The Harvard baseball team entered the weekend hoping to rebound from its only Ivy League loss. By the time Sunday came around, it looked like only the weather could stop Harvard's hot bats.

The Crimson (10-12, 5-1 Ivy) swept both games of a doubleheader against Columbia (6-21, 3-3 Ivy) on Saturday to bounce back in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson will have to wait for a chance to further augment its record, as a surprising spring snow caused yesterday's twin bill against Penn to be postponed.

The games will be made up tomorrow afternoon at noon. Junior Justin Birtwell and sophomore Ben Crockett will start for the Crimson.

Junior outfielder Scott Carmack and sophomore second basemen Nick Carter led the Crimson against the Lions, knocking in five runs apiece in the two games. In games dominated by offense, pitching proved decisive. Senior Mike Madden threw five innings of one-run ball in the opener, and senior Derek Lennon struck out nine in 3.2 innings in the second game.

"They came in in tough weather situations and did just what they had to," tri-captain Erik Binkowski said. "They kept their fastballs low and away and pitched big innings for us."

Harvard 14, Columbia 9

The wind was gusting and a storm was blowing into town, but Harvard showed a little thunder and lightning of its own with a pair of three-run homers in a six-run seventh inning.

With the game tied, sophomore infielder Nick Carter belted a three-run homerun and Scott Carmack took a 3-1 pitch over the wall in straight away center with two aboard to give the Crimson a commanding 14-8 lead.