CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's tennis team (5-2) will hit the road for two matches in Evanston, Illinois, this weekend. The Crimson will face Northwestern on Sunday, Feb. 20, before taking on Miami (Ohio) on Monday, Feb. 21. Both matches are scheduled to start at 12 p.m. ET.
 
The Crimson is entering the weekend following a runner-up finish at the ECAC Championships where it earned wins over Dartmouth (5-0) and Penn (4-2), before bowing out to Princeton in the championship match, 4-0. 
 
Harvard trails the all-time series with Northwestern (2-3), 12-1, with the only Crimson win coming by a 6-2 margin in 1988. 
 
Against Miami of Ohio (4-2), the Crimson won the only meeting between the schools, 6-1, in January of 2019.  
 
What to Know

• Mihaela Marculescu is continuing her early season success, holding a 5-1 singles record heading into the weekend competitions. 
• The duo of Iveta Daujotaite and Angel You sport a perfect 4-0 record in doubles matches to this point.
• Annika Bassey-Kayla Leschly, Maxi Duncan-Sophia Ho and Sany Gawande-Angel You, are all unbeaten pairs for the Crimson. 
• Leschly, Rachel Eason and Chelsea Williams remain unbeaten in their singles matches.

 
At the Helm
 
Traci Green, The Sheila Kelly Palandijan Head Coach for Harvard Women's Tennis and The Ragatz Family Harvard Women's Coach of Excellence, is in her 15th season at the helm of the program. She has a career coaching record of 185-142, including a 152-114 mark at Harvard.
 
Up Next
 
The Crimson will travel to Norfolk, Virginia, for a contest with 17th-ranked Old Dominion on March 6, at 1 p.m. ET