“You want to score the runners,” Bettinelli said. “But I don’t know if frustrating is the right word for it. BC’s pitcher did what she had to do.”
Still, the Crimson squad’s heightened ability to compete with the toughest competition—both against Princeton last weekend and the Eagles yesterday—has come at precisely the right moment, as the season draws to its conclusion.
“I think we’re playing with a lot more confidence from this past weekend and playing BC,” Bettinelli said.
The Harvard softball team returns to Ivy League play this Saturday, squaring off against Dartmouth in an afternoon doubleheader at Soldiers Field.
—Staff writer Timothy J. McGinn can be reached at mcginn@fas.harvard.edu