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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...
...innings later, Harvard struck again—this time much more emphatically, as Shaw sent her first home run of the day to center field...
...first to strike for the Rams was sophomore outfielder Brittany Julich, who sent home teammates Amanda Sbei and Kelly Coker on a single. Next up, sophomore catcher Nicole Massoni doubled to send Julich home...
Luckily for Harvard, it was able to prevent URI from plating any runs in those innings. All looked lost for a moment when the bases were loaded and Julich was heading for home plate on a groundball, but sophomore shortstop Jane Alexander made the play, getting the ball to Pledger in time...
...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...