CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University baseball plays a three-game series at Liberty University from March 6-8 (ESPN+) at Worthington Field at Liberty Baseball Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia in the Crimson's third weekend of the 2026 season.

What to Know

• The series opens with game one on Friday, Mar. 6 at 4:00 p.m. prior to game two on Saturday, Mar. 7 at 4:00 p.m. and game three on Sunday, March 8 at noon.
• Harvard's weekend rotation features RHP Gio Colasante in game one, LHP Luca Alagheband in game two, and RHP Andrew Abler in game three. Liberty is set to counter with RHP Ben Blair in game one, RHP Jaxon Lucas in game two, and RHP Bradley Zayac in game three.
• Harvard and Liberty will meet on the baseball diamond for the first time on Friday.
• Senior infielder/right-handed pitcher Gio Colasante – a member of the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award Watch List – has hit .318 on the season with two home runs and seven RBIs. In the Ivy League, he ranks second in home runs (two), second in RBIs (seven), fourth in slugging (.591), and fourth in OPS (1.014).
• First-year infielder Matthew Witkow has opened his rookie campaign with a .353 average and a .522 OBP. In the Ivy League, he ranks third in OBP (.522), sixth in OPS (.993), and seventh in average (.353).
• Sophomore left-handed pitcher Luca Alagheband has notched a 2.45 ERA to open the season with nine strikeouts over 11.0 innings pitched. In the NCAA, he ranks 29^th in WHIP (0.64) and 48^th in hits allowed per nine innings (4.09). In the Ivy League, he stands third in ERA (2.45), third in opponent average (.135) and third in innings (11.0). In game two at Rice (Feb. 28), he threw 6.0 shutout innings, allowing no runs on two hits and one walk with a career-high seven strikeouts.
• In its season opening series at Tulane, the Crimson hit .293 as a team with junior Ryan Mooney (.500), first-year Matthew Witkow (.444), senior Jordan Kang (.400, four RBIs), sophomore Liam Wilson (.400, two doubles), and senior Gio Colasante (.364, five RBIs, grand slam) leading the way in the three-game set.
• The Crimson plays its first 20 games of the season on the road. The stretch starts with four series – at Tulane (Feb. 20-22), at Rice (Feb. 27 to Mar. 1), at Liberty (Mar. 6-8), and at California Baptist (Mar. 13-16) – outside the region. Harvard then plays two Ivy series – at Columbia (Mar. 21-22) and at Cornell (Mar. 28-29) – alongside a road contest at Holy Cross (Mar. 24) to close out the stretch.
• Harvard was selected to finish fourth in the 2026 Ivy League Baseball Preseason Poll. The Crimson totaled 73 points to land in the top half of the eight-team poll. Columbia (118 points, nine first-place votes), Yale (116 points, seven first-place votes), and Penn (100 points) took the poll's top three spots. Princeton (49 points), Cornell (45), Dartmouth (41), and Brown (34) rounded out the poll in order.
• The Crimson returns several significant hitters from last season, including senior infielder/right-handed-pitcher Gio Colasante (.314 average, 10 home runs, 33 RBIs), junior infielder Tyler Shulman (.291 average, 20 RBIs), and junior infielder Jack Rickheim (.276 average, 24 RBIs, 43 hits).
• Harvard brings back several key pitchers from a year ago, including senior right-hander Gio Colasante (36 strikeouts in 31.2 innings), sophomore left-hander Luca Alagheband (28 strikeouts in 25.1 innings), and junior right-hander Ryan McHugh (team-high four saves). 

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Harvard plays a four-game series at California Baptist in Riverside, California from March 13-16 (ESPN+) with game one on March 13 at 9:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. PT), game two on March 14 at 9:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. PT), game three on March 15 at 8:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. PT), and game four on March 16 at 9:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. PT).