That promise was fulfilled in the sixth inning, when the squad scored what would be its only run of the day. With two outs, sophomore Mark Levy distributed a single to left, only to have big junior James Crowley drive him home with a triple to right. The Crimson was only down by one, 2-1, and Forneiros was looking more and more vulnerable--a win seemed possible.

But a win was not to be. Forneiros was able to hold out--and hold out is the right word for it, as evidenced by a strange, late-inning wild-pitch seizure, and the Huskies mustered two more runs in the seventh to notch the win, 4-1.

Irving (2-4) picked up the loss for the Crimson, despite allowing only five hits and garnering five strikeouts.

"I would have to say that we are not satisfied with the game because we lost, but we are proud of our performance," said Madden, carefully articulating the general sentiments of Crimson faithful at the at the game. "We played really well--we have nothing to be ashamed of."

The Crimson will get a chance to establish at least some consistency today when it battles BC at high noon in the consolation game.

The Eagles fell to BU in an upset yesterday, 9-4 .