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Chris Snopek
Aliza Chambers
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Harvard HARV 2-9
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Winner Western Carolina WCU 7-9
Harvard HARV
2-9
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Final
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Western Carolina WCU
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Harvard HARV 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Western Carolina WCU 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 5 1

W: Revis (2-1) L: Matson, Sean (0-1) S: Todd (2)

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Harvard HARV 2-10
19
Winner Western Carolina WCU 8-9
Harvard HARV
2-10
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Western Carolina WCU
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Harvard HARV 1 1 3 0 2 3 0 2 0 12 17 1
Western Carolina WCU 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 10 X 19 16 2

W: Reid (1-0) L: Burns, Will (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Hits Five Home Runs, Drops Doubleheader to Western Carolina, 4-2, 19-12

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – The Crimson hit five home runs on the day, including two homers from senior Chris Snopek in game two, but Harvard University baseball dropped a doubleheader to Western Carolina University, 4-2 and 19-12, on Saturday afternoon at Hennon Stadium.
 
Opening its final series of its spring break trip with the first two games of a three-game set, the Crimson (2-10) held an early 2-0 lead in game one and claimed late leads of 10-5 and 12-9 in game two before the host Catamounts (8-9) came back to take both contests. Saturday became a doubleheader after Friday's original series opener was postponed one day due to weather.
 
In game two, Snopek tallied four RBIs and three hits alongside his two home runs. Junior Will Lybrook went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and a home run while junior George Cooper finished 3-for-5 with three RBIs and a homer. Senior Ben Rounds registered a 4-for-5 effort with a double and has reached base safely in all 12 games on the year.
 
In the nightcap, Harvard posted season highs in hits (17), RBIs (12), and home runs (four). The Crimson posted double-figure hits for the fifth time this season with six student-athletes recording multi-hit games.
 
In game one, Rounds paced the Crimson's offense with his second homer of the year. On the mound, junior right-hander Sean Matson threw 6.0 innings, allowing four runs on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts, while first-year right-hander Andrew Abler tossed 2.0 innings, giving up no runs on no hits and one walk with one strikeout.

GAME 1: Western Carolina 4, Harvard 2

 
Senior Ben Rounds hit his second home run of the season, and the Crimson pitching staff did not allow a run after the third inning, but Harvard fell to Western Carolina, 4-2, in game one of Saturday's doubleheader.
 
The Crimson took a 2-0 lead in the first off of Rounds' two-run homer before the Catamounts scored four runs in the last of the third to take the lead.
 
Rounds paced the Crimson's offense with his second homer of the year. On the mound, junior right-hander Sean Matson threw 6.0 innings, allowing four runs on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts, while first-year right-hander Andrew Abler tossed 2.0 innings, giving up no runs on no hits and one walk with one strikeout.

Harvard Highlights

  • Senior designated hitter Ben Rounds tallied a home run, two RBIs, and a run scored. He registered his second home run of the season and eighth of his career. He has reached base safely in all 11 of the Crimson's games to start the year.
  • Junior right-hander Sean Matson threw 6.0 innings in the start, allowing four runs – all earned – on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
  • First-year right-hander Andrew Abler tossed 2.0 innings of scoreless relief, permitting no runs on no hits and one walk with one strikeout.
  • First-year shortstop Tyler Shulman walked and scored a run while senior third baseman Jake Berger added a hit.
  • The Crimson's pitching staff combined to allow just five hits and two walks, marking a season-low in walks allowed.

How It Happened

  • Rounds opened the game's scoring with his two-run home run to right center field, giving the Crimson a 2-0 lead in the top of the first with his second homer of the year.
  • The Catamounts moved ahead 4-2 with four runs in the bottom of the third including a three-run home run.
  • The Crimson's pitching staff did not permit a run over the duration of the game with Matson tossing scoreless frames across the fourth, fifth, and sixth before Abler kept the hosts off the board in the seventh and eighth.

