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Jack Smith
7
Harvard HARV 0-4
11
Winner Rice RICE 4-6
Harvard HARV
0-4
7
Final
11
Rice RICE
4-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Harvard HARV 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 9 2
Rice RICE 3 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 X 11 11 1

W: Sharp, Brayden (2-1) L: Colasante, Gio (0-2) S: Fuentes, Marco (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Battles Rice, Drops 11-7 Decision in Series Opener

HOUSTON, Texas – Sophomore Gavin Smith and senior Gio Colasante each hit a solo home run, but Harvard University baseball dropped an 11-7 decision to Rice University in the series opener on Friday night at Reckling Park.
 
Trailing 7-0 through two innings in the first game of its second weekend of the season, the Crimson (0-4) battled back to score seven of the game's next 10 runs to pull within 10-7 in the top of the eighth before the hot Owls (4-6) held on for the decision.
 
Colasante hit his second homer of the year, finishing 2-for-5 with two RBIs while Smith hit his first homer of the year alongside two walks. Junior Jack Rickheim went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and a double while sophomore right-hander Owen Tahnk did now allow a run or hit over 2.0 innings of relief.

Harvard Highlights

  • Senior right-handed pitcher/designated hitter Gio Colasante finished 2-for-5 at the plate, with a home run, two RBIs, and a run scored. He hit his second homer of the year. In the start on the mound, Colasante threw 3.0 innings with two strikeouts.
  • Sophomore left fielder Gavin Smith hit his first home run of the season alongside two walks.
  • Junior shortstop Jack Rickheim went 2-for-5 with two RBIs, a double, and a run scored.
  • First-year first baseman Matthew Witkow notched a hit, an RBI, a run, and three walks.
  • Sophomore catcher Liam Wilson and senior center fielder Max Lane each added a hit.
  • Sophomore right-hander Owen Tahnk threw 2.0 innings of relief, allowing no runs on no hits with two strikeouts.
  • Senior right-hander Jack Smith tossed 3.0 innings in relief, permitting two runs – one earned – on four hits and no walks with one strikeout. 
Gallery: (2-27-2026) Baseball at Rice
 

How It Happened

  • Rice opened the game with three runs in the bottom of the first. The Owls added four runs in the bottom of the second to pull ahead 7-0.
  • Harvard countered with three runs in the top of the third, pulling within 7-3. Smith started the frame's scoring with a solo home run to left field before Rickheim hit an RBI double down the left field line. Colasante capped the frame's scoring with an RBI single to left field.
  • The hosts added two runs in the last of the third to move ahead 9-3 and tacked on another run in the bottom of the seventh to take a 10-3 edge.
  • The Crimson answered with four runs in the top of the eighth to trim the difference to 10-7. Colasante sparked the stanza's scoring with a solo home run to right field before Kang notched an RBI on an infield single. Witkow brought home a run with a walk before Rickheim closed the frame's scoring with an RBI single up the middle.
  • Rice plated the game's final run with one run in the bottom of the eighth. 
 

Next Up

Harvard plays Rice in game two of the series tomorrow – Saturday, Feb. 28 – at 5:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. CT (ESPN+) before the series finale on Sunday, Mar. 1 at 1:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. CT (ESPN+).

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