Princeton answered with its first run in the bottom of the fifth, but the Crimson halted the tigers momentum with two more runs in the top of the sixth to widen the spread.

Cabe was three pitches into the sixth inning when umpires postponed the game. The last inning and a half continued on Monday with no hits on either side, forcing a third game in the series.

Princeton 2 Harvard 1

Kaplan led the offense with a game-high three hits in the opening contest against the Tigers. Rich, Panariello, Freshman Elizabeth Shively, and Senior Haley Davis all tallied a hit for the Crimson with Davis’s single driving in Harvard’s sole run of the game. The Crimson was unable to match Princeton two solo homers falling 2-1 to the Tigers.

Groom started on the mound and pitched for the first four innings, tossing two strikeouts while letting up four hits and two runs. Groom was relieved one out into the fifth by freshman Sarah Smith, who earned two strikeouts and held Princeton to no hits for the rest of the game.

A rain delay stopped play for nearly two hours in the bottom of the fifth with one out on the board for Harvard. When the game resumed, the Harvard offensive play picked up recording four hits and their only run of the contest. Despite out hitting the Tigers 7-4, Harvard was unable to pull out the win combining to leave four runners on base in the fifth and sixth innings.

—Staff writer Ginny Miller can be reached at virginia.miller@thecrimson.com.