HARVARD 9, DARTMOUTH 7

The second half of Saturday’s doubleheader proved much like the third game of the weekend, with the Crimson gaining and losing the lead several times throughout the matchup before ultimately winning, 9-7.

RBI singles up the middle from Lange and Macadam helped Harvard grab hold of an early 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning.

But the Crimson soon found itself in the opposite position, when three innings later, Harvard was losing, 7-4, after the bottom of the fifth.

The deficiency didn’t last long, as the Crimson scored six runs in the top of the sixth to take back the lead, 9-7.

After knocking a two-RBI triple to bring in Olson and junior shortstop Jane Alexander, Macadam scored on an illegal pitch. Junior first baseman Whitney Shaw then singled to right field to bring in Lange and Regan, the last runs scored in the matchup.

HARVARD 8, DARTMOUTH 1

In the first game of the weekend, Brown and the Harvard defense silenced the Dartmouth bats, striking out six batters and allowing the Big Green only one run in seven innings.

After a scoreless first two innings, the Crimson offense came alive in the top of the third, with a Lange three-run home run.

In the fifth, Harvard sophomore Ashley Heritage plated in two more with a single down the left field line, to bring the Crimson’s lead to 5-1.

Harvard scored three in the top of the seventh with an RBI single from Zumbro and an Alexander single that brought home Zumbro and Heritage.

The victory earned the Crimson both the North Division title and home-field advantage at Ivy League Championships next weekend. It will host either Cornell or Penn, which will play a doubleheader this week.

“Having home-field advantage is great,” freshman pitcher Laura Ricciardone said. “It really sets the tone for things. They have to come to us, they have to beat us on our own field, and it gives us an upper hand right from the get-go.”

“It’s so important,” Lange agreed. “The fans here are just awesome. It’s our house, and we’re not going to let anyone take us down in our house.”

—Staff writer Marlee Melendy can be reached at melendy@college.harvard.edu.