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...locations, or even changing roles. For captain Shelly Madick and the Crimson softball team, one change—moving Madick from her traditional task as a starter to more of a hybrid starter/closer role—has made batters miss more than any other. Madick, the reigning Ivy League Pitcher of the Year and a unanimous First Team All-Ivy pick last season, took some time to hit her stride this season. After a rocky outing against Princeton on March 30, when Madick gave up five runs in just 2.1 innings of work in a 5-4 Harvard loss, coach...
...ground out to second that was enough to bring freshman Ellen Macadam across the plate. With two outs sophomore Jessica Pledger cracked an RBI single that finished off the Crimson’s scoring. Although Harvard managed eight runs, it would have only needed one to win as senior pitcher Amanda Watkins tossed four perfect innings. Watkins was unstoppable, retiring each of the 12 batters she faced while giving up no hits, no walks, and no runs. “[Watkins] was relaxed on the mound. She was focused on her technique,” Allard said...
...team that, if Harvard can bring its hitting woes to an end, it can once again be competitive in the Ivy League.“Right now we’re thinking we have two of the three things to win a baseball game,” senior pitcher Sean Haviland said. “We have some good hitters and they’re going to start hitting.”If the Crimson (2-23, 1-7 Ivy) hopes to be successful in its four-game series in New Haven against Yale...
UMass starter Mike Dicato was the latest opposing pitcher to find success against the quiet Harvard bats. Paradoxically, the Crimson’s newcomers have enjoyed more success than its veterans...
...Cross, captain Matt Vance has been mired in a 2-for-24 slump that has included 10 strikeouts. Last night, the captain’s woes continued: Vance went 0-for-3 with a walk, and grounded into two double plays. The second—a comebacker to the pitcher that turned into a 1-4-3 twin killer—erasing senior Taylor Meehan, who had singled to put a much-needed leadoff man on for Harvard in the bottom of the ninth...