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Gio Colasante
Eddie Monigan
13
Winner Harvard HARV 3-18
5
Massachusetts UMASS 9-13-1
Winner
Harvard HARV
3-18
13
Final
5
Massachusetts UMASS
9-13-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Harvard HARV 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 1 4 13 12 1
Massachusetts UMASS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 5 5 4

W: Dowling, Brian (1-2) L: Levine, J (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Beats UMass, 13-5, Advances to Beanpot Championship at Fenway Park

AMHERST, Mass. – Junior Gio Colasante hit a three-run home run, senior George Cooper tallied three RBIs and three runs scored, and junior left-hander Brian Dowling threw four shutout innings in the start as Harvard University baseball beat the University of Massachusetts, 13-5, on Tuesday afternoon at Earl Lorden Field in the semifinals of The Baseball Beanpot.
 
The Crimson (3-18) jumped out to an 8-0 lead through the top of the fifth and added five more runs over the final two frames to top the host Minutemen (9-13-1) and advance to the championship game of the Beanpot set for Fenway Park on April 29 against Northeastern.
 
Colasante went 3-for-4 with a season-high four RBIs alongside his third home run of the season while Cooper finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs, three runs, and a double. Junior Jordan Kang tallied two RBIs, two runs, and a double, and sophomore Ryan Mooney contributed two hits and two runs scored.
 
On the mound, Dowling tossed 4.0 scoreless innings in the start, allowing no runs on two hits and four walks with three strikeouts while first-year left-hander Luca Alagheband tossed 1.2 innings with a career-high four strikeouts, junior Jack Smith tallied two strikeouts over a scoreless inning of work, and sophomore Ryan McHugh hurled a scoreless ninth.
 
In the Beanpot's other semifinal, Northeastern topped Boston College, 3-0, at Friedman Diamond in Brookline, Massachusetts. Harvard will meet the Huskies in the Beanpot championship game at Fenway Park on April 29 at approximately 7:00 p.m. after BC and UMass meet in the third-place game at 4:00 p.m. at Fenway.
 
Gallery: (4-1-2025) Baseball at UMass
 

Harvard Highlights

  • Junior Gio Colasante went 3-for-4 with a season-high four RBIs, home run, two walks, and a run scored. He notched his third home run of the season and his career.
  • Junior left-hander Brian Dowling threw 4.0 scoreless innings in the start, allowing no runs on two hits and four walks with three strikeouts.
  • Senior George Cooper finished 2-for-3 with season highs in RBIs (three) and runs (three) alongside a double and a walk.
  • Junior Jordan Kang tallied two RBIs, a double, two runs scored, a stolen base, and a walk.
  • Sophomore Ryan Mooney posted two hits and two runs scored.
  • Senior Matt Giberti contributed a hit, an RBI, two runs scored, a stolen base, and a walk. He improved to 9-for-11 on stolen base attempts on the year.
  • First-year left-hander Luca Alagheband tossed 1.2 innings of relief, permitting no runs on no hits and two walks with a career-high four strikeouts.
  • Junior right-hander Jack Smith hurled a scoreless seventh, notching two strikeouts against no walks and one hit in the frame.
  • Sophomore Jack Rickheim chipped in a hit and two runs, first-year Liam Wilson tacked on a hit and an RBI, sophomore Tyler Shulman posted a hit, a run, and a stolen base, and first-year Gavin Smith compiled an RBI.
  • Sophomore right-hander Andrew Abler (1.0 inning, one hit, no runs, one strikeout) got the Crimson out of the eighth before sophomore right-hander Ryan McHugh tossed a scoreless ninth with a strikeout.
  • Harvard advanced to the Beanpot championship game for the 15th time in program history. The Crimson has previously captured five Beanpot titles (1991, 1998 (co), 2005, 2014, and 2018).
  • As a team, Harvard totaled double-figure runs (13) for the third time this season, double-figure hits (11) for the third time in 2025, and double-figure RBIs (11) for the third time this year.
  • The Crimson's pitching staff combined for 12 strikeouts with six different pitchers tallying strikeouts in the contest. 

How It Happened

  • The Crimson threatened in both the first and second innings, putting runners on first and third with two outs in the opening frame before loading the bases with two outs in the second stanza.
  • Harvard plated five runs in the top of the fourth to take a 5-0 lead. Kang started the frame's scoring with a sacrifice fly to right field before Giberti sent an RBI single to left center. Colasante then launched a three-run home run to right field to cap the stanza's scoring.
  • The Crimson added another three runs in the top of the fifth to claim an 8-0 advantage. Kang opened the inning's scoring with an RBI double to left field prior to a sacrifice fly from Cooper. An RBI on a ground ball from Colasante closed the stanza's scoring.
  • In the bottom of the fifth, Alagheband came on with the bases loaded and one out, tallying two strikeouts while allowing just one run to keep Harvard up 8-1.
  • Alagheband tossed a scoreless sixth, and Smith hurled a scoreless seventh to keep the margin at 8-1 in favor of the visitors.
  • Harvard pushed its lead to 9-1 in the top of the eighth as Cooper led off the inning with a single and later came around to score following an error.
  • The Minutemen plated four runs in the bottom of the eighth to pull within 9-5.
  • The Crimson brought in four runs of their own in the top of the ninth to re-gain an eight-run lead at 13-5.
  • McHugh hurled a scoreless bottom of the ninth and induced a double play to conclude the game. 

Next Up

Harvard plays a three-game Ivy League series at Dartmouth with a doubleheader on Saturday, Apr. 5 starting at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN+) and a single game on Sunday, Apr. 6 at noon (ESPN+).

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