Guy shut down the Quakers in relief of Thoke. She pitched three innings, stuck out five, and walked two while earning the win. Penn mounted a slight scoring threat in the top of the seventh, when the game was out of reach, loading the bases with two outs. But Guy stuck out Penn first baseman Kari Dennis to end the game.

Thoke pitched a solid 3.2 innings to start the game. At one point she pitched out of a second-and-third, one-out jam with a ground ball and a strikeout. But getting the last out of the fourth inning was a nightmare.

"[The weather] was frustrating," McKendry said. "There was a combination of factors hindering her delivery of the ball. Her hand was all taped up."

With cold rain numbing hands around the field, Thoke lost her of control. She walked two in a row, then an unlucky bounce on a bunt loaded the bases.

After Clarisa Apostol reached on a slow grounder to cut the Harvard lead to 3-2, Crista Farrell cleared the bases with a shot deep to right field that barely stayed in the park. The Crimson finally ended the inning when Farrell was thrown out while running to second.

The Crimson got its first three runs in the top of the first. After Ranta walked Whitton and Fu to put runners at first and second with one out, the game was halted 15 minutes due to rain.

As soon as the "play ball" signal was given, McKendry popped a 2-0 Ranta pitch to the center field for the second out.

Koppel came up next. She sent the third pitch from Ranta ricocheting down the first base line, fair by just a few inches. The lucky bounce drove in two runs and earned Koppel a triple. A single by Thoke drove in Koppel to put the Crimson up 3-0. Those early runs were crucial for the eventual comeback.