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If the Harvard softball team needs any motivation this year, it only has to look as far as Ithaca, N.Y. Last year’s Crimson team rallied in the second half of the season to make up an early deficit to Cornell in the Ivy standings and split the...
Their careers started strong, as the Crimson raced to its third consecutive Ivy title and an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament regional hosted by USC. But Harvard lost both of its regional match-ups, and after consecutive disappointing seasons, has not played in the postseason since.
The Crimson took the lead again in the eighth when Whitton drove in the automatic baserunner from second—an implementation of international tiebreaker rules.
Written off after a terrible slump to end the regular season, Harvard (15-14-4) earned an improbable automatic NCAA bid by beating Cornell last Saturday in the ECAC championship game. Sophomore forward Tyler Kolarik scored the winning goal in double-overtime for the 4-3 victory.
With a 4-3 double-overtime victory against No. 9 Cornell (24-7-2) on Saturday in the ECAC Championship, Harvard advanced to the 12-team NCAA Championship field, earning one of five automatic bids.