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...Harvard softball team scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning to come from behind and win at Boston College in a 12-9 slugfest. Freshman designated hitter Lauren Murphy emphatically continued her stellar season, blasting three home runs and driving in eight runs as part of a 5-for-5 day for the Crimson (26-12, 11-5 Ivy). Her first home run broke the team’s single season record of 13, set by Tiffany Whitton in 2002. “Lauren Murphy had a monster of a game,” junior pitcher Shelly...
...Crimson (15-16, 10-6 Ivy) pulled out a 2-0 win in game one behind a dazzling one-hitter by junior Shawn Haviland, but the pitching imploded and the bats went quiet in game two, leading to a 13-0 rout by the Bulldogs...
...Crimson (25-12, 11-5 Ivy League) led 1-0 heading into the bottom of the third, when it managed to break the game open. With one out, senior shortstop Lauren Brown reached on an infield single. Freshman designated hitter Lauren Murphy and junior first baseman Danielle Kerper each followed with singles up the middle. After Friar sophomore starter Jennifer Maccio got sophomore catcher Hayley Bock to pop up, freshman third baseman Melissa Schellberg singled to left, scoring Brown and reloading the bases...
...Crimson’s first run also came with two outs. In the bottom of the first, Kidder led off with a walk. Brown bunted her to second and she advanced to third on Murphy’s single. The designated hitter then took second on a double steal attempt before Kerper grounded out. Bock followed Kerper with a base hit to left on a full count. Kidder scored, but Murphy was thrown out at the plate...
...Jenkins. Now, Byrne, junior Tom Stack-Babich and Max Warren and freshman Andrew Prince are all suffering from leg injuries—a trend Walsh attributes to the recent cold weather. Prince started each of the weekend’s four games as the Crimson’s designated hitter, but was clearly slowed as a baserunner. “We’ve got guys that have been playing hurt, and I’m proud of them for battling,” Walsh said. “Plus the guys we’ve got coming...