Charleston Southern, a team with a short roster of just 13 players, left one pitcher in to get pounded for all 18 runs. Harvard, on the other hand, used nearly every one of its healthy position players in the victory.
“That’s amazing to be able to use that many players and to have them ready any second to go in and do their job,” Williamson said.
Shortly after the Charleston game, Harvard learned that its first bracket opponent would be Maryland (14-9), another ACC school.
Harvard started strong as it did against Georgia Tech and took a 1-0 lead in the top of fifth.
Brotemarkle shut down the Terrapins for the first four innings, but Maryland rallied for four in the fifth and didn’t look back, eliminating Harvard from the tournament
“We played really hard, but with good teams like that, you just can’t sit on one run,” Cooley said.
Harvard may not have advanced as far in the Buzz Classic this year, but it once again proved that it could compete with ACC-caliber competition and gained valuable seasoning for future.