered in the bottom half with single runs on hits by Owen Estabrook and Jackson Brewer, then took control in the second. Anthony Temesvary singled in a run and Fellows drove in two more. An unearned run in the sixth made it 6-3. Penn’s Jarrett Pokrovsky doubled in a run in the seventh but no further damage.

The Quakers fell to 19-21 overall, while Columbia improved to 15-23-1.