Goldberg led the Crimson charge with a solid linedrive double to left center field. On a mishandled ball by the Big Green catcher, Goldberg was able to steal third. Sabin then used her good eye to walk to first, setting up a first and third situtation for freshman pinch hitter Cecily Gordon.

Gordon bunted to third and the Big Green tried to make a play at the plate, but the Dartmouth catcher dropped the ball, allowing Goldberg to score.

Whitton took a walk and created another first and third situation, but this time it was Koppel who stepped up to the plate. Koppel drove a single out to rightfield that scored pinch runner Stefanchik and advanced Whitton to third.

Cooley kept the two-out rally going with a line drive, that scored Whitton, over the head of Dartmouth’s center fielder. Allard sent Koppel home, creating a close play at the plate, but a Koppel slide forced Dartmouth’s catcher to lose sight of and drop the ball.

With Cooley on third, it was Williamson’s turn to leg out a single and allow Cooley to score.

Goldberg ended the inning with a grounder as the Crimson batted around and ended the inning with an 11-4 lead.

Dartmouth answered by matching the Crimson’s six runs off senior Suzanne Guy, but the quick leftfielder Stefanchik retired a foul ball to end the inning and leave one runner on base.

The Crimson pulled away again in the sixth inning, totaling three runs off of four hits. Koral slapped her way to firstbase and scored when Koppel hammered a double over the Big Green centerfielder. Cooley then doubled to left center field, driving Koppel home. Freshman Lauren Bettinelli hit a single up the middle of the field to advance the runners and on a stolen base attempt that ended in an overthrow to second, Cooley was able to cross the plate.

After extending its lead to 14-10, the Crimson defense retired the Big Green hitters in order, leaving Dartmouth with only the bottom of the seventh inning to attempt a comeback.

The Big Green took advantage of their last opportunity, but still found themselvse one run short. With two outs and runners on first and second, the Crimson was just one out away from finishing with a comfortable lead.

But the Big Green needed a rally and got one, as Dartmouth first baseman Kisa Brannen swung away on the first pitch of Guy and powered the ball over the rightfield fence and narrowed Harvard’s lead to one.

After walking the next batter, Guy was pulled in favor of freshman Lauren Tanner, who struck out Dartmouth’s Carly Haggard and extinguished the comeback attempt.

Harvard 7, Dartmouth 2

In the second game, the Crimson sustained its consistency while the Big Green struggled to convert its few offensive opportunities.