Junior Kasey Lange, who leads the team with eight home runs and 26 RBI, has helmed the batting lineup with a .433 batting average, tied for best on the team. Sophomores Emily Gusse and Katherine Lantz have helped bolster the offense, combining for 31 RBI off of 23 hits.

The veteran offense will be looking to take advantage of a Bulldog pitching rotation that has recorded a 4.67 ERA on the season, split between four different pitchers. Junior Chelsey Dunham has the most playing time with 14 starts and has given up 108 hits and a whopping eight home runs on the season.

The mismatch on offense is good news for a young Harvard pitching squad that is still figuring out how to work best together. The trio of sophomore Gabrielle Ruiz and freshmen Groom and Jamie Halula have a collective 3.71 ERA and have traded off starting and relieving throughout the season.Groom has the most innings pitched with 81.2 and Halula has the second-most with 67.1.

The weekend games will be a statement for the race for the Ivy League title as Harvard moves into the last few weeks of competition.

“It’s critical to continue to play well going into the final stretch to put ourselves in the position to play for a championship,” Allard said. “Consistency is something we haven’t focused on enough, so we’re looking to put more effort into being more consistent in certain aspects of our game.”

—Staff writer Alex L. Saich can be reached at asaich@college.harvard.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @Sensaichonal.