CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After a dominant display in its season opening win over Providence, the No. 12 Harvard men's lacrosse team will begin a challenging week against Colgate on Tuesday evening. The Crimson (1-0, 0-0 Ivy) will host the RV Raiders (1-2, 0-0 Patriot) under the lights at Jordan Field, as first faceoff is scheduled for 7:00 PM with all the action airing live regionally on NESN. The matchup is the first of two contests for the Crimson this week as the team is set to host No. 1 Syracuse for a highly anticipated rematch this Saturday.
 

What to Know

Who: No. 12/11 Harvard vs. RV/RV Colgate
When: 7:00 PM, Tuesday, February 17
Where: Jordan Field / Boston, Mass. 
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 opened its 2026 campaign with a 10-4 win over RV Providence (Feb. 14).
• The Crimson improved to 5-1 in season openers under Gerry Byrne.
• The team holds a 9-1 lead in the series against Colgate historically.
• Teddy Malone was named the Ivy League Player of the Week (more below).
• The senior led the team with six points, four goals and two assists in the opener.
• Harvard's defense held Providence to just one goal in the last 44 minutes of action.
• The Crimson's strength of schedule currently ranks 10^th in the nation.

 

By The Numbers

1 – Goal allowed in the second half in the win over the Friars
2 – Preseason All-Americans for Harvard: Jack Speidell and Logan Ip
3 – Caused turnovers by Wyatt Wiggins and Joost de Koning against Providence
4 – Goals allowed to the Friars on Saturday, tied for the lowest in a game under Byrne
5 – Goals for Jack Speidell against Colgate in 2025
6 – Points by Teddy Malone against Providence, tying a career-high
8 – Games in 2026 against opponents currently ranked or receiving votes in national polls
9 – Wins against Colgate in program history
12 – Caused turnovers by Harvard against Providence
35 – Ground balls for the Crimson against the Friars
56 – Faceoff percentage for the Crimson against Providence
60 – Goal contribution percentage for Malone against Providence, the highest clip for Harvard since 2018
67 – Save percentage for Graham Stevens against the Friars, a new career high
 
 

In the National Rankings

- Harvard sits at No. 14 in the KANE Footwear Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
- The Crimson is ranked No. 12 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Rankings.
- The USILA Coaches voted Harvard as the No. 12 team in the nation in week one.
- In the NEILA Poll, Harvard currently sits in second.
 
 

Quick Check on Colgate

• The Colgate Raiders are currently 1-2 in its 2026 season after a 7-6 win over Hobart (Feb. 14). The team posted two competitive losses to No. 7 Penn State (Feb. 1) and No. 14 Virginia (Feb. 8) to open its season.
• Offensively, the Raiders have score 35 goals on a 28.9 percent shooting percentage. The team averages 40.3 shots per game and is 8-for-17 on the man-up through three games.
• Defensively, the Raiders have allowed 43 goals and 47.3 shots per game. It's scoring defense ranks 62^nd nationally at a 14.33 goals per game clip. Colgate has posted 16.33 saves per game which is third nationally.
• Freddy Fowler leads the team with 10 points (6g, 4a) on the season. A balanced scoring attack also sees Casey Quinson (9g), and Hunter Drouin (4g, 5a) near the team lead in points.
• Andrew Lehrman has started all three games in goal for the Raiders, posting a 14.41 GAA and a .533 save percentage in the games. His saves per game total of 16.33 is good for third nationally entering the week.
• The defense averages 9.0 caused turnovers per game, 35.33 ground balls per game and is 8-for-12 on the man-down this season.

 
 

Player History vs. Colgate

• Jack Speidell (5g), Teddy Malone (2g, 3a) and Logan Ip (3g, 2a) share the team lead with five career points against Colgate. Speidell's goals all came in the 2025 matchup.
• Andrew Perry comes into the game with three games of experience against Colgate, notching four points on two goals and two assists.
• Graham Stevens started in the matchup last season, making 13 saves and grabbing five ground balls.
• Owen Guest owns three career caused turnovers against Colgate and Joost de Koning is just behind with two.

