Princeton Battles Harvard to Final Out at '95 Field

Saturday, April 20

Princeton, N.J.

3:30 PM

Princeton University

12-20, 8-5

Harvard

17-15, 10-3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Harvard	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	9	0
Princeton	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	9	1

Princeton University softball vs. Yale, Princeton, NJ, March24, 2019.

Kaylee Grant had two hits for Princeton against Harvard.

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Princeton Battles Harvard to Final Out at '95 Field

April 20, 2019 | Softball

Box Score

It was in doubt until the final out Saturday afternoon at the Class of 1895 Field, but Harvard held on to defeat the Princeton softball team 4-3 to open the series.

The teams will meet again for a 12:30 p.m. doubleheader Sunday back at '95. The games will be video streamed on ESPN+ (Game 1 | Game 2), and live stats are available here. Admission is free.

Harvard got on the board in the top of the first with a hit batter, a base hit and a sacrifice fly in the first three batters. The Crimson lead became 3-0 in the third when a base hit and an error put two on for an Erin Lockhart two-RBI double, but Princeton got one of those runs back in the bottom half when three straight singles set up Allison Harvey to drive in a run with a base hit to cut the deficit to 3-1. The Tigers had the bases loaded with one out, but a liner back to the pitcher and a throw to first ended the inning.

That's where it stayed until the seventh. Two base hits and a ground ball pushed the Crimson lead to 4-1, though Princeton had one last push in the bottom of the inning. Three straight singles loaded the bases, and a Kaylee Grant base hit picked up a run to make it 4-2. Princeton got within a run on a wild pitch, and a walk to Harvey reloaded the bases before a ground ball to first base allowed the Crimson to hold on.

Harvard stayed in first in the Ivy with the win, improving to 10-3, while Princeton fell two games back at 8-5 with eight league games to play.

The Tigers recognized their six-player senior class of Mikayla Blaska, Grant, Keeley Walsh, Kaitlyn Waslawski, Riley Wilkinson and Alex Viscusi before the game.