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...Crimson shortstop has been a consistent defensive player in her four years on the varsity squad, but it is her powerful hitting that has earned her the spotlight this week. With two home runs in four Ivy games, Abeles lifted Harvard (11-17, 4-0 Ivy) past the defending conference champion Cornell and broke open the game against Yale last Saturday...
...captain Jeff Bridich reached base in the first inning on an error by Yale shortstop Mike Hirschfield. After stealing second, Bridich moved to third on a balk and scored on a John Franey sacrifice...
...second stanza, third baseman Nick Carter walked with one out, followed by a double by fellow sophomore shortstop Mark Mager. Yale pitcher Craig Breslow (0-3) proceeded to walk the next two batters he faced, including John O'Donnell and Faiz Shakir with the bases juiced to put the Crimson up 3-0. Breslow was replaced by John Steitz, who promptly walked another Harvard run in. A Brian Lentz groundout RBI capped Harvard's scoring before Scot Hopps grounded out to end the inning...
With one out in the top of the fifth and Bridich on third, history repeated itself. McCarthy got Binkowski on groundout to the shortstop and Mager on a comebacker that second baseman Brian Ivy handled, and the Crimson once again failed to capitalize. Sophomore Justin Nyweide (2-3) kept the Crimson in it for the first four innings, matching McCarthy frame-for-frame with six strikeouts...
Harvard answered in the bottom half of the inning. Shakir hit a bloop single over Gambino's head and Mager singled. After Franey walked, Carter, who leads the teams in runs batted in, extended his hitting streak to seven games with an infield single. An error on the shortstop allowed another run to score and the Crimson tied up the game...