Once again, the Harvard baseball team heads into its last weekend of the season in the hunt for the Ivy League title.

With a pair of home-and-home doubleheaders against Dartmouth (13-16, 7-9 Ivy) beginning in Hanover, N.H. on Saturday, the Crimson (21-12, 12-4) must win at least three of four games to secure a spot in the Ivy League Championship Series.

Failing to take at least three games, however, would allow the situation to grow considerably more complicated.

Heading into its four-game series with Brown earlier this week, the Crimson had a chance to move three games ahead of the Bears (19-17, 11-5) in the Red Rolfe standings to secure the title. Since it split with Brown, however, Harvard remained only one game ahead. The Bears will now play four games against Yale (21-14, 9-7) this upcoming weekend.

Although disappointment might have plagued the team after splitting with Brown—both losses featured blown leads in late innings—it appears the Crimson is ready to put the series behind it and focus solely on the Big Green.

“We were a little upset after the second game against Brown,” said right fielder Lance Salsgiver, “but we’re still optimistic going into the Dartmouth series. We’re hoping to take at least three out of four.”

Though Dartmouth is mathematically eliminated from the title hunt with a 7-9 Ivy record, it still gets to play spoiler against the Crimson.

Harvard needs to win at least three games to be safe, but if it fails to do so, Brown could sneak in as champion.

In case of a split, the Bears would need to beat Yale in three out of four games to force a head-to-head tiebreaker, or sweep to grab the Red Rolfe title.

The Bulldogs, who are mathematically still in the hunt at three games back, would need the Bears and the Crimson both to collapse completely this weekend to have any chance at the Ivy League championship.

Harvard, though, has grown used to the season coming down to the last weekend against Dartmouth. Last year, in fact, the Big Green snatched the title away from the Crimson in the final season series.

But while Harvard’s fate is currently unknown, one thing is for certain: historically, the Crimson has had its hands full with the Big Green.

“It seems like it’s always the same situation with Dartmouth,” Crimson coach Joe Walsh said. “It’s an unbelievable emotional roller coaster. We have a lot of fun playing them. We’ve had big crowds the last few years.”

Pitching will be a key factor in the series this weekend, as Dartmouth boasts two dominant hurlers in junior Josh Faiola—who shared Cape Cod League MVP honors with Oklahoma’s Ryan Rohlinger last summer—and sophomore Stephen Perry.

“Dartmouth has two of the best pitchers in the Ivy League,” Walsh said. “Faiola is a big-time prospect. Last week, he was Ivy League Pitcher of the Week after having ten strikeouts and no walks against Yale. Perry’s also very good; he beat us last year.”