“They were just having to throw way too many pitches,” Albright said of Harvard’s rookie hurlers.

The Crimson brought in a batch of new players in the bottom of seventh, including another freshman pitcher, Matt Doyle, but Holy Cross managed to get one more run, bringing the score to 14-0.

In the game’s last frame, a pair of doubles by freshman Danny Moskovits and junior Cole Arledge gave Harvard its first run of the night. A wild pitch, a walk, and a catcher’s interference call loaded the bases, but the rest of the Crimson offense couldn’t capitalize, leaving Arledge and sophomores Jon Smart and J.T. Tomes on base.

Though the loss was Harvard’s most lopsided of the season, the team will maintain a positive attitude going into its next two games this Saturday.

“We’re very confident that we can take Princeton,” Albright said.

The doubleheader will be the Crimson’s first chance to take on a conference opponent and establish itself as a serious threat in the Ivy League.

“Hopefully we can win a bunch of [conference] games, get a championship and head to a regional,” Reynolds said. “That’s still the goal, and that goal’s still very attainable.”

—Staff writer Madeleine Smith can be reached at smith21@college.harvard.edu.