CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Women's lacrosse returns to Jordan to close out the season with three straight home games starting on Saturday against longtime rival, the No. 6 Yale Bulldogs. Action is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. and will stream live on ESPN+ as the Crimson begin the final home stand of the regular season. 

It will be a busy day on campus as the athletics department will host Cambridge Day, a new annual event to bring the Cambridge community together for a day of celebration, connection, and Crimson spirit. Selecting one of its most action-packed Spring weekends, this first annual event celebrates the City of Cambridge and welcomes community members to come and cheer on the Crimson across multiple sports.

As the program also hosts youth day on Saturday there will be multiple vendors and activities for fans, including post-game autographs.

With many events on campus on Saturday, fans interested in attending should know that parking will be limited, and overflow parking will be directed to the Harvard Business School. 

WHAT TO KNOW 

SETTING THE SCENE 

• Harvard comes into the weekend with a 2-3 conference record and a 7-5 record overall. 
• The Bulldogs are currently the third seed in the Ivy standings with a 3-2 record and a 10-3 overall record. 
• The Bulldogs have Ivy wins over Columbia, Dartmouth, and their most recent victory against No. 16 Penn came in OT. 
• Harvard has Ivy wins over Dartmouth and Penn. 

LOOKING BACK 

• The Crimson fell to the Bulldogs last season in both the regular season and first round of the Ivy League Tournament. 
• Harvard leads the series dating back to 2003 with a 10-8 record and is 2-3 in the last five games. 

THE 200 CLUB 

• Caroline Mullahy is just two points shy of 200 career points.
• Mullahy will become the seventh player in program history to amass 200+ points in their career and the most recent since Marisa Romeo in 2017. 
• Mullahy already broke the program and Ivy League record for career assists this season. 

LAST TIME OUT

•  The Crimson couldn't complete a late comeback and fell to Cornell by a score of 13-12, Saturday afternoon at Schoellkopf Field.
• Down three goals in the fourth quarter, Harvard tied and took the lead at 12-11 before Cornell stormed back to win the game. 
• Harvard started strong with five goals in the opening quarter and carried a 7-7 tie into halftime. After falling behind 11-7 in the third, the Crimson surged back in the fourth with five goals, but Cornell held on in the closing minutes with another two goals. 

CRIMSON QUICK HITS

• Harvard is led by Devon Wills, the sixth-year Carole Kleinfelder Head Coach for Harvard Women's Lacrosse. The Crimson has increased its win total over the last three seasons under Wills, from seven in 2022 to eight in 2023 and ten in 2024.
• Last season's 10-win performance (10-5) was the program's first since the 2011 squad finished at 10-6. The Crimson finished at least five games over .500 for the first time since Kleinfelder's 1994 team posted an 11-4 record.
• Harvard enters 2025 coming off its third straight Ivy League Tournament appearance, its longest streak since qualifying in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
• Since a win at Holy Cross on March 11, 2023, Harvard is 25-11 in its last 36 regular-season games.

LEADING THE CRIMSON

• Annabel Child, Charley Meier, and Caroline Mullahy were named captains during the offseason.
• Mullahy led the nation in assists per game (3.67) and earned honorable mention All-Ivy recognition.
• Annabel Child recorded a team-high 25 caused turnovers and 33 ground balls, ranking second on the team.
• Child anchored a Crimson defense that ranked eighth in the NCAA in ground balls per game, averaging 20.08.
• Meier started in 14 of 15 games last season, tallying 11 goals and two assists for 13 points while also earning an Academic All-Ivy nod.

AMONG THE NATION'S BEST

• As a team, the Crimson finished in the top 10 nationally in four major statistical categories last season.
• The Crimson defense ranked eighth in the nation, averaging 20.08 ground balls per game.
• Led by Caroline Mullahy, Harvard finished fourth in the nation with 8.78 assists per game.
• With three players recording 60+ points, the Crimson averaged 24.73 points per game, ranking fifth in the nation.
• Scoring more than 200 goals for the first time since 2018, Harvard finished with 240 goals in 15 games. Averaging 16.00 goals per game, the Crimson recorded its highest single-season goal total in more than 15 years, ranking seventh nationally in goals per game.

NEXT UP 
Harvard Plays UNH in its final non conference matchup of the season on Tuesday at Jordan Field.