Softball Team Splits Final Twinbill

Two weeks ago, the Brown soliball team visited Webster, Field and dealt its Harvard hosts a 10-0 loss in the opening round of the Ivy League tournament.

With ace pitcher and tourney MVP Tracy Dickerman on the mound for every inning of every contest, the Bruins won all six games that weekend and breezed to a first ever Ivy title Harvard meanwhile finished a disappointing fourth.

On Saturday morning, Dickerman and Co-returned at Cambridge for a season-ending doubleheader and soon discovered that after 14 days and six straight wins. Harvard had forgotten the earlier drubbing and intended to give the Ivy champs a difficult afternoon.

In fact, the Crimson nine did more than just challenge Brown, winning the first game, 7-6, and coming up just short in the second, 11-10.

Trailing the Brown nine, 6-5, in the bottom of the seventh inning of the opener. Harvard rallied to score two runs and extend its winning streak to seven.

Senior catcher Gill Raney opened the frame with a triple and then scored the tying run when Inga Larson followed with a single to center. Dickerman got first baseman Lanidya Boyer to pop out, but designated hitter Diane Boteler singled, and freshman Ann Wilson reached base when the Bruins attempted an unsuccessful fielder's choice on Larson going to third.

With the bases loaded and still only one out, leadoff hitter Alissa Friedman faced the rattled Dickerman and waited out a walk that forced Larson in with the winning run.

The win represented the squad's first one-run victory of the season and upped its record to 12-6.

In the second game, Bruin Coach Phil Pincince sent Lisa Smith to the mound--the first time this season Dickerman did not draw the starting asignment.

But with the Providence visitors leading, 11-10, in the bottom of the seventh. Smith walked Pat Horne, and Pincince immediately replaced her with Dickerman.

Marlene Schools, the first Crimson batter to face Dickerman, hit a fly ball to center for the first out Raney followed with a grounder to short that looked like a game ending double play ball, but Horne barreled into second base, and the Bruin infielder missed both the force at second and the throw to first.

After getting Larson to line out to center, and then uncorking a wild pitch to advance the runners. Dickerman fanned Boyer for the final out of the game and the season.