"The home run in the first inning set the tone for the rest of game," Harvard Coach Jenny Allard said. "That was pretty much all we needed."

It was the first home run of Whitton's career.

"I've never hit before in a game," Whitton said. "I always move my feet in the box and my coach is like, 'You're never going to hit one out.' But the wind was blowing and it helped, so I just went with it."

The leadoff home run ignited the Crimson bats, as senior Ghia Godfree and McKendry both hit sharp singles later in the inning. McKendry's hit ricocheted off Tiger infielder Lauren Poniatowski, similar to the first game when she took out pitcher Brie Galicinao with a line drive.

The Tiger defense was awful throughout the day. With two outs in the first, sophomore Cherry Fu put Harvard up 2-0 with a shallow fly to center which fell in between two Princeton fielders.

Senior Crystal Springer followed up with a pop fly to second that should have ended the inning. But the Tigers dropped the ball, and with McKendry and Fu running all the way with two outs, the lead was stretched to 4-0.

In the bottom of the second, the Crimson added another run when senior Deborah Abeles, the defending Ivy batting champion, crushed a Fresier pitch into deep left field to drive in Whitton from first.

With junior Chelsea Thoke on target all day, the Tigers had no chance to come back. Thoke shut out Princeton over four innings, giving up just one hit while striking out three.