In the third inning, the Crimson offense caught up with McCarthy, without the benefit of the long ball.

Harvard played solid fundamental softball, and plated the only runs of the game.

Freshman shortstop Rachel Goldberg reached base on a line drive single through the middle, and was promptly bunted over to second by Crusius.

With a runner in scoring position and McKendry coming up, Harvard was in position to get a run.

McKendry came through, ripping a low liner to the fence in left-center field and scoring Goldberg. McKendry was 4-for-6 on the day, with a home run and three RBI.

Up 1-0, the Crimson secured an insurance run off the bat of freshman first baseman Breanne Cooley. She scorched a double off the center field fence, giving freshman hurler Kara Brotemarkle all the protection she would need.

Brotemarkle continued her maturity as a college pitcher, turning in another fine performance. She pitched four hitless innings, striking out seven.

"I'm not so much pleased with my own performance," Brotemarkle said. "We're playing better as a team, communicating better, solving problems as they arise."