CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Harvard Softball team (26-14-1, 16-5 Ivy) will compete in the Ivy League softball tournament from Thursday, May 11 to Saturday, May 13 in Princeton, N.J. The Crimson go in as the second seed against three-seed Yale in game one on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. All games will air on ESPN+.

The Ivy League has expanded to a four-team softball tournament for the first time this year. Teams will compete for the title of Ivy League Tournament Champion and a spot in the NCAA Tournament. 

With a win over Yale in game one, the Crimson will play their second game at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 12 against the winner of the first Princeton vs. Columbia game. 

What to Know

• Harvard and Princeton are the 2023 Ivy League Co-Champions, as both teams posted 16-5 records in the regular season. Since Princeton won the regular season series, they earned the right to host the tournament. 
• Harvard starts the tournament with a game against the Yale Bulldogs, a team they swept in the 2023 season. Harvard defeated Yale by scores of 3-2, 5-4 and 5-0 this season. 
• The Crimson could face Columbia as the four-seed, another conference competitor who they swept earlier this season with scores of 2-1, 6-5 and 11-2 to end their regular season play.
• Harvard may meet host Princeton, a team they dropped a series to earlier this season. In three games at Princeton, Harvard fell 0-4 and 5-8 but won 6-5 in game three. 
• The Crimson last participated in the Ivy League tournament when it was two teams in 2022 against the Princeton Tigers. In a three-game series, Harvard won the first game 5-2 in 10 innings, but fell to the Tigers 4-8 and 1-6 in the second two games.
• Harvard last won the Ivy League tournament in 2019, when they defeated Columbia by scores of 10-7 and 11-1 and went on to the NCAA Regional round where they fell to Arizona and Colorado State.