CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's tennis team (1-1) will host Boston University (10:30 a.m.) and Sacred Heart (1 p.m.) on Feb. 5, at the Murr Center Indoor Courts.
Both matches will be streaming on ESPN+ and Stretch Internet.
The Crimson come into the match having not competed since Jan. 22, due to a postponement of last weekend's match.
Harvard owns the all-time series over BU by a 37-6 margin dating back to the first meeting in 1980. The Crimson have won 10 of the last 11 contests over the Terriers since 2010.
In the last meeting between the two schools, just under two years ago, Harvard won 7-0.
Rachel Lim,
Rachel Eason,
Sophia Ho,
Mihaela Marculescu and
Kayla Leschly all pitched in a win for the Crimson in the 2020 meeting.
This will be the first ever meeting between Harvard and Sacred Heart.
What to Know
- Seniors Lim and Eason both hold 1-0 records in their singles competitions.
- Two Crimson doubles pairs have started 1-0 this season, Maxi Duncan and Sophia Ho, as well as Sany Gawande and Angel You.
- First-year Rachel Arbitman has not yet competed in the spring but is coming off a fall season in which she went 4-1 in her singles events and 3-1 in her doubles events for a 7-2 tally combined.
- With two wins on Saturday, Traci Green will have reached 150 wins as head coach of Harvard women's tennis.
At the Helm
Traci Green, The Sheila Kelly Palandijan Head Coach for Harvard Women's Tennis and The Ragatz Family Harvard's Women's Coach of Excellence, is in her 15
th season at the helm of the program. She has a career coaching record of 181-141, including a 148-113 mark at Harvard.
Up Next
The Crimson will travel to Ithaca, N.Y., Feb. 11-13, for the ECAC championships.
