The Harvard women's softball team cruised to three straight victories this weekend, crushing Ivy rivals Yale and Brown with a tremendous offensive outpouring to maintain their perfect record in league competition.

Coming off close losses to Boston College last Thursday, the Crimson (11-17, 4-0 Ivy) rebounded with a team effort, battering the Bulldogs in a convincing 10-3 victory.

Senior Deborah Abeles broke the game open in the first inning with a two-run shot to center field. The Crimson never looked back from there, leading the game from start to finish.

Junior ace Chelsea Thoke, returning from a slight injury to her throwing hand that she suffered last Thursday in a game against Boston College, recorded the win in the lopsided victory for the Crimson.

Though the second game of the scheduled double-header versus Yale was canceled due to rain, the team carried the momentum from its big win and traveled to Providence for two games against Brown on Sunday. They will return to New Haven this afternoon to make-up the game.

The road trip did not cool off the team's bats, however, as the Crimson struck first against the Bears in the opening game. Sophomore Sarah Koppel opened the second inning with a single. A double by senior Crystal Springer advanced Koppel to third, and a sacrifice fly by freshman Moica Montijo drove Koppel in and gave the Crimson a 1-0 lead.

Brown grabbed the lead with a two-run second inning, but Koppel continued her impressive day at the plate, blasting a two-run home run in the sixth to recapture the one-run lead over the Bears.

"The whole game was pretty intense," Koppel said. "It was close the whole time, and I'm glad that I came through when the pressure was on."