CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 24 women's lacrosse is set to close the regular season tomorrow against Columbia at 1:00 p.m. from Jordan Field. Looking to complete the Ivy season with a win, fans can catch all the action on ESPN+.
The program will be celebrating the class of 2025 in its annual senior day celebration as seniors
Anna Andrews,
Grace Taylor,
Caroline Mullahy,
Lizzie Francioli,
Charley Meier, and
Annabel Child will all be recognized post-game.
Harvard will also dedicate the game to raising student-athlete mental health awareness as part of Morgan's Message, led by team ambassador
Lizzie Francioli.
WHAT TO KNOW
REWRITING THE RECORD BOOKS
- Caroline Mullahy has set multiple records and hit numerous milestones in her senior season.
- The North Carolina native was added to the Tewaaraton Watch List midway through the season after tallying 17 points in her first four games.
- Mullahy opened the season with seven points against the Great Danes. With her first assist of the year, she recorded her 100th career assist.
- Just eight games later, she broke the program record with her 125th assist.
- In her next outing, she broke the Ivy League record with her 128th assist.
- On Saturday, the captain became just the seventh player in program history to amass 200+ career points.
- Going to land somewhere in the top-15 of the NCAA All-Time rankings, Mullahy is just two helpers away from her 150th career assist.
LAST TIME OUT
- Harvard cruised to a win over UNH in its final non-conference matchup of the year.
- The Crimson improved to 6-2 outside of the Ivy League after the 20-4 win over the Wildcats.
- Caroline Mullahy recorded her second eight-point game of the season. The senior now has two eight-point and two seven-point outings this year.
- Callie Batchelder notched her second seven-point performance of the season. The sophomore has totaled 14 points over her last three games.
- Charley Meier set a career-high with five goals and now has three hat tricks this season.
- Charlotte Hodgson won an impressive 15 draw controls — the second time she's reached 15 in a game and the fourth time with 10+ draws.
LOOKING BACK
- Last season, the Crimson clinched its spot in the Ivy League Tournament after a road win over Columbia.
- Picking up a 24-5 win over the Lions, Harvard jumped out to a 9-1 lead in the first quarter before putting up another seven goals before the half.
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 past 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 10-6. The Crimson also finished at least five games over .500 for the first time since Kleinfelder's 1994 team went 11-4.
- Harvard enters 2025 coming off its third straight Ivy League Tournament appearance, its longest such streak since qualifying in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
- Since a win at Holy Cross on March 11, 2023, Harvard is 26-12 in its last 38 regular-season games.
LEADING THE CRIMSON
AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
- As a team, the Crimson finished in the top 10 nationally in four major statistical categories last season.
- The defense ranked eighth in the nation, averaging 20.08 ground balls per game.
- Led by Caroline Mullahy, Harvard finished fourth nationally with 8.78 assists per game.
- With three players recording 60+ points, the Crimson averaged 24.73 points per game, ranking fifth nationally.
- Scoring more than 200 goals for the first time since 2018, Harvard tallied 240 goals in 15 games. Averaging 16.00 goals per game, the Crimson posted its highest single-season total in over 15 years, ranking seventh nationally in goals per game.
NEXT UP
The Crimson closes the regular season against Columbia on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
