CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Building on a successful fall campaign, the Harvard men's tennis team will return to competition this winter, with the 2022 winter and spring schedules announced by
Andrew Rueb '95, The Scott Mead '77 Head Coach For Harvard Men's Tennis.
Winter Schedule
Kicking off a busy January, the Crimson will host Boston College, welcoming the Eagles to the Beren Tennis Center on Jan. 18th. Following this brief home stint, Harvard will finish out the month on the road, traveling to Virginia Tech on Jan. 21, Virginia on Jan. 23 and USC from Jan. 29-30, with its last stop in California being for the ITA Kickoff Tournament.
Traveling back to Cambridge to begin February, the Crimson will host Michigan on Feb. 6th. Hitting the road quickly from Feb. 18-21 for ECAC's at Cornell, Harvard will close out its winter schedule at home, hosting Vanderbilt on Feb. 25 and Northwestern on Feb. 27.
Spring Break
Taking a trip out west in between its winter and Ivy League schedules, the Crimson will travel to California over spring break. Starting on March 15, Harvard will take on Wisconsin in San Diego, Calif., followed by Pepperdine on March 17 in Malibu, Calif.. The Crimson will wrap up the trip with the Ed Collins Invitational at USD from March 19-20.
Ivy League
Coming back east, the Crimson will take on its Ivy League rivals throughout the month of April. Starting off at home, Harvard will host Dartmouth on April 2 before traveling to New York to take on Columbia on April 9 and Cornell on April 10. The Crimson is back home vs. Princeton on April 16 and Penn on April 17, before wrapping up the season with a trip to Brown on April 22 and a final home berth against Yale on Apr. 24.
Postseason
Taking on another packed month, the Crimson will begin postseason play in May, starting with the NCAA Regional Championships from May 6-8. If they qualify, Harvard will compete in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen from May 13-14, before traveling to Champaign, Ill. for the NCAA Team and Individual Championship from May 19-28.
The Harvard men's tennis team is coming off of an excellent fall season, in which the Crimson saw multiple top finishes at tournaments. These efforts include sophomore Henry Von Der Schulenburg's first-place singles finish at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic, as well as senior
Brian Shi and first-year
Daniel Milavsky's doubles championship at the ITA Northeast Regional Championships. The season culminated in Von Der Schulenburg, Shi and Milavsky all qualifying for the ITA Fall National Championships, where the duo of Shi/Milavsky pulled off an impressive upset against a tournament favorite in the first round of doubles play.
All outdoor home matches will be held at the Beren Tennis Center, while indoor home matches will be played at the Murr Center Tennis Courts and will be broadcast on ESPN+.