GAME 2: Western Carolina 19, Harvard 12

 
The Crimson hit four home runs, including two from senior Chris Snopek, but Harvard dropped a 19-12 decision to Western Carolina in Saturday's second game.
 
The Crimson held a 10-5 lead entering the seventh inning and remained ahead 12-9 heading to the bottom of the eighth before the Catamounts plated 10 runs in the last of the eighth to pull into the lead.
 
Snopek tallied four RBIs and three hits alongside his two home runs. Junior Will Lybrook went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and a home run while junior George Cooper finished 3-for-5 with three RBIs and a homer. Senior Ben Rounds registered a 4-for-5 effort with a double and has reached base safely in all 12 games on the year.
 
Harvard posted season highs in hits (17), RBIs (12), and home runs (four). The Crimson posted double-figure hits for the fifth time this season with six student-athletes recording multi-hit games.

Harvard Highlights

  • Senior Chris Snopek went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, two home runs, two runs, and a stolen base. He hit his second and third home runs of the year and sixth and seventh homers of his career, notching a multi-home run game for the first time in his career. Snopek posted four or more RBIs in a game for the second time in his career and tallied a season high in hits.
  • Senior Ben Rounds finished 4-for-5 with a double and a run. He has reached base safely in all 12 games on the season. He recorded his second game with three or more hits on the season.
  • Junior William Lybrook contributed a 2-for-3 day at the plate with four RBIs, a home run, and three runs scored. He notched his second homer of the season and third of his career.
  • Junior George Cooper posted a 3-for-5 effort with three RBIs, a home run, and two runs scored. He hit his first homer of the season and fifth of his career.
  • First-year Tyler Shulman added two hits and two run scored.
  • Senior Jake Berger chipped in two hits, an RBI, and a run.
  • Junior Matt Giberti improved to 7-for-7 on the season on stolen base attempts.
  • Harvard posted season highs in hits (17), RBIs (12), and home runs (four). The Crimson posted double-figure hits for the fifth time this season with six student-athletes recording multi-hit games.
  • Sophomore right-hander Callan Fang threw 4.0 innings in the start, allowing five runs – all earned – on eight hits and three walks with five strikeouts. He has posted five strikeouts in all four of his appearances on the year.
  • Junior right-hander Tanner Smith tallied a season-high five strikeouts, tossing 2.1 innings and permitting three runs on one hit and three walks. 

How It Happened

  • The Crimson started the scoring in game two as Berger hit an RBI single to give the visitors a 1-0 lead in the top of the first after both Shulman and Rounds reached earlier in the frame with singles of their own.
  • Western Carolina knotted the score at 1-1 in the bottom of the first with a solo home run.
  • Harvard re-gained a 2-1 edge in the top of the second as Snopek launched a solo homer to left field for his second homer of the year.
  • The Catamounts took their first lead behind a pair of runs in the last of the second, moving ahead 3-2.
  • Snopek put the Crimson back in front, 5-3, with a three-run home run – his second homer of the game – to left field in the top of the third.
  • WCU pulled within 5-4 with a run in the last of the third and tied it at 5-5 with a run in the bottom of the fourth.
  • Cooper pushed the visitors back in front with a two-run home run to left field in the top of the fifth, making the margin 7-5.
  • Lybrook launched the Crimson's fourth homer of the game in the top of the sixth, sending a three-run shot over the wall in left field to extend the advantage to 10-5.
  • The hosts trimmed their deficit to 10-9 with four runs in the bottom of the seventh, including a three-run home run.
  • Harvard countered with a pair of runs in the top of the eighth behind a sacrifice fly from William Lybrook and an RBI single from Cooper to push the lead to 12-9.
  • The Catamounts plated 10 runs in the bottom of the eighth to move ahead 19-12. 

Next Up

Harvard closes its series with Western Carolina with game three tomorrow – Sunday, Mar. 17 – at 11:00 a.m. (ESPN+).

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