Harvard's 14 hits against the Crusaders on Wednesday was a season-high. More importantly, though, Harvard bounced back even when one Holy Cross homer after another appeared to put the game away.

"The wind was blowing out and Holy Cross was hitting a bunch of homers, but we just kept coming back at them," Hopps said.

Yale (7-14, 2-6) arrives in Cambridge today occupying the cellar of the Red Rolfe Division. Harvard, meanwhile, is tied for second place with Dartmouth. Sitting one game in back of first-place Dartmouth, this weekend provides Harvard with a prime opportunity to move up in the pecking order of the division.

After taking just one of its two games against its first four Ivy opponents, the Crimson would like nothing more than a sweep of the Elis.

"We need to stop splitting," Hopps said. "We have to take at least three out of four. If we don't start sweeping teams, we'll lose ground."

That should not be a worry with a certain third baseman powering the Crimson order. Fittingly, it was Carter's homer that started off Harvard's comeback rally on Wednesday. As the Crimson now gears up for the most important part of its season this weekend, Carter may well have jumpstarted the Harvard offense at exactly the right time.