The game might have ended in seven innings had it not been for an unearned run scored in the top of the frame after a pair errors by Rams shortstop Courtney Prendergastt. Junior outfielder Emily Henderson grounded a ball to Prendergastt, whose throwing error allowed the outfielder to reach second. After advancing to third on a Krysiak groundout, Henderson scored to send the game into extra innings as Prendergastt misplayed a ball batted by co-captain Melissa Schellberg, a Crimson sports editor.

“We never let up,” Shaw said. “We were resilient.”

But the squad was unable to score for the next two innings.

“We definitely need to be stronger and more aggressive at the plate and swing for hits instead of swinging not to get out,” Allard said.

Luckily for Harvard, it was able to prevent URI from plating any runs in those innings. All looked lost for a moment when the bases were loaded and Julich was heading for home plate on a groundball, but sophomore shortstop Jane Alexander made the play, getting the ball to Pledger in time for the out.

“It was a huge stop,” Black said.

And for another inning, the two teams fought on in a stalemate.

“We would get runners on base and not score. They would get runners on base and we would hold them,” Pledger said. “It was just a battle until the end.”

It looked like the Crimson would pull out the win when Shaw hit a two-run shot, her second home run on the game, in the top of the tenth. But Rams right fielder Melissa Wilson responded in the bottom of the inning with an RBI of her own to pull the Rams within one, before Szymanski blasted a walk-off three-run homer against Crimson freshman Jessica Ferri to win the game, 7-5.

“Honestly, it just makes us hungry for the weekend,” Black said. “We’ll come out ready to play.”

—Staff writer Christina C. McClintock can be reached at ccmcclin@fas.harvard.edu.