Thoke came out firing in the top of eighth and struck out the first two batters she faced before closing the door on B.C., setting up Koppel's heroics.

Harvard 7, B.C. 6

The second game saw more scoring but no less drama than the first. After two innings, however, it seemed that Harvard would have an easy time achieving victory.

With the score knotted at 1-1, Godfree led off the bottom of the second with a towering double into right, and she took third on a wild pitch. Senior Tara LaSovage followed with a walk and took second on another wild pitch, and freshman pinch hitter Cherry Fu drew a walk to load the bases.

Amberg then singled up the middle to score Godfree, and one out later, Abeles stung a two-RBI double down the third-base line. Teller rounded out the scoring with a bloop single to right to senior Meredith Bagley, who had reentered the game to run for Fu, and the Crimson led 5-1.

B.C. chipped away at Harvard's lead with two runs in the fifth and one in the sixth on Vicari's second dinger of the day, and the Eagles tied it up in the seventh when Thompson scored on a wild pitch by Koppel.

"[B.C.] utilized their bats well," Abeles said, "but it was also evidence of us not burying them earlier. We should have gotten more runs."

B.C. took a 6-5 lead in the top of the eighth on Jennifer Lombardi's sacrifice fly, and things may have been worse for Harvard if not for an outstanding defensive play by sophomore Tara Dunn and Teller.