CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The 2026 Harvard men's lacrosse season is finally here as the team is set to open its 2026 schedule this weekend against the Providence College Friars. The Crimson (0-0, 0-0 Ivy) will meet the Friars (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) in its season opener for the third consecutive seasons when the sides face off on Saturday (Feb. 14). First faceoff is scheduled for 2:00 PM on Saturday with all the action set to air live on ESPN+.
 

What to Know

Who: No. 12/11 Harvard vs. RV/RV Providence
When: 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 14
Where: Jordan Field / Boston, Mass.
Event: Home Opener
What's Happening?: Schedule Poster Giveaway
Camps: Learn more about the Crimson Lacrosse Academy hosted at the Harvard Athletics Campus by the Harvard Men's Lacrosse Coaches for rising 4th-8th grade boys [HERE].
 

Quick Hits

• Harvard and Providence will square off in the Crimson's season opener for the third consecutive season.
• The Crimson is 7-0 all-time against the Friars including wins in each of the past two seasons.
• The Crimson is 4-1 in season opening tilts under Gerry Byrne.
• Harvard returns 65-percent of its scoring production from a season ago.
• Logan Ip and Jack Speidell were each named on the Tewaaraton Award Watch List.
• Harvard was crowned the 2-25 NEILA Champion while Byrne earned Coach of the Year honors.

 
 

By the Numbers

2 – Preseason All-Americans for the Crimson from USA Lacrosse – Ip (Second Team) and Speidell (Third Team)
3.71 – Team GPA in the Fall Semester, continuing the team's trend of academic excellence
7 – Years at the helm for the Frisbie Family Head Coach for Harvard Lacrosse, Gerry Byrne
7 – Wins against Providence in Harvard history.
10 – Wins for the Crimson a year ago, the highest total in nearly a decade
11.7 – Caused Turnovers per game for Harvard in 2025, the most in the nation.
12 – USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason ranking for the Crimson, the second-highest preseason ranking since at least 2008.
13 – Harvard opens the season as the No. 13 ranked team in the KANE D1 Media Poll
21 – Caused turnovers for Charlie Muller last season, the highest returning total for Harvard
32.4 – Shooting percentage for Harvard a year ago, the fourth-best clip nationally.
38 – Career CTOs for Charlie Muller, the team's active career leader in the category.
46 – Jack Speidell's goal total from 2025, the eighth-highest mark in a season in program history
48 – Career goals for Logan Ip.
49 – Shooting percentage for Logan Ip in 2025, the fifth-best clip in the nation
75 – Clearing percentage for Harvard opponents in 2025, representing the best ride in the country.
112 – Career points for Teddy Malone, Harvard's active career leader in the category
 
 

In the National Rankings

• The Crimson jumped to No. 11 team USA Lacrosse Magazine Rankings.
• Harvard is ranked No. 12 in the KANE Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
• The USILA Coaches rank Harvard as the No. 12 team in the nation.
• Regionally, the NEILA has Harvard in the No. 2 spot on its poll.

 

The Matchup

Harvard will begin its 2026 campaign by welcoming the Providence College Friars into Jordan Field. The teams will battle in frigid conditions on the banks of the Charles, where temperatures are expected to be in the high 30s around first faceoff which is slated for 2:00 PM.
 

Quick Check on Providence

• Providence is off to a 2-0 start to its 2026 season after posting wins over Holy Cross (Jan. 31) and Bryant (Feb. 6).
• Both games were decided by five goals as the Friars are outscoring opponents 31-21 on the year.
• Junior attack, Rhett Chambers, leads the team with 15 points (8g, 7a) on the season. He was just named the National Player of the Week by Inside Lacrosse after a nine-point afternoon against Bryant.
• Goalkeeper Cam Sterritt has posted a 10.57 GAA and a .596 save percentage in his two starts this year.
• The Friars are 4-for-14 on the man-up through two games and 3-for-8 on stopping opponents while a man-down.
• Ian Olenik leads the team with seven CTOs through two games.
• Chris Esposito and Jack Cooper split faceoff duties for Providence and have combined for a .550 FO percentage.

 

Player History vs. Providence

• Senior attack Teddy Malone leads the Crimson in scoring against the Friars with 10 career points. The Delaware native has scored nine goals and adds one assist in his career against the BIG EAST foe.
• Logan Ip (2g,1a) and Jack Speidell (3g) each own three career points against the Friars.
• Graham Stevens made his collegiate debut in the season opener against Providence last season, making 13 saves while allowing only 10 goals. It was the most saves by a Harvard first-year in their collegiate debut since at least 2007.
• In total, seven Crimson players own a point against the Friars.
• Charlie Muller and Joost de Koning each own two caused turnovers in two career games against Providence.

