CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University baseball hosts Dartmouth College in a revised three-game series with a single game on Friday, Apr. 17 at 3:00 p.m. (ESPN+) and a doubleheader on Saturday, Apr. 18 at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN+) at O'Donnell Field as the Crimson opens up a seven-game homestand in Cambridge.

What to Know

• Both the Crimson (7-19, 5-6 Ivy) and the Big Green (8-18, 4-8 Ivy) come into the weekend jockeying for position in the Ivy League standings. Harvard enters the weekend in fourth place in the conference while Dartmouth sits just 1.5 games back in a tie for sixth place.
• The Crimson's weekend rotation is set to feature RHP Davis Kahn (0-0, 6.59 ERA) in game one, RHP Gio Colasante (3-4, 3.98 ERA) in game two, and RHP Andrew Abler (1-4, 4.54 ERA) in game three. Dartmouth is set to counter with RHP Nate Kugler (2-2, 2.42 ERA) in game one, RHP Nate Isler (1-3, 3.83 ERA) in game two, and RHP Marco Dumsky (0-4, 7.71 ERA) in game three.
• Harvard holds a 141-134 lead in the all-time series with Dartmouth. The two teams first met in 1869.
• After playing 23 of its first 26 games away from home, the Crimson is set to play seven straight home games from Apr. 17-26 to close out its 2026 home slate with all seven contests coming against Ivy opponents. The stretch includes a three-game series with Dartmouth (Apr. 17-18), a single game vs. Brown (Apr. 21), and a three-game set with Penn (Apr. 25-26).
• In the third-place game of The Baseball Beanpot, Harvard earned a 17-12 win over Massachusetts on Apr. 14 at Boston College's Harrington Athletics Village. The Crimson set season highs in runs (17) and hits (17) with all nine members of the Crimson posting at least one hit in the game. Six members of the Crimson registered multi-hit games while seven members of the Crimson posted at least one RBI.
• Senior left-handed pitcher Brian Dowling has earned recognition as an Allstate NACDA Spring Good Works Team nominee for his commitment to community service, academic excellence, and athletic achievement.
• Senior infielder/right-handed pitcher Gio Colasante – a member of the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award Watch List and a two-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Mar. 23 and Mar. 31) this season – has hit .296 on the year with six home runs, 23 RBIs, 29 hits, and 18 runs. As a pitcher, he has notched a 3.89 ERA over 40.2 innings. He ranks first in the Ivy League in home runs (six), second in slugging (.531), and fourth in OPS (.928) as well as fourth in opposing average (.207), sixth in wins (three), and ninth in ERA (3.98) as a pitcher. In Ivy only play, he has posted a .415 average with four homers, 12 RBIs, 17 hits, and nine runs as a batter while posting a 1.67 ERA and 3-0 record over 27.0 innings as a pitcher. In conference only play, he stands first in the Ancient Eight in home runs (four), first in OPS (1.329), first in slugging (.829), second in RBIs (12), third in hits (17), fourth in OBP (.500), and fifth in batting average (.415), while ranking first in wins (three), second in opposing average (.151), third in ERA (1.67), and third in innings pitched (27.0) as a pitcher.
• Junior shortstop Jack Rickheim has hit .292 on the season with five home runs, 16 RBIs, 31 hits, 23 runs, and seven doubles. In Ivy only play, he has hit .356 with 16 hits, 15 runs, 11 RBIs, and four homers. Rickheim ranks fourth in the Ivy League in homers (five), sixth in slugging (.505), and 10^th in OPS (.853). In conference only play, he stands first in home runs (four), first in runs (15), third in doubles (five), third in slugging (.733), third in OPS (1.153), and ninth in batting average (.356). In the series finale at Cornell (Mar. 30), he went 4-for-6 with two home runs, five RBIs, four runs, and a double.
• Senior outfielder Max Lane has hit .293 in conference play with two home runs, nine RBIs, 12 hits, five runs, and three doubles. In the series finale at Cornell (Mar. 30), he went 3-for-4 with two home runs, seven RBIs, three runs, and a double.
• Sophomore right-hander Andrew Abler has registered a 4.54 ERA on the year with 27 strikeouts over 41.2 innings. Abler ranks 10^th in the Ivy League in ERA (4.54). He earned the win in the series finale at Cornell (Mar. 30), throwing 6.0 innings and permitting two runs – both unearned – with a season-high six strikeouts. Abler tallied a season-high six strikeouts over 4.0 innings at Tulane (Feb. 20) before throwing 6.0 innings and permitting just three runs at Liberty (Mar. 8).
• Out of the bullpen, first-year left-hander Brett Gable and junior right-hander Ryan McHugh have both registered ERAs under 3.50. McHugh has posted a 2.70 ERA with 12 strikeouts over 16.2 innings with two saves while Gable has notched a 3.31 ERA with 18 strikeouts over 16.1 innings with two saves. In conference play, Gable has registered a 0.00 ERA with five strikeouts over 6.2 innings, and McHugh has compiled a 1.04 ERA with five strikeouts over 8.2 innings.
• The Crimson played its first 19 games of the season on the road. The stretch started 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 played two Ivy series – at Columbia (Mar. 21-22) and at Cornell (Mar. 29-30) 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. 

Up Next

Harvard hosts Brown in a rescheduled series finale on Tuesday, Apr. 21 at 3:30 p.m. (ESPN+) before hosting Penn in a three-game series with a doubleheader on Saturday, Apr. 25 at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN+) and a single game on Sunday, Apr. 26 at noon (ESPN+).