CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University baseball hosts Columbia University in its final three-game series of the regular season with a doubleheader on Saturday, May 3 starting at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN+/NESN) and a single game on Sunday, May 4 at noon (ESPN+) with the Crimson set to celebrate Senior Day in between games on Saturday.

What to Know

• The Crimson (11-23, 8-9 Ivy) hosts the Lions (21-17, 13-5 Ivy) at O'Donnell Field with Harvard having won back-to-back Ivy series entering the weekend with a 2-1 series win over Cornell (Apr. 19-20) and 3-0 series victory over Brown (Apr. 25, 27).
• Harvard (8-9 Ivy) sits in sole possession of fourth place in the Ivy League standings – one half game ahead of fifth-place Dartmouth (8-10 Ivy). Yale (13-5), Columbia (13-5), and Penn (12-6) have all already secured spots in the four-team conference tournament.
• Prior to Saturday's second game, the Crimson will honor the seven members of its Class of 2025 – Nate Baxter, Cole Cleary, George Cooper, Sawyer Feller, Matt Giberti, Peter Levin, and William Lybrook – for their hard work and dedication to the program.
• Harvard's weekend rotation will feature RHP Callan Fang (2-3, 3.66 ERA) in game one, RHP Truman Pauley (3-5, 5.09 ERA) in game two, and a to-be-determined pitcher in game three. Columbia will counter with RHP Joe Sheets (3-3, 5.94 ERA) in game one, RHP Thomas Santana (4-2, 5.85 ERA) in game two, and a to-be-determined pitcher in game three.
• Harvard leads the all-time series with Columbia, 95-72-1. The two teams first met in 1886.
• Since March 25, Harvard has posted an 11-7 overall record and 8-6 Ivy League mark with the Crimson hitting .306 as a team. Six members of the Crimson have hit above .300 during that span including senior George Cooper (.403), senior William Lybrook (.383), sophomore Tyler Shulman (.359), junior Gio Colasante (.343), sophomore Jack Rickheim (.314), and senior Matt Giberti (.313). On the mound, sophomore right-hander Ryan McHugh (0.87 ERA, three saves, 10.1 innings, 10 strikeouts) and Colasante (2.75 ERA, 19.2 innings, 21 strikeouts) have tallied the team's top ERAs during that stretch.
• Senior George Cooper has totaled 180 career hits, ranking seventh in program history. He trails only Andrew Huling (188 hits, 1996-99), Trey Hendricks (193, 2001-04), Patrick McColl (194, 2016-19), Lance Salsgiver (202, 2003-06), Mark Mager (205, 1999-2002), and Hal Carey (208, 1996-99).
• With The Baseball Beanpot returning to Fenway Park for the first time since 2019, sophomore Tyler Shulman totaled three RBIs, two hits, and a home run as Harvard battled Northeastern in the championship game before the Crimson fell 5-4.
• The Crimson captured a series sweep over Brown (Apr. 25, 27) with 7-4 (10 innings), 12-5, and 10-5 victories. For the series, Harvard hit .310 as a team with 29 runs, 35 hits, and 27 RBIs. The Crimson tallied double-figure hits in all three games of the series to claim its second straight series win.
• Harvard took a 2-1 series victory in the Cornell series (Apr. 19-20), behind a doubleheader sweep on Saturday, 8-5 and 9-8. For the series, the Crimson hit .384 as a team with 30 runs, 43 hits, 27 RBIs, five homers, and five doubles. The Crimson tallied double-figure hits in all three games of the series with 11 hits in game one, 14 hits in game two, and a season-high 18 hits in game three.
• Junior Gio Colasante – a member of the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award Watch List – has hit .366 in Ivy League play with 26 hits, four doubles, 14 RBIs, and four home runs. In conference play, he ranks second in the league in home runs (four), third in slugging (.592), fourth in total bases (42), fifth in hits (26), and ninth in average (.366). Overall, for the year, he has hit .306 with 38 hits, 24 runs, 22 RBIs, six doubles, and six homers. He stands sixth in the Ivy League in homers (six). As a pitcher, he has notched a 3.20 ERA in conference play with 22 strikeouts over 19.2 innings pitched. In Ivy only play, he stands fifth in both ERA (3.20) and opponents' average (.230). For the Dartmouth series (Apr. 4-6), he went 7-for-12 (.583) with two doubles, a homer, and five RBIs as a hitter, while tossing five shutout innings as a pitcher to help him earn Ivy League Player of the Week (Apr. 7). He hit 7-for-15 (.467) in the Penn series (Mar. 22-23) with multi-hit games in all three contests.
