Softballers Cruise, 29-9; 28 Hits Tame Huskies

It's getting to be a habit with the softball team. Take the field, humiliate opponents.

Well, maybe it's not that simple, but the Crimson nine made yesterday's 29-9 drubbing of Northeastern look pretty easy.

For a while, the Huskies kept pace with the Crimson, holding a 6-5 lead after three innings. But the squad that has scored 15 or more runs five times this year brought out its lumber and pounded out a season-high 28 hits, raising the team's record to 6-2.

Third baseman Pat Horne and shortstop and co-captain Lisa "Mouse" Bernstein led the Crimson's relentless offensive attack.

Horne collected four hits in six trips to the plate, knocking in three runs and scoring three more.

Bernstein did even more damage. In six at bats, she collected four singles and the first home run of her Harvard career.

Mighty Mouse

"I didn't know Mouse could hit it that far." Coach Kit Morris said after the game.

On the hill, starting pitcher Nancy Boutilier turned in another impressive performance, as she allowed only six unearned runs to notch her fourth victory of the season.

Boutilier and her relievers. Karen Pelletier and Barb Mahon, benefited from some exceptional play by their defensive comrades.

In the top of the second, the Crimson infield turned what appeared to be a triple play, but the umpire at third missed her call, and the squad had to settle for its second twin-killing of the year.

At the corner. Horne made some plays that had her teammates raving after the game.

"Pat is definitely All-Ivy," an appreciative Boutilier said. "As a matter of fact, today she looked like she was All-World."

Quick Freeze

Morris was particularly pleased with the way his squad played under adverse conditions. "It was freezing out there today," he said, "and the team could have been really flat, but they all played tremendously." Too bad the weather provided the only challenge.

THE NOTEBOOK: The Crimson has now outscored its opponents 144-38 on the season . . . Every batter in the starting lineup is hitting over...300 . . Boutilier and Pelletier both have ERAs of 1.91, and the entire pitching staff has yielded only one home run all year.