Softball Concludes Series with Princeton
Baseball Swept by Penn to Close Out Home Slate
Softball Drops Doubleheader Against Princeton
Harvard Baseball Swept in Doubleheader to Penn
Women’s Lacrosse Falls Short Against Columbia in Season Finale
No. 10 Men’s Lacrosse Falls to No. 6 Cornell in Regular Season Finale
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Harvard Softball's Sophie Sun Sets Home Run Record

Sophie Sun's record-setting performance highlights a challenging week for Harvard athletics, with notable results in baseball, lacrosse, and track and field.

Softball Concludes Series with Princeton

Sophie Sun's record-setting performance highlights a challenging week for Harvard athletics, with notable results in baseball, lacrosse, and track and field.

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Harvard softball concluded its home slate with a challenging series against Princeton, dropping all three games. In the series finale on April 26, the Crimson fell 8-2, despite junior infielder Sophie Sun hitting her 11th home run of the season, tying for third most in a single season in program history. Sun's career total now stands at 28 home runs. Earlier in the series, Harvard lost both games of a doubleheader on April 25, with Sun also contributing a home run in the second game. The Crimson ended the weekend with a record of 19-20-1 overall and 10-8 in the Ivy League.

In baseball, the Crimson faced a tough weekend against Penn, suffering a doubleheader sweep on April 25, with scores of 13-7 and 10-2. Harvard attempted a late comeback in the series finale on April 26, ultimately falling 7-6 after loading the bases in the ninth inning. The losses dropped Harvard's overall record to 8-25 and 6-12 in the Ivy League. The team recognized its senior class during the doubleheader, which included players such as Gio Colasante and Brian Dowling.

Harvard women's lacrosse concluded its season with a narrow overtime loss to Columbia on April 25, finishing with a record of 6-9 overall and 1-6 in the Ivy League. Tori Balser and Cecelia Batchelder each scored three goals in the match, but the Crimson fell 11-10, unable to secure a win in their season finale.

On the track, Harvard's track and field teams competed at the Penn Relays and the Ken O'Brien Pre-Championship Invite. Highlights included junior Alice Mihas winning the hammer throw at UMass with a personal best of 55.79m, while first-year Nadjela Wepiwé placed sixth in the discus at the Penn Relays with a throw of 51.57m. The teams are now preparing for the Ivy League Championships, set to take place next weekend.

Men's golf participated in the Ivy League Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club, while the women's team also competed at the same venue. Both teams sought to secure automatic bids to the NCAA tournament, with the women's team looking to defend its title from the previous year. The men's golf team aimed for its first championship since 2017, while the women's team sought its first title since 2019.

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