HARVARD 9, DARTMOUTH 0

In the first inning of this crucial divisional series, both the Crimson and Big Green came out swinging. But only one pitcher could find her way out of the jam unscathed.

Though Brown allowed a pair of singles in the top of the first, she struck out the side to escape with a scoreless inning. Dartmouth pitcher Hillary Barker was not so lucky.

Macadam got a piece of the first pitch of the inning to open the floodgates, dropping a single into left-center field.

“Ellen’s leadoff, first-pitch single...that set the tone for the entire day,” Black said.

Krysiak reached second base on a throwing error by Barker, and Schellberg followed up with an RBI single over Big Green shortstop Christy Autin’s head.

Shaw then cleared the bases with a three-run bomb over the left-field fence, her 11th dinger of the season.

Brown settled down, scattering two hits over her next three innings of scoreless work.

Meanwhile, the offense continued to pad the advantage.

“I [knew] our pitching was there—we were going to be pretty consistent with that,” Allard said. “We really talked about coming out strong offensively and really playing clean on defense, and we did that.”

Macadam doubled home Alexander in the second, and Schellberg’s single to shallow right scored freshman pinch-runner Ashley Heritage in the bottom of the fourth.

Heritage entered the game after junior Emily Henderson injured her ankle sliding back into first base in the fourth inning. The left fielder missed the rest of the weekend’s action, but Allard hopes to have her back in the lineup for next weekend’s championship series.

The Crimson added one run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly from senior Jessica Pledger, and brought the game to an early conclusion in the sixth.

Francis hit a two-RBI single up the middle which plated Schellberg and Shaw, giving Harvard a 9-0 lead and ending the game by the run rule.

Brown earned the win in four innings of work, while Black pitched two innings of one-hit ball in relief.

“Coming into the weekend, [Dartmouth was] the third-place team in the league, hitting the ball very well,” Allard said. “[Brown and Black] limited them to one run in two games. They were outstanding.”

—Staff writer Kate Leist can be reached at kleist@fas.harvard.edu.