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...bottom of the sixth, a double and a Crimson error put Harvard in a second-and-third, no-out jam. Wildcat Brett Nakabayashi hit a sacrifice fly to left to give Northwestern its first lead...
...Harvard defense fell apart from there. With a runner at third and one out, the Crimson psyched out Wildcat Rane Gunderson at third and caught her in a rundown. When the ball made its way to Springer, she chose to chase the runner home. Upon realizing that Gunderson was a bit faster than she expected, Springer threw the ball to junior Mairead McKendry at home, but the throw merely ricocheted off of McKendry's face, and Gunderson scored...
Whitton and Godfree set the tone for Harvard's hitting that day. Whitton drove the second pitch of the game over the head of the Wildcat left fielder, and Godfree followed with a single up the middle. The Crimson was unable to capitalize, but it was the beginning the team needed after such a terrible loss the night before...
Such missed opportunities haunted the Crimson throughout the day. In the next inning, Harvard once again loaded the bases with two outs. Montijo appeared to deliver with a single to right field, but in the near-sighted eyes of the umpires, the throw from the Wildcat right fielder beat Montijo's dive into first...
...then Wildcat freshman ace Lauren Schwendimann, who relieved Brown in the third, pitched her way out of the second-and-third, no-out jam. She retired Godfree, Abeles and McKendry in a row to escape without Harvard building a substantial lead...