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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...
...grand slam was sweet redemption for Whitton, who gave up three runs as a pitcher in the sixth to blow a 2-1 lead that sophomore Kara Brotemarkle had maintained for five innings. She was grateful to her teammates, four of whom had to reach base for her to have another shot at the plate...
...both of the Harvard seventh-inning rallies, sophomore third baseman Breanne Cooley reached base first. There was no one better to have at the plate with a two or three-run last inning deficit than Cooley, who time and again stayed composed in the face of recent failure...
...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...