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...year later, both Harvard and Cornell each landed pitchers who made immediate impacts for their respective teams-present-day seniors Chelsea Thoke of Harvard and Nicole Zitarelli of Cornell. Thoke and Zitarelli are entirely different pitchers. Thoke is a strikeout pitcher. Zitarelli is not. Both have found great success with their contrasting styles. The fate of this weekend's playoff rests largely in their hands...
Zitarelli is just 2-3 for her career against the Crimson, but those two wins stand among the most important in Cornell softball history. Thoke has won four of five career starts against the Big Red. Her first victory against Cornell came just over three years ago, on a day that Crimson softball made history...
Zitarelli and Thoke would not meet in the doubleheader, as the freshmen were matched up against the oppositions' veteran aces, Cornell junior Julie Westbrock, who was riding a 14-game personal winning streak, and Harvard's Tasha Cupp...
...Thoke was better. She kept the Big Red off the scoreboard until the bottom of the seventh, and shut down a last-gasp Cornell rally with her 11th strikeout of the afternoon. Harvard...
...typical of the season, a doubleheader sweep would have required Thoke to earn two complete game victories in one day, while outdueling both Westbrock and Zitarelli, who had been dominant all season...