The only baserunners Brown allowed both reached in the sixth inning. After Princeton’s Kelsey VandeBergh reached on an error by junior Ellen Macadam, Candace Button reached on a fielder’s choice. The mild threat to Brown’s no-hitter ended when Brown forced Scott to ground out and Nicole Ontiveros struck out swinging.

Despite getting runners on base in every inning but the first, the Crimson was slow to secure the victory behind Brown’s strong performance. Senior Stephanie Krysiak brought junior Emily Henderson home on an RBI single in the third and would eventually come around to score on a passed ball.

It was almost the same story for Harvard in the top of the seventh, when Krysiak used an RBI double to plate Henderson for a 3-0 advantage. Krysiak scored the fourth run for the Crimson when senior Jennifer Francis reached on a fielding error by the shortstop. Sophomore Whitney Shaw was hit by a pitch to load the bases with only one out, but Macadam was tagged out at home after Alexander hit into a fielder’s choice. Pledger lined out to shortstop to end the inning.

Three Tiger errors accounted for all four Crimson runs, as Princeton’s Alex Peyton pitched a complete game, surrendering nine hits and the four unearned runs.

“It felt great,” Brown said. “The team did a great job behind me, making every play. The middle infielders had great range, the outfielders made all the catches, and we had to score, so we got contagious hitting and scored the runs. It was a huge team win.”

—Staff writer Colin Whelehan can be reached at whelehan@fas.harvard.edu.