Add Ricciardone to the mix, and the Crimson has the best one-two force in the Ivy League.

“I am definitely getting pumped up for the game,” Brown said. “Elizabeth Dalrymple is a phenomenal pitcher and I’m excited for our team to face her. We’ve been practicing in preparation for this, and I think it’s going to be a matter of which team gets the offense going first. I’d like to think that we have the favor in that.”

The Harvard offense has certainly stepped up this past week, scoring 45 runs in the team’s last six games. All of these contests ended in a Crimson victory, including three games cut short due to mercy rule.

Macadam leads the league with 27 runs scored and 41 hits. She is second in the Ancient Eight in four other statistical categories.

“I feel like in the past we have let [Dalrymple] intimidate us a little bit, just by her reputation,” Macadam said. “But we’ve seen what she has and we know exactly what she throws so we’re completely ready to face her. Nothing that she has will surprise us anymore. We know what to expect and how to hit her now.”

Not only will this tomorrow’s doubleheader be a rematch of last year’s final, but it could also be a preview of the 2011 Ivy League Championship Series. This possibility makes this weekend’s series all the more important.

“In getting the team ready for this weekend I ran across a quote, ‘It’s not enough to beat a team, you have to make a large enough impact that they never want to see you again,’” Brown said. “We really want to come out [with] all guns firing and show these two teams that we are serious. If it comes down to the Championship Series, we want them to be afraid to come play us again.”