• Senior outfielder/infielder George Cooper has tallied a team-best .344 batting average alongside 45 hits, 25 runs, nine doubles, five home runs, and a team-best 25 RBIs on the year. Cooper ranks fifth in the league in average (.344), sixth in hits (45), seventh in slugging (.542), and seventh in OPS (.949). In Ivy only play, he has hit .342 with 25 hits, five doubles, and two homers, ranking sixth in the league in runs (16), seventh in hits (25), and 10^th in average (.342). For the Cornell series (Apr. 19-20), he hit .579 (11-for-19) with nine runs and four doubles. In game three against the Big Red (Apr. 20), he finished 4-for-5 with three RBIs, three runs, and two doubles. He hit homers in three straight games from Mar. 23-28. Cooper posted a 3-for-4 effort with a two-run homer in the win over Holy Cross (Mar. 25). In the series opener against Northeastern (Mar. 14), he went 3-for-4 with a triple and a double.
• Senior outfielder Matt Giberti has notched a .311 batting average, 38 hits, a team-best 27 runs, and a 17-for-19 effort in stolen bases. He ranks first in the Ivy League in stolen bases (17) and sixth in triples (two). In Ivy only play, he has hit .329 with 25 hits, 16 runs, and nine RBIs. In Ivy competition, he leads the league in stolen bases (10), while ranking sixth in runs (16) and seventh in hits (25). In the win over Stonehill (Apr. 15), he went 3-for-5 with his first collegiate home run.
• Sophomore Jack Rickheim has contributed a .281 average with 34 hits, 17 RBIs, 18 runs scored, and six doubles. In Ivy play, he has hit .284 with 19 hits, 11 RBIs, and nine runs. Rickheim tallied four RBIs in Harvard's 7-4 win over Brown (Apr. 25) in 10 innings. He notched the go-ahead RBI in the bottom of the eighth in the 14-13 win over Holy Cross (Mar. 25).
• Senior William Lybrook has hit a team-best .370 during Ivy League play with 17 hits, 12 RBIs, eight runs, and a home run. In conference play, he ranks seventh in the league in average (.370) and eighth in OBP (.456). For the Brown series (Apr. 25-27), he hit .500 (6-for-12) with four runs, two RBIs, and a .600 OBP.
• Junior right-handed pitcher Callan Fang has tallied a 3.66 ERA with 47 strikeouts over 46.2 innings on the year. Fang stands third in the league in ERA (3.66), sixth in strikeouts (47), and eighth in opponents' batting average (.263). In Ivy only play, he ranks third in strikeouts (42), third in innings (40.0), and seventh in ERA (3.83). Fang notched a career-high 12 strikeouts over 6.0 innings at Brown (Apr. 25). He tossed 7.0 innings with seven strikeouts in the win over Yale (Mar. 28) and hurled a career-high 8.0 innings with one run allowed vs. Princeton (Apr. 11). Fang won the 2024 Ivy League Pitcher of the Year award and the 2023 Ivy League Rookie of the Year award.
• Sophomore right-hander Truman Pauley has tallied 70 strikeouts over 53.0 innings pitched on the year. In the NCAA, Pauley ranks 12^th in hits allowed per nine (5.60) and 36^th in strikeouts per nine (11.89). In the Ivy League, he ranks first in games started (10), second in strikeouts (70), second in opponents' batting average (.178), fifth in innings pitched (53.0), and 10^th in ERA (5.09). In Ivy only play, he stands second in strikeouts (48), second in opponents' average (.157), and ninth in ERA (4.32). Pauley brought a no-hitter into the ninth inning against Princeton (Apr. 11), tossing a career-high 8.1 innings with a career-best 12 strikeouts to earn Ivy League Pitcher of the Week (Apr. 15). He hurled 7.0 innings vs. Cornell (Apr. 19), allowing two earned runs with 10 strikeouts. He tallied double-figure strikeouts for the third straight start with 10 strikeouts in 5.0 innings at Brown (Apr. 27), while picking up a save earlier in the series (Apr. 25) against the Bears. Pauley tossed 6.0 innings in the win at Dartmouth (Apr. 4), allowing no earned runs with six strikeouts. He threw 6.2 innings with nine strikeouts, while allowing two runs at Northeastern (Mar. 15).
• Sophomore right-hander Ryan McHugh ranks third in the Ivy League in saves (three) in all games and first in saves (three) during conference play. In conference play, he has notched a 3.09 ERA with 10 strikeouts over 11.2 innings. He has tallied saves against Yale (Mar. 28), Princeton (Apr. 11), and Cornell (Apr. 19). 

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