Harvard (Weekend Series)

 

Who: Harvard Crimson
When: Friday, March 15  -  Sunday, March 17, 2024
Times: Fri. 4:00 pm; Sat. 2:00 pm (updated); Sun. 11:00 am
Where: Childress Field, Cullowhee, NC
TV/video: ESPN+
      -announcer: Daniel Hooker (PxP)
Live Stats:  WCU Live Stats
Conference: Ivy League
Nickname: Crimson
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Colors: Crimson, white, and black
Students: 21,613

Last season's record: 20-24 overall, 9-5 home, 9-15 away, 2-4 neutral, 15-6 conference
This season:  2-8 overall, 0-0 home, 1-6 away, 1-2 neutral, 0-0 conference

Head Coach:  Bill Decker was introduced as the Joseph J. O'Donnell ’67 Head Coach for Harvard Baseball on September 26, 2012. He will enter his 12th season at the helm of the Crimson during the 2023-24 academic year following a 22-year tenure at Trinity in which he won a national championship in 2008 and earned induction into the Trinity Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023.

Series History:  This will be the first meeting between the two teams.

Harvard will play in Johnson City on Wednesday, before the series in Cullowhee.   Harvard University baseball was selected to finish third in the 2024 Ivy League Baseball Preseason Media Poll.  Harvard returned key hitters to its lineup from the 2023 season, including junior George Cooper (.333 average, 13 doubles), senior Jake Berger (.292 average, 32 RBIs), senior Ben Rounds (.290 average, 33 RBIs), and senior Peter Messervy (.280 average, 16 doubles).

On the mound, Harvard brings back junior right-hander Sean Matson – the Most Outstanding Relief Pitcher award winner in the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2023 – and sophomore right-hander Callan Fang – the 2023 Ivy League Rookie of the Year.

In 2023, the Crimson gained a berth in the inaugural Ivy League Tournament, securing the No. 2 seed behind a 15-6 Ivy League record, marking Harvard's most Ivy League wins since 2005. The Crimson captured six of its seven Ivy League series during the regular season.

Harvard baseball fell to East Tennessee State University, 14-4, on Wednesday afternoon at Thomas Stadium.