“We used four pitchers today,” Allard said. “They just adjusted to our changes more quickly than we did to theirs.”

In the final innings of the contest, Harvard went on a run and began to cut into the Terrier lead.

In the top of the sixth, junior Whitney Shaw reached base with a single off of BU’s Whitney Tuthill.

Harvard sophomore Jessica Ferri entered the game to pinch run for Shaw and was able to score after hits from classmates Megan Fazio and Olivia Piccione. Junior Jane Alexander kept the offensive streak going, driving in Fazio for the Crimson’s second run of a solid sixth inning.

“We were swinging at better pitches,” Allard said. “We were putting the ball in play and forcing more errors by their defense.”

Harvard’s offensive awakening continued in the top of the seventh inning, as Shaw doubled to bring in freshman Kasey Lange and reduce BU’s lead to two runs. But Tuthill closed the door on Harvard’s potential comeback, striking Fazio out swinging.

Members of the Crimson suggested that they will use yesterday’s defeat as a learning experience for this weekend’s Ivy contests against Yale.

“I think we will take away from today that we need to be on our ‘A’ game all the time,” Brown said. “We need to play like we can play—just good Harvard softball.”