Walsh called in junior righthander DerekLennon, who gave up a sacrifice fly to Boranbefore retiring the side. Princeton added a run inthe eighth and two in the ninth.

Harvard 8, Princeton 7

After falling behind early in the contest 5-2,Harvard rallied for three runs in both the fifthand sixth innings, withstood a ninth inningPrinceton rally and held on for the 8-7 victory.

In the series opener on Saturday afternoon, theCrimson sent Vail to the mound to face-off againstTigers' freshman phenom, 6'10 Chris Young.

In Young, the Tigers sent up perhaps the mostdominant pitcher in the Ancient Eight this season.Young, who ran away with the Ivy League Rookie ofthe Year Award in basketball, is a heavy favoritefor the baseball equivalent of the award. Heentered the contest 4-1 with a 1.52 ERA.

After Harvard notched one run in the top of thefirst on a Carey double and Woodfork RBI single,Koonin, the first batter Vail faced, reached on athrowing error by shortstop Mager. The nexthitter, sophomore designated hitter Andrew Hanson,laced a two-run home run over the right fieldfence, giving the Tigers a 2-1 lead.

Harvard came back to tie the game in the top ofthe second as Carmack, who double by Mager.

Vail seemed to find his groove, setting downsix straight after the home run. In the bottom ofthe third, however, first baseman Matt Evansdoubled in a run, and right fielder Max Krancefollowed with an RBI single to give Princeton a4-2 lead.

An error by Shakir, who was filling in forWoodfork at second base led to an additionalunearned run in the fourth, as the Crimson founditself trailing 5-2.

With Harvard down by three runs, and Younglooking strong on the mound, Carey led off thefifth with a blast over the left field fence,cutting the deficit to 5-3. Then, with one out,Huling laced a double to left. Young then hit Keckwith a pitch, and walked Binkowski to load thebases for left fielder Jeff Bridich. The juniordidn't disappoint, lacing a single into center.The hit drove in two runs to knot the game 5-5 andknocked Young out.

Vail cruised through bottom of the fifth, andin the top of the sixth the Crimson onslaughtcontinued. Mager and Carey led off the frame withsingles, and Woodfork sacrificed them over a basewith a bunt. After an intentional walk to Huling,Keck cleared the bases with a double down theright field line to give Harvard an 8-5 lead.

"It was a 2-0 count with the bases loaded and Iwas expecting a pitch up in the zone," Keck said."I love coming up to the plate with men on, andcoming up with the big hit with the game on theline."

