That force would be the last out that Zitarelli would see for a while. Sophomore Sarah Koppel singled to drive home Godfree and extend the lead to 2-0. After freshman Monica Montijo singled to load the bases, senior Crystal Springer added another run with an RBI single to center.

The inning finally ended when junior pinch-hitter Jen Crusius hit a grounder and Springer was forced out at second. That inning would provide all the scoring Harvard would get on the day, and all the scoring it needed.

Whitton kept Cornell from getting any kind of clutch hit. Over the first four innings, she walked five and gave up two hits, but she allowed no more than two baserunners in a single inning and held the Big Red hitless in four tries with runners in scoring position.

Once Whitton get the lead, she settled down and dominated the Cornell lineup. Over the last three innings, she gave up just one hit and struck out three without walking anyone. Whitton ended the game with style, beating Big Red pinch hitter Julie Staub with a strikeout, her seventh of the day.

Whitton earned her third win in two weekends, to improve her record to 3-1 on the year. Zitarelli--who started her college career with a 32-5 record--watched her record drop to 1-5 in Ivy play and 5-8 overall since giving up that game-winning home run to Abeles in April.

"[Cornell] might be down because they've had such a disappointing season," Godfree said. "But they still played a good game. We only beat them 3-0."

The Crimson pitching staff finished its regular season looking as solid as it had been all year. Harvard's pitchers now have a 15-inning scoreless streak going into the NCAA Regionals. Junior Suzanne Guy and Whitton are the first Harvard pitchers to record back-to-back shutouts since the 1998 Harvard team went into Regionals with shutouts in seven of its last ten games, including a perfect game by Tasha Cupp '98.