B.U. wasted no time getting on the scoreboard. Kerry Herr belted the first pitch of the game down the third-base line for a double, and after moving to third on a sacrifice, scored on her sister's groundout to short.

The score remained 1-0 until the fifth, when B.U. senior Betsy Gonski smacked a one-out single up the middle and stole second. She scored two batters later on Parker's bloop hit to left. Gonski finished the game 2-for-3 with two runs scored.

Harvard started to mount threats in the fifth and sixth innings, but the Crimson squandered both opportunities. With one out in the fifth, sophomore designated player Mairead McKendry reached base when B.U.'s Aryn Rangel dropped her pop-up.

One out later, junior center fielder Jessie Amberg singled up the middle to put runners on first and second with two outs. Junior Ghia Godfree came in to pinch-hit, but she popped up to short to end the inning.

Senior second baseman Tara LaSovage led off the Crimson's next frame with a double into straightaway center, Harvard's only extra-base hit of the game. But King retired Harvard's next three hitters--including the Crimson's two biggest guns, co-captains Abeles and Terri Teller--to retire the side.

"I think a lot of [our hitting trouble] is mental," Abeles said. "Fixing it means refocusing and making sure people are driven."

The Terriers sealed the victory with three runs in the seventh. Gonski and Kerry Herr started the inning with back-to-back singles and moved over to second and third on a double steal.