After scoring three runs in the first four innings, the Crimson bats went silent, not scoring until the bottom of the seventh inning.

“I think we did well coming out and coming out strong, but we didn’t keep that throughout seven innings,” Shaw said. “We did lull there in the middle, but in the end we definitely picked it up. We had a good rally in the last few innings, which made up for a quiet middle.”

Shaw hit an RBI double to left field, sending senior Stephanie Krysiak home. But it was too little, too late, as Francis lined out to center field, ending the game.

BOSTON COLLEGE 5, HARVARD 4

Both teams were held scoreless through the top of the fifth inning in the opening game, as Harvard’s sophomore hurler Rachel Brown extended her innings-without-an-earned-run streak to 31-straight.

The scoring drought ended during the bottom half of the inning when Shaw smacked a three-run home run well over the center-field fence.

Freshman Jess Ferri next came to the plate and blasted a homer of her own, putting the Crimson ahead, 4-0, going into the sixth inning.

Black served as relief pitcher going into the sixth, and the veteran struggled to get into a rhythm at the start, allowing three hits and five runs—giving Boston College the lead for good.

“We got an awesome start,” Black said. “Two home runs—huge—we had some great at-bats. Unfortunately, I came in the game and struggled a little bit mentally, and ended up letting them score and get ahead of us. We had a couple of mental errors—we just got a little bit in our own way that game, which is unfortunate. I hate that we lost that game, because we did some really good things.”