Co-Captain Lora Rowning, playing in her second game after a six-week layoff due to a thumb injury, relieved Lee Polikoff on the mound with a B.U. runner on third base. The Terriers pulled ahead, 2-1, on a suicide squeeze.

Two plays later, with runners on first and third base, Rowning threw a wild pitch, allowing another run to score. The next B.U. hitter singled up the middle, upping the Terrier advantage to 4-1.

In the top of the seventh, Harvard stopped B.U.'s effort to drive up the score with three straight outs. Unfortunately for the Crimson, B.U. returned the favor by turning in a strong infield performance and ending Harvard hopes for an upset after only three batters.

"The second game just followed the first," Rowning said. "We made a couple of errors and they scored off of them."

Harvard's double loss to B.U. wasn't completely indicative of their play.

"The pitches were hittable. We left bases loaded and we were hitting the ball," Prior said. "We just weren't getting the runs. We didn't play awfully, but we didn't play up to our potential either."

"We just had an off day," Rowning said. "People weren't making connections on their hits."

The Crimson will be devoting more time to this weakness as the season comes to a close.

"We'll work on hitting and look to do things more aggressively with the bat," Haskell said.

This weekend Harvard faces Yale and Cornell and then battles Brown on Tuesday.

"If we want to beat these teams, we'll have to play up to our potential," Prior said. "With intensity and emotion, we'll be up for that."