Harvard split two games against Cornell last year. Schafer and Harvard won the first game, 3-1.

"My off-speed stuff worked well in that game," Schafer said. "They hit my fastball well; they were all solid hits. They have some good power hitters."

Harvard defeated Princeton twice early last season. However, the Tigers went 10-3 heading into the championship series with Harvard.

Walsh was still in the stands for the first game, the result of a toss from the team's previous matchup against UMass. Princeton scored five runs in the first inning en route to a 15-6 win.

"Hogan had a rocky first," Coach Walsh said of last year's game. "Balls were finding holes. It was as if someone had busted a balloon out there."

Schafer then pitched the next game against Princeton, a 1-0 loss.

"It was a good, solid game," Coach Walsh recalled. "It was disappointing, yet a better team beat us.

"We're a veteran team now. We're not looking back at last year. Guys might dig in a little bit deeper against Princeton, though. We want to show that the way to the Ivy League title goes through Harvard," he added.