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...runner at first with two outs usually isn’t a significant scoring threat, but Whitton—the nation’s leader in RBI—is not your usual hitter. To the surprise of no one, Whitton doubled to left-center. Williamson turned on the jets and Allard waved her in from first, setting up the climactic play at the plate...
...mistakes were Koppel letting a fly ball drop in front of her, freshman Beth Sabin running into an out at second before Stefanchik crossed the plate on what looked to be a sacrifice fly, and sophomore Breanne Cooley throwing away a grounder with a runner in scoring position. Each gaffe cost Harvard or permitted Cornell...
Columbia coach Christine Vogt ’94 was hoping for an obstruction call on Goldberg under the argument that she was playing the runner and not the ball. But Allard—and ultimately the umpires—felt Goldberg was making a sufficient charge...
...Sometimes players get overzealous and they see the runner and try to create a collision,” Allard said. “But I didn’t feel [Goldberg’s collision] was blatant enough. And I said, ‘This is what the rulebook says.’ [The umpire] knew it, and he made the correct call...
...with a runner in scoring position, Kropf had new life. Stern threw another pitch outside, setting up the dramatic ending...