The Big Red added a fifth run in the seventh inning, but Ricciardone held on for her seventh win of the season.

CORNELL 8, HARVARD 1

Cornell dominated Game 1 from start to finish, with Dalrymple shutting down Harvard’s lineup and the Big Red coming up with a series of big hits in an 8-1 win.

After both pitchers cruised through the first two innings, Brown ran into trouble in the third. Marissa Amiraian put Cornell on the board with a triple down the first-base line and came around to score on an Edwards single. Kristen Towne got on base with a single to shallow right, and Erin Belles then broke the game open with a three-run dinger to left field.

“They were just on Rachel today,” Allard said. “I thought Rachel had her stuff, but they were just outhitting us.”

The Crimson got one back in the fourth, when junior Mari Zumbro drove in sophomore pinch runner Kassy Shiotani with a double to left. But that was as much offense as Harvard could muster against defending Ivy Pitcher of the Year Dalrymple, who finished with 10 strikeouts.

“We didn’t come out attacking her,” Allard said. “I thought we didn’t swing aggressively early in the count. She’s a phenomenal pitcher, and we just need to come out with a tougher attitude.”

The Big Red padded its lead on an Ali Tomlinson single in the sixth inning and extended the advantage to 8-1 in the seventh inning with a pair of runs off junior reliever Julia Moore.

The split puts both squads in control of their respective divisions heading into divisional play, which begins next weekend.

“This was great to come out confident, but since we got beat both [Friday] and [Saturday], we know we can’t just show up and win,” Macadam said. “We know not only are we capable of winning, but we have to beat these teams—and we know we can do it.”

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