Meanwhile, the Crimson clawed its way back intothe game. After an Amberg RBI single got Harvardon the board in the second, a pair of two-rundoubles by freshman Sarah Koppel and Godfree gavethe Crimson a 5-4 lead after three.

It stayed that way until the top of theseventh, when Thoke loaded the bases, and onestrike away from the victory, gave up a two-RBIsingle to Aleana Sutton that put the Bears infront.

"It was the wrong pitch to pitch," Thoke said."I should have gone in on her, and she probablywould have struck out or popped up, so I was veryupset at myself for doing that."

The defensive play of the game belonged tofreshman second baseman Cherry Fu who dived tosnare a line drive that had deflected off ofGodfree's glove in the top of the fourth.

Koppel, Godfree and Amberg each went 2-for-4with two RBI, and Teller had a 2-for-5 performancewith two runs scored.

Harvard 3, Brown 1

The Crimson had a less formidable deficit toovercome in the first game of the doubleheader,but once again it waited until late in the game toclear the hurdle. A second-inning sacrifice flygave Brown a 10 lead that it held until the sixth.

"We've always had problems with Brown," Allardsaid. "We've always played them tight, but itsurprised me that we didn't hit them a littlebetter. We just weren't swinging at good pitches."

That changed in the sixth inning, or the inningof the RBI double. Koppel led off the frame with awalk, and senior Karen Rice came in to pinch-runfor her. McKendry moved Rice to second on asacrifice bunt, and Harvard's bats came alive.

Godfree began the party by ripping a double intoright field past a diving Kristen Marshall, whowent airborne in an effort to make the play. Ricescored on the hit. Fu followed and laced a doubleinto the right-centerfield gap to plate Godfree.

Thoke kept the inning alive with a bloomsingle into right, and senior Tara LaSovage thenstroked a double of her own into left-center fieldto drive Fu home.

Three runs were more than enough insurance forThoke, who was simply overpowering. She scatteredfive hits over seven innings and fanned 10batters, including striking out the side in thefifth.

"Chelsea's a competitor, and I know that I cango to Chelsea for two games if I need to," Allardsaid. "She's been a solid force for us all season.When we've needed her, she's been coming through."

Koppel had another good performance at theplate, going 2-for-2, LaSovage went 3-for-4 in thegame with an RBI.

Harvard 9, Yale 3