CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Following its three-match road trip, No. 2 Harvard (7-1, 3-1 Ivy) is back on its home courts for the first time this calendar year with the team set to welcome No. 6 Columbia (6-3, 0-2 Ivy), No. 7 Cornell (2-3, 1-1 Ivy) and Amherst College (7-3) to the Murr Center this Saturday and Sunday for loaded weekend of action.
The Crimson will first face Columbia on Saturday (Jan. 22) at 12 p.m. before taking on both Cornell (11 a.m.) and Amherst (5 p.m.) on Sunday (Jan. 23).
Harvard went 2-1 on its recent road swing, falling to No. 1 Penn but beating both No. 3 Princeton and No. 9 Drexel.
The weekend marks the first home matches for Harvard since Dec. 1, when the Crimson upended Dartmouth, 9-0.
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What to Know:
- Columbia and Cornell will mark the fifth and sixth top-10 opponents this season for the Crimson. Overall, Harvard has gone 3-1 in these matches beating No. 10 Rochester, No 3 Princeton and No. 9 Drexel.
- Harvard comes in at No. 2 in the latest edition of the 2021-2022 Men's College Squash Team Rankings posted Jan. 19.
- The Crimson has won the last two CSA National Championships
- Samuel Scherl is a team-best 7-0 individually on the season.
- This season, the Crimson has outscored its opponents, 59-13. They are a perfect 8-0 at both the third and fourth singles positions.
- Harvard has an all-time record of 11-1 vs. Columbia
- The Crimson leads the all-time series with Cornell, 50-2, and has won 11 straight matchups.
- Harvard has gone 49-0 against Amherst all-time. The two programs have not met since 2013.
Leading the Way:
Mike Way is in his 12th season as the Gregory Lee '87 and Russell Ball '88 Endowed Coach for Squash at Harvard University. Entering the 2021-22 season, Way boasts an overall record of 142-30 during his time at Harvard.
Up Next: A key road contest vs. Trinity is next for Harvard. The Crimson will meet the Bantams on Friday, Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. The team will then head home to face rival Yale on Sunday (Jan. 30) at 1 p.m.
