Led by Thoke's arm and her bat, Harvard took the first game of the doubleheader, 7-3. She struck out eight in five innings, while giving up just one run. She also hit a two-run shot off of Cornell freshman pitcher Sarah Sterman.

Whitton and Zitarelli rematched on the mound in the second game, but he result was not the same this time around, as Cornell junior Kristen Hricenak's two-run home run in the fourth gave Zitarelli all the runs she would need in a 2-1 Cornell victory. Junior outfielder Lisa Watanabe doubled home freshman infielder Sarah Williamson for the lone run of the game,

The Next Meeting

Despite the split, Harvard still managed to came back and split the Ivy title with Cornell. The Crimson needed Cornell to lose one of its last four Ivy games between Penn and Princeton. The Big Red, like Harvard earlier in the season, could not figure out Princeton ace Brie Galicinao.

By Ivy rules, Harvard earned the right to host a tiebreaking playoff series with Cornell, thanks to its superior record against third-place Dartmouth. Now Cornell will meet Harvard at Soldiers Field tomorrow afternoon, with an NCAA berth and the pride of two remarkably successful softball teams hanging in the balance.