The Harvard baseball team turned in its best performance of the year Saturday.

Unfortunately, that effort didn't translate into enough wins to keep its post-season hopes afloat.

The Crimson needed to sweep Saturday and Sunday doubleheaders against Ivy frontrunner Dartmouth (28-12, 17-3) to stay alive in the race for the Red Rolfe division crown. Harvard has won the Rolfe division the last four years.

The odds looked bleak, as Harvard was stuck in a five game losing streak while the Big Green had won 12 in a row coming into the weekend.

Instead, in a tremendous team effort, Harvard won the first game at O'Donnell Field 10-5 before losing a 3-2 eleven-inning heartbreaker in the second.

Clearly suffering a letdown from the loss Saturday, the Crimson (16-23, 9-9) dropped both games at Dartmouth yesterday, 9-3 and 11-0.

"We didn't put enough heart into it," junior pitcher John Birtwell said of Sunday's performance. "It was a heartbreaking loss yesterday. It's tough rebounding from a loss like that."

Despite losing three out of four