MORAGA, Calif. – Harvard softball leaves California with a 4-0 record on the weekend, utilizing stellar hitting and pitching displays to take down Weber State and Saint Mary's at Cottrell Field.

A career-day from senior infielder Priyanka Kaul lifted Harvard to a 7-5 victory against Weber State, as she drove in a career-high four runs on two hits. Along with Kaul, three other Crimson also recorded RBIs against the Wildcats.

In the 5-4 win against Saint Mary's, Kaul was once against successful at the plate, as the senior recorded her second home run of the season in the second inning. A varied Crimson approach at the plate led to more success, as five different Harvard student-athletes drove in a run in the Crimson's fourth-straight win.

HOW IT HAPPENED IN GAME ONE:
The first inning saw Harvard (9-4, 0-0 Ivy League) waste no time against Weber State (8-18, 0-0 Big Sky), as the Crimson jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. With one out, senior outfielder Savannah Fitzpatrick worked a walk, as a hit from sophomore infielder Sophie Sun and a walk from senior infielder Maya Douglas loaded the bases for Kaul.

The Plainsboro, New Jersey native delivered, as Kaul scored two runs with an RBI-single down the right field line. Kaul now has three multi-RBI efforts this season.

The Crimson stretched the lead to six later on, plating four runs in the third inning. Back-to-back doubles from Sun and Douglas doubled Harvard's advantage, 4-0, as Kaul once again stepped up offensively, slashing another two-run RBI single to expand Harvard's lead to six. An NFCA Northeast All-Region selection last season, Kaul set a new single-game high for RBIs in a game with four against the Wildcats.

After Weber State pulled a run back in the fifth, Harvard answered immediately in its own half of the frame, as junior infielder Finley Payne launched a solo home run to deep right field for her first homer of the year to restore the Crimson's six-run advantage. A native of Liberty Township, Ohio, Payne now has five home runs in her Crimson career, hitting a pair last season.

In the sixth and seventh innings, Weber State tagged on four runs, as the Crimson shut the door in the seventh to secure the win, 7-5. Harvard collected nine hits, led by Sun with three hits. Kaul set a new single-game career-high in RBIs with four. Junior pitcher Riley Flynn was once again phenomenal in the circle, striking out seven batters while only allowing four hits and one run in five innings of work.

HOW IT HAPPENED IN GAME TWO:
After a scoreless first inning, Harvard took the lead with two runs in the first frame against Saint Mary's (10-14, 0-0 West Coast). Kaul kept producing at the dish, firing the Crimson in front with her second home run of 2025. One of the top offensive talents in the Ivy League, Kaul currently leads the Crimson in RBIs with 13 this season. Junior outfielder Lael Ayala doubled Harvard's lead moments later with an infield RBI-single, 2-0.

With a sacrifice fly from first-year catcher Quinn Salazar-Stewart, Harvard led by three heading into the bottom of the third.

The hosts pulled a run back in its half of the third, as the Crimson responded in the fifth inning. A walk with the bases loaded brought home the fourth run of the contest for Harvard, as first-year infielder Alexa Muller followed that up with an RBI-single up the middle, growing the Harvard lead, 5-1.

Saint Mary's scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth to make it a one score game, 5-4, but sophomore pitcher Nicolette Hunter stepped up in the final two innings, tossing her first complete game of the year as the Crimson won its fourth game in a row.

For the third time in the last four outings, Harvard's offense recorded double-digit hits, as five different Crimson recorded an RBI. Sun led the way at the plate, tallying a game-high three hits as Hunter held Saint Mary's to only four hits in seven innings in the circle.

HARVARD HIGHLIGHTS:

• Harvard ends its road trip to California with a perfect 4-0 record, as the Crimson is now 9-4 on the 2025 season.
• The Crimson has recorded double-digit hits in three of its last four games.
• In the 5-4 win against Saint Mary's, Kaul launched the first home run of her collegiate.
• A native of Plainsboro, New Jersey, Kaul was a spark plug for the Crimson offense in California, batting .636 with a team-high nine RBIs.
• The 2024 Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Year, Sun logged 10 hits in 15 at-bats for a .667 batting average, scoring a team-high seven runs and bringing in four RBIs.
• Across two starts, Flynn was stellar, leading Harvard in earned run average (1.17), innings pitched (12.0), strikeouts (15) and opponent batting average (.163).

UP NEXT:

Harvard plays a back-to-back in the nation's capital this week, facing Georgetown and George Washington on Tuesday, Mar. 18 and Wednesday, Mar. 19.

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