Gordon slammed a single to center field to advance Kidder to third. Fritsch then singled up the middle to score Kidder.

Finley tossed two strikeouts to get Princeton out of the inning, but Harvard had already staked a 1-0 lead.

Del Calvo manged one of the Tigers’ two hits of the game in the top of the second, but the Crimson defense, led by pitcher Bettinelli, left her stranded on first.

Taking advantage of mistakes by the dejected Princeton defense, the Harvard offense went back to work.

Williamson opened with a single to left field. The Tigers were unable to throw her out at second on a bunt from senior shortstop Rachel Goldberg. Then Kidder singled to load the bases with no outs.

Sophomore pinch hitter Pilar Adams popped up to Cobb-Adams. On Gordon’s follow-up hit, the Tigers went for the force at home, but an error by Ries at catcher allowed Williamson to score and all the runners to advance.

Fritsch belted a sacrifice fly to left field, and another Princeton error allowed her to reach first in addition to tacking on an RBI as Goldberg scored.

The Tigers finally converted on a force out, tagging Kidder out at home, off a single from Bettinelli, and sophomore third baseman Amanda Erickson snagged Halpenny’s line drive for the third out.

Princeton’s only other hit came in the top of the fifth inning with a single by Del Calvo, who stayed stranded at first.

Gordon went 2-4, Fritsch had a hit and two RBI, and Williamson batted 2-3 with a run scored. Bettinelli pitched her fourth complete game of the season, improving to 7-4.

HARVARD 9, PENN 6

The Crimson scored six runs in the first inning of the second game on Friday against Penn to continue its domination of the Quakers.

Stefanchik, Gordon, Bettinelli, Halpenny, Williamson and Dell’Aria all scored in that first frame, and Harvard went through its entire batting lineup in the half inning.

The Crimson tacked on another three runs in the bottom of the fourth. Adams led off with a single to right field, and Gordon reached base on a fielder’s choice.

Fritsch laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance both runners. Adams was tagged out at home on Bettinelli’s grounder to shortstop. Halpenny’s long double drove in both Gordon and Bettinelli, and Halpenny advanced to third on a Dell’Aria single to left field. Halpenny then scored on a wild pitch.