In the final weekend of play for the Harvard softball team, junior captain Shelbi Olson tallied two RBIs, three steals, and her only triple of the season. She ends her season on a 15-game hitting streak.

The Harvard softball team entered the weekend needing to take three of four from Dartmouth in a home-and-home series to play for the Ivy League Championship Series next weekend. After a Saturday doubleheader in Hanover, N.H, the Crimson (22-22, 12-8 Ivy) was still in the hunt for the North Division title as it split its two games with the division-leading Big Green (25-18, 15-5 Ivy).

DARTMOUTH 7, HARVARD 1

After a commanding performance from freshman pitcher Morgan Groom in game one, the Crimson was unable to keep the defensive pressure going in the second leg of the doubleheader.

Harvard yielded 11 hits and six RBIs in its largest loss of its conference season before Sunday.

Freshman Jamie Halula and sophomore Gabrielle Ruiz split time pitching, giving up six and five runs, respectively.

Freshman Morgan McCalmon led the Big Green with three runs. McCalmon and sophomore Kristen Rumley each recorded three hits, and five other Dartmouth batters contributed a hit.

The Big Green broke through with two runs in the bottom of the second off a sacrifice fly from freshman Kelsey Miller with runners on second and third. Miller’s fly-out drove in classmate Katie McEachern from third base, and a Crimson error at third allowed McCalmon to advance two bases to score.

Dartmouth went on to record two-run innings in the fourth and sixth, in addition to a run scored on an RBI triple in the fifth from Miller.

The Big Green scoring spree included a homer to center from senior Hillary Hubert, who drove in sophomore pitcher Kristen Rumley.

Harvard recorded as many hits—five—as it had in game one, but struggled this time to convert those into runs. Senior Jessica Ferri was the only Crimson player to score on the day.

She came in on a sacrifice fly from sophomore Adrienne Hume in the fifth frame.

HARVARD 4, DARTMOUTH 1

Junior Kasey Lange broke the all-time Harvard career home run record as the Crimson opened Saturday’s doubleheader with a 4-1 win over the Big Green.

Lange hit her 29th career home run and 12th of the season in the top of the fourth to give Harvard a 1-0 lead. Lange leads the Ancient Eight this season with 43 runs batted in.

“She’s a gamer. She plays the game to win,” Crimson coach Jenny Allard said of Lange. “When she’s on the field, there’s a different energy on the field. She’s been a great leader on the field.”