"UMass has played a lot of ranked teams very close," Abeles said. "They are definitely the best team we've played from the East Coast, but some weird things happened with the umpiring, and we gave up runs we shouldn't have."

Despite the tough losses to a strong UMass team, Harvard is not disappointed. The Crimson feels that yesterday's games readied them for tomorrow's matchup against Princeton, which boasts one of the best staffs in the Ivy League.

"I'm not disappointed with the out-come," Abeles said. "This was good preparation for this weekend."

With two close losses behind it, Harvard hopes to capitalize on the lessons it learned as it tries to preserve its undefeated Ivy League mark in two critical conference games against Princeton.

UMass, 3-2 at Amherst           R  H  E Harvard  000  002  0  --  2  40 UMass  000  210  X  --  3  71

HR: None. 2B: Harvard--Abeles, Rice; UMass--Galas, Gutridge, Faessler. E: UMass--Brown.

WP: Danielle Henderson (16-6); LP: Cupp (10-4)

UMass, 2-0 at Amherst   R  H  E Harvard  000  000  0  --  0  32 UMass  100  010  X  --  2  100

HR: None. 2B: UMass--Faessler. E: Harvard--Abeles, Godfree.

WP: Carrie Jeffries (8-5); LP: Heather Brown (1-6)