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Harvard Coach Jenny Allard, who vigorously instructed her players through every at-bat of the game-winning rally, coached to the last possible moment, excitedly waving home each of the runners from the third base box as Whitton??€™s ball left the park...
...Whitton??€™s credited her walk-off home run, her second in three home doubleheaders this season, to nothing more than divine intervention, having prayed to the softball gods the night before...
...there were softball gods affecting the outcome of Saturday’s game, they were certainly challenging Whitton??€™s mettle up until the final pitch. Princeton’s Brie Galicinao, the 2001 Ivy Pitcher and Player of the Year, had Whitton??€™s number on the mound and at the plate. In the first game where Galicinao went the distance, Whitton went 0-for-3 and only reached base when she was beaned in the seventh. In the second game, Galicinao homered off Whitton to tie the game...
...first Harvard lead came on Whitton??€™s two-run single in the third, set up by the freshmen Sabin and Stefanchik. Sabin led off the inning with a double and pinch runner Louisa Canham advanced to third on a Goldberg sacrifice. Stefanchik reached base easily on a grounder as the Princeton fielder had to look Canham back to third. Stefanchik stole second with ease, leaving the meat of the order with two runners in scoring position...
...long as she stays consistent, something Allard has been working on with her captain, Whitton??€™s example should be enough to inspire an exciting Crimson season...