Word: gamely
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After nine innings of play, one had to wonder if the Harvard softball team’s game against the University of Rhode Island (15-24, 5-5 Atlantic 10) would ever end. When sophomore first baseman Whitney Shaw hit her second home run of the day out of the URI Softball Complex in the top of the tenth, it looked like the Crimson might steal the win. But in the bottom of the inning, Rams freshman Erika Szymanski took matters into her own hands, blasting a three-run homer that sent the ball sailing over the center-field fence...
...Because this isn’t our Ivy League game, we really just wanted to get everyone a chance on the mound,” Pledger said. “Jules had a great start, but we wanted to get everyone a turn...
...game might have ended in seven innings had it not been for an unearned run scored in the top of the frame after a pair errors by Rams shortstop Courtney Prendergastt. Junior outfielder Emily Henderson grounded a ball to Prendergastt, whose throwing error allowed the outfielder to reach second. After advancing to third on a Krysiak groundout, Henderson scored to send the game into extra innings as Prendergastt misplayed a ball batted by co-captain Melissa Schellberg, a Crimson sports editor...
...looked like the Crimson would pull out the win when Shaw hit a two-run shot, her second home run on the game, in the top of the tenth. But Rams right fielder Melissa Wilson responded in the bottom of the inning with an RBI of her own to pull the Rams within one, before Szymanski blasted a walk-off three-run homer against Crimson freshman Jessica Ferri to win the game...
Since VanderMeulen took her game to Harvard Stadium, the freshman has averaged 3.67 goals per game, good for first in the Ivy League and fourth in the country—making her the lone freshman among that nation’s top twenty scorers...