 

Against the BIG EAST

• Harvard is 3-0 against BIG EAST member schools under Gerry Byrne.
• Overall, Harvard is 17-9-1 against current BIG EAST programs.

 

Ivy League Preseason Poll

• Harvard was picked third in the 2026 Ivy League Preseason Poll.
• The Crimson came in behind Princeton (1) and Cornell (2)
• It's third-place rankings is tied for the highest preseason poll mark in the last 10 years.
• Gerry Byrne and his group was picked fourth in the league a year ago.

 

At the Helm

The Frisbie Family Head Coach for Harvard Men's Lacrosse, Gerry Byrne, enters his seventh season at the helm of the program. The team has experienced success under Coach Byrne, posting a 33-24 record and a 11-13 mark in Ivy League action. Byrne has guided the Crimson to two NCAA Tournaments and last season helped lead the team to a spot in the Ivy League Tournament for the first time since 2016.
 

The Captains

A trio of captains will lead Harvard men's lacrosse in 2026. Logan Ip, Sean Jordan and Jack Speidell were named the 161st, 162nd and 163rd captains in program history and will look to help their group make its way back to the Ivy League and NCAA tournaments. Logan Ip became just the 17^th player in program history to be named a multi-year captain of the Crimson in its nearly 150-year history.
 

Running it Back

Harvard returns a majority of its production from 2025 to the roster in 2026 from all five major statistical categories.

• 65 percent of its points (213/326)
  • Leading returner – Jack Speidell (59 points)
• 68 percent of its goals (141/208)
  • Leading returner – Jack Speidell (46 goals)
• 61 percent of its assists (72/118)
  • Leading returner – Teddy Malone (18 assists)
• 65 percent of its ground balls (347/531)
  • Leading returner – Jackson Henehan (54 ground balls)
• 51 percent of its caused turnovers (88/175)
  • Leading returner – Charlie Muller (21 caused turnovers)

 

Speidell Senses

A 2025 USA Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention selection, Jack Speidell will be back to lead the Crimson offense on the attack this season. The St. Anthony's product scored 46 goals and fed 13 assists, totaling 59 points during his breakout sophomore season. His 46 goals were the T-8 most in program history and the most ever by a sophomore in the history of HLX.
 

IP Check

Senior captian Logan Ip will return to the Crimson after a career year in 2025. A USA Lacrosse Third Team All-America selection, Ip started all 15 games in the midfield for the Crimson in 2025 totaling new career highs with 38 points, 23 goals and 15 assists. One of the most accurate shooters in the nation, Ip posted the fifth-best shooting percentage in the NCAA with a 48.9-percent clip. The Corona Del Mar product ended the season on a 14-game point streak while leading the midfield in scoring during the 2025 season.
 

The First Years

A new wave of talented student-athletes has officially arrived in Cambridge for the Harvard men's lacrosse team as the program welcomes in 11 new faces to the program. The highly touted group joins the Harvard College Class of 2029 after seeing success at the high school and club levels. The 15th ranked class in the country according to. Inside Lacrosse, this group hopes to make an immediate impact on the program when it begins the 2026 season.
 
Harry Luong (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Valor Christian), Zachary Marco (Huntingotn, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills HS), Cole Goodwillie (Chicago, Ill./Loomis Chaffee), Quinn Kelly (Little Silver, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy), Callan McLaughlin (Stony Brook, N.Y./Ward Melville), Hudson McCarthy (Greer, S.C./Boys Latin School (Md.)), Logan Turley (Malvern, Pa./Malvern Prep), Brock Getson (Los Angeles, Calif./The Lawrencevile School), Jack Weissenburger (Marblehead, Mass./St. John's Prep), Liam O'Keefe (Nashua, N.H./Loomis Chaffee) and Brendan DeBerardinis (Mooresville, N.C./Lake Norman HS) make up the class.
 

In the Cage

Sophomore goalkeeper, Graham Stevens, will return to mind the crease for Harvard in 2026. The Pingry School product started all 15 games for Harvard last season, making 170 saves and posting a .486 save percentage and a 12.08 GAA 893 minutes in cage. A 2025 Ivy League All-Tournament Team selection, Stevens made a career high 18 saves in the semifinal matchup against Princeton.
 

Up Next

Harvard will be back on the field next Tuesday (Feb. 17) to battle the Colgate Raiders at Jordan Field. The sides will square off under the lights at 7:00 PM with all the action airing live on NESN. The following Saturday (Feb. 21), the Crimson will host No. 2 Syracuse at Jordan Field at 1:00 PM. The rematch of the 2025 NCAA Tournament first round will stream live on ESPN+.