Earlier in the same inning, Co-Captain Gia Barressi knocked a line-drive single to rightfield that led to a two-base error. Prior followed with a hit to drive Barressi home.

"We had a few problems," Wentzell said, "but we were never really in danger."

The Crimson grabbed the lead in the second inning when senior Trisha Brown scored on Prior's double.

Harvard batters had trouble early on with the Brandeis outfielders, who played deep to leave the Crimson hard-pressed to put anything over their heads. But by the fourth inning the Crimson was capitalizing on the Judges' defensive alignment with line drives and grounders to short left and center.

"[Brandeis] doesn't play many division one schools," Wentzell said, "but that doesn't matter a lot. They're a good team. They were 11-2 coming into the weekend."

The Crimson will host Wheaton and Tufts in a doubleheader at Soldiers Field on Sunday. Saturday's contest at Brown has been rescheduled for Monday afternoon.