HARVARD, 8-7at O'Donnell FieldR  H  EHarvard  101  033  000  --  8  13  3Princeton  202  100  002  --  7  10  1HARVARD  AB  R  H  BI  BB  SOMager ss  6  1  3  1  0  1Carey 3b  5  3  3  1  1  0Woodfork dh  4  0  2  1  0  0Huling cf  3  2  2  0  2  1Keck c  2  1  1  3  1  0Binkowski 1b  3  0  0  0  2  1Bridich lf  4  0  1  2  1  2Carmack rf  4  1  1  0  1  0Shakir 2b  2  0  0  0  0  2San Salvadorph  1  0  0  0  0  0Carter 2b  1  0  0  0  0  1TOTALS  35  8  13  8  8  8PRINCETON  AB  R  H  BI  BB  SOKoonin cf  5  2  2  0  0  1Hanson dh  5  1  1  2  0  3Evans 1b  5  2  3  3  0  1Krance rf  4  0  1  1  0  1Watterson ph  1  0  0  0  0  1Loving 3b  5  0  0  0  0  4Achterberg lf  4  1  2  0  0  2Small c  4  0  1  0  0  0Phillips 2b  3  0  0  0  1  1Boran ss  3  1  0  0  1  1TOTALS  39  7  10  6  2  15E: Mager 2, Shakir, Young. LOB:Harvard 12, Princeton 7. 2B: Mager, Carey,Huling, Keck, Carmack, Evans. HR: Carey,Hanson, Evans. SB: Koonin. CS:Mager, Carey.HARVARD  IP  H  R  ER  BB  SOVail W (2-2)  5.0  7  5  3  1  8Jamieson  3.1  3  2  2  1  6Devine  0.1  0  0  0  0  1Lennon  0.1  0  0  0  0  1PRINCETON  IP  H  R  ER  BB  SOYoung  4.1  6  5  4  5  6Horn L (3-2)  2.2  4  3  3  3  1Kiligoar  2.0  3  0  0  0  1WP: Herrick, Cuthill. PB: None.BK: None. HBP: None.PRINCETON, 7-6 at O'Donnell FieldR  H  EPrinceton  000  200  212  --  7  12  2Harvard  021  000  003  --  6  14  1PRINCETON  AB  R  H  BI  BB  SOKoonin cf  5  2  2  2  0  0Hanson dh  4  1  2  0  1  0Evans 1b  5  0  2  1  0  0Krance rf  5  1  1  0  0  3Loving 3b  4  1  2  1  0  1Hildreth c  2  0  0  0  0  1Watterson pr  0  1  0  0  0  0Small c  1  0  1  1  0  0Martin lf  4  0  0  0  0  0Boran ss  3  1  1  1  0  2TOTALS  37  7  12  7  1  9HARVARD  AB  R  H  BI  BB  SOMager ss  5  1  0  0  0  1Carey 3b  5  1  1  0  0  2Woodfork 2b  5  1  3  2  0  1Huling cf  5  1  2  1  0  0Keck c  5  0  2  1  0  0Bridich dh  5  1  2  1  0  1Binkowski 1b  4  0  1  0  0  0Carmack rf  4  1  2  0  0  1Portman lf  3  0  1  1  1  2TOTALS  41  6  14  6  1  8E: Loving, Boran, Carey. DP: None.LOB: Princeton 6, Harvard 9. 2B:Evans, Loving, Boran, Woodfork, Huling, Portman.3B: None. HR: Koonin. SB:None. CS: Evans, Woodfork.PRINCETON  IP  H  R  ER  BB  SOQuintana W(5-4)  8.1  11  5  4  1  8Golden  0.2  3  1  0  0  0HARVARD  IP  H  R  ER  BB  SOBirtwell L(4-4)  6.1  7  4  4  0  8Lennon  2.0  5  3  3  0  0Devine  0.2  0  0  0  1  1HBP: by Birtwell.HARVARD, 5-4 at O'Donnell FieldR  H  EHarvard  010  001  003  --  5  13  0Princeton  000  300  100  --  4  9  1HARVARD  AB  R  H  BI  BB  SOCarey 3b  5  0  0  0  0  0Woodfork 2b  5  0  3  0  0  0Huling cf  4  1  0  0  0  0Keck c  4  0  3  1  0  0Carmack rf  4  2  1  0  0  0Bridich lf  3  0  0  0  0  1San Salvadorph  1  0  1  0  0  0O'Donnellpr/lf  0  1  0  0  0  0Mager ss  4  1  2  1  0  0Binkowski 1b  4  0  1  1  0  0Shakir dh  4  0  2  2  0  0TOTALS  38  5  13  5  0  1

PRINCETON  AB  R  H  BI  BB  SOKoonin cf  4  0  1  0  0  2Hanson dh  4  1  1  0  0  1Evans 1b  4  1  2  2  0  1Krance rf  4  1  1  0  0  1Loving 3b  4  0  0  0  0  2Achterberg lf  4  0  1  0  0  0Small c  2  0  1  0  1  0Mitchell 2b  4  0  1  1  0  0Boran ss  4  1  1  1  0  2TOTALS  34  4  9  4  1  9E: Boran. DP: Princeton 1.LOB: Harvard 6, Princeton 5. 2B:None. 3B: None. HR: Evans, Boran.SB: Carey. CS: KooninHARVARD  IP  H  R  ER  BB  SOCrockett  6.2  7  4  4  1  7Devine  0.2  0  0  0  0  0Duffell W(3-1)  1.0  2  0  0  0  1Vail  0.2  0  0  0  0  1PRINCETON  IP  H  R  ER  BB  SORowland  8.1  10  4  3  0  1Golden L(1-1)  0.2  3  1  1  0  0

CrimsonPaul S. GutmanTHE FAIZ: Freshman FAIZ SHAKIR hitsthe championship-winning single.