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...that first game of the Princeton doubleheader, Whitton faced a situation that would have made the average freshman pitcher crack. She faced trouble early on, in her first start since pulling her quad a few weeks ago. The Tigers led 1-0 and had the bases loaded with one out in the first inning...
...Whitton was able to regain her composure. She forced Princeton's Kim Veenstra to fly out to left for the second out. Tiger sophomore Sarah Jane White then gave Whitton a tough battle, fouling off four pitches in a row at one point, before Whitton finally beat her with a called third strike...
...Whitton's pressure under fire saved the game at that point for the Crimson. Still, Harvard needed to figure out to get hits off of Tiger pitcher Brie Galicinao. After Galicinao mowed down the first nine Crimson batters, Whitton finally broke the ice with a double to left-center. That ignited a three-run Harvard rally that put the Crimson up for good...
...second game, Whitton crushed any hopes of a Princeton upset in the second game right from the outset. She led off the bottom of the first with her first career home run, a shot into the bushes above the left field fence. The Tigers looked rattled for the rest game and made four errors in the 9-1 Harvard...
...Saturday's games against Yale and Penn, Whitton was the rally starter again. She lead off the Penn game with a double to left center and scored the game's first run. In the Yale game, her two-out double in the third fired-up a stagnant Harvard offense and sparked a four-run Crimson rally. Whitton earned the win in the Yale game, pitching four innings of relief without giving...