 

Against the Patriot League

• Harvard is 6-3 under Patriot League schools under Gerry Byrne.
• The team owns a 62-56 all-time record against Patriot League teams.
• The Crimson is 9-1 all-time against Colgate with the only loss coming last season.

 

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 34-24 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.
 

Dominant Defensive Display

The Crimson defense was relentless in the season opener against Providence, holding the team to only four goals on the afternoon. The total is tied for the fewest goals in a game since 2009 (two goals allowed vs. Presbyterian). Harvard has allowed four goals in a game six times since the two goal stand 17 years ago.
 
Harvard also shut out Providence for over 32 minutes of game action from the second quarter until the fourth quarter. The shutout streak was the longest in a game for the Crimson since March 9, 2019, when the team shut out the Friars for over 36 minutes in a 9-8 victory. It was the fourth Harvard has posted a shutout streak of 25 minutes or longer under Byrne.
 
The team also allowed only one goal in the second half to the Friars, the first time the team has accomplished the feat since a 14-7 win over Dartmouth in 2017. The Crimson held the Friars to a 12.1-percent offensive efficiency rating, the second lowest in a game for Harvard since 2016.
 

Lacrosse Reference Metrics

• According to Lacrosse Reference's advanced metrics, Harvard currently sits at 14^th nationally in the LaxELO rankings.
• The team's defensive efficiency of 12.1-percent currently ranks second nationally.
• Harvard ranks 4^th in time of possession with a 56.2-percent clip.
• In the cumulative efficiency category, Harvard ranks fourth with a 42.5-percent clip.

 

Causing Chaos

On the defensive side of the field, Harvard tortured Providence attackers by causing 12 turnovers and forcing 20 turnovers overall. Wyatt Wiggins and Joost de Koning each logged three CTOs while Quinn Kelly and Sean Jordan each logged two. Six different player caused a turnover in the contest.
 
Harvard led the nation in the category a year ago with 11.67 caused turnovers per game.
 

Ivy League Player of the Week

Senior attack Teddy Malone earned his third career Ivy League Weekly Honor after being voted at the conference's Player of the Week (Feb. 16). The Haverford School product logged six points on four goals and two assists against the Friars to lead the team in all three categories. A Delaware native, Malone posted two ground balls to contribute defensively.
 
Malone posted a 60-percent goal contribution clip, factoring in on six of the Crimson's 10 goals in the game. That percentage is the highest in a game for a Harvard player since 2018, when Morgan Cheek '18 notched 13 points on 19 Crimson goals against Boston University.
 

Tewaaraton Award Watch List

After posting career numbers in 2025, Logan Ip and Jack Speidell both landed on the Watch List for the 2026 Tewaaraton Award. The 50-player list which highlights the best players in college lacrosse was announced last Tuesday (Feb. 10).
 
The St. Anthony's product, Speidell 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. A USA Lacrosse Third Team All-America selection in 2025, 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.
 
Both players also earned Preseason Al-America honors by Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse Magazine writers.
 

Stevens Locking Down the Cage

Sophomore goalkeeper, Graham Stevens, had one of the best games of his young career against Providence last weekend, making eight saves and allowing just four goals. The goals allowed total and his save percentage of .667 were both career bests. Stevens started all 15 games for Harvard a year ago, helping guide the program to 10 wins.
 

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 17th 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)

 

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.
 

Up Next

The Crimson will welcome in the No. 1 team in the nation to Jordan Field this Saturday for a highly anticipated rematch. No. 12 Harvard and top-ranked Syracuse are set to face off for the third time in the past two seasons on Saturday (Feb. 21) at 1:00 PM in a rematch of the 2025 NCAA Tournament opening round. The teams met twice a year ago, with both games being decided by only one goal. All the action from Jordan Field will air live on ESPN+.