CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard men's Squash will look to bounce back this weekend when it returns to action at the Murr Squash Center to host the No. 6 Cornell Big Red and the No. 7 Columbia Lions. The Crimson (6-3, 3-2 Ivy) will play its final two home matches of the season against the Big Red on Saturday (Feb. 3) and the Lions on Sunday (Feb. 4). Harvard squash will also honor its two seniors,
Ido Burstein and
Liam Rotzoll, during its Senior Day match on Sunday.
WHAT TO KNOW
- Harvard comes into the weekend with a 6-3 record and a No. 4 National Ranking.
- The Crimson dropped two competitive matches last weekend to the No. 3 Princeton Tigers (3-6) and the No. 2 Penn Quakers (2-7).
- Harvard will look to snap its three-game skid against the Cornell Big Red, who have lost 14 consecutive matches to the Crimson dating back to the 2010 season.
- The Crimson defeated Cornell twice a year ago, once in the regular season and once in the CSA Team National Championship quarterfinal round.
- Harvard holds a 53-2 lead in the all-time series register.
- Against Columbia, the Crimson holds a 14-1 series lead dating back to 2012.
- Harvard has won its past six meetings against Columbia.
- The team has combined to post a 57-24 record individually this season.
- Tate Harms leads the Crimson with eight wins this season, playing primarily from the four spot on the ladder.
- First-year, Jacob Lin, has posted seven wins on the season, tying for second on the team with Denis Gilevskiy.
UP NEXT
Harvard will play two more regular season contests before competing at the CSA Team National Championships on Feb. 29-Mar. 3. Harvard will first compete against the Tufts Jumbos on Tuesday, Feb. 6 before closing out its regular season on Saturday, Feb. 17 with a match at Drexel.
