Game rescheduled to Wednesday, April 8 at 3:00 p.m. (ESPN+) at O'Donnell Field in Cambridge.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University baseball hosts Northeastern University in the semifinals of The Baseball Beanpot on Tuesday, Apr. 7 at 3:00 p.m. (ESPN+) at O'Donnell Field in a re-match of the Beanpot championship game from last season.

What to Know

• The Crimson (5-16, 4-4 Ivy) meets the Huskies (16-14, 10-5 CAA) in the opening round of The Baseball Beanpot while Boston College (22-11, 9-6 ACC) hosts Massachusetts (6-17, 2-13 MAC) in the other semifinal at Harrington Athletics Village at 3:00 p.m. (ACCNX).
• In the pitching matchup, Harvard LHP Luca Alagheband will square off with RHP Andrew Basel for Northeastern.
• Harvard leads the all-time series with Northeastern, 69-50-1. The Crimson dropped a narrow 5-4 decision to the Huskies in the 2025 Beanpot championship game at Fenway Park.
• Harvard has won five Beanpot titles all-time including in 1991, 1998 (co), 2005, 2014, and 2018. The tournament began in 1990. The Crimson has posted a 22-39-1 record all-time in the tournament, including a 15-18 record in the semifinals and a 7-11 mark against Northeastern.
• The Crimson has posted a 5-4 record in its last nine games, including an even 4-4 mark in Ivy League play. The stretch includes a 2-1 series win over Cornell (Mar. 29-30).
• Harvard earned a 2-1 walk-off win over Brown (Apr. 4) in the series opener as junior Tyler Shulman lifted a sacrifice fly to left field to plate senior Gio Colasante in the bottom of the ninth.
• Senior infielder/right-handed pitcher Gio Colasante captured Ivy League Player of the Week for the second straight week on Mar. 31. Colasante hit .556 (5-for-9) with five RBIs, three runs, two stolen bases, a home run, a double, and a .692 OBP as a batter in the Cornell series, while posting a 1.12 ERA over 8.0 innings pitched with four strikeouts as a pitcher in Harvard's 2-1 series win over the Big Red.
• Harvard earned a 2-1 series win over Cornell (Mar. 29-30) with a 2-1 win in game one and a 16-3 victory in game three. In the series opener, senior Gio Colasante threw 8.0 innings in the win, and junior Jack Rickheim hit the go-ahead home run in the eighth. In the series, finale, the Crimson tallied season highs in runs (16), RBIs (16), and home runs (five) with Rickheim and senior Max Lane each hitting two homers in the game.
• Senior infielder/right-handed pitcher Gio Colasante won Ivy League Player of the Week honors on Mar. 23 after making an impact as a batter and pitcher in the series finale against CBU and three-game set at Columbia. Colasante hit .412 (7-for-17) on the week across four games with six runs, four RBIs, and two home runs, while throwing 6.0 innings and allowing one run on two hits and two walks with four strikeouts in the win as a starter in game one against Columbia.
• Senior infielder/right-handed pitcher Gio Colasante – a member of the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award Watch List – has hit .291 on the year with five home runs, 19 RBIs, 23 hits, and 14 runs. As a pitcher, he has notched a 4.15 ERA over 34.2 innings. He ranks second in the Ivy League in home runs (five), fifth in slugging (.519), and seventh in OPS (.899) as well as fifth in opposing average as a pitcher (.208) and ninth in ERA (4.15). In Ivy only play, he has posted a .464 average with three homers, nine RBIs, 13 hits, and eight runs as a batter while posting a 1.29 ERA over 21.0 innings as a pitcher. In conference only play, he stands first in the Ancient Eight in slugging (.893), first in OPS (1.452), second in average (.464), second in OBP (.559), second in home runs (three), fifth in stolen bases (five), and sixth in hits (13), while ranking third in opposing average (.137), fourth in innings pitched (21.0), and fifth in ERA (1.29) as a pitcher.
• Junior shortstop Jack Rickheim has hit .262 on the season with four home runs, 10 RBIs, 22 hits, 16 runs, and five doubles. In Ivy only play, he has hit .344 with 11 hits, 10 runs, seven RBIs, and three homers. In conference play, he ranks first in runs (10), second in home runs (three), third in slugging (.719), fourth in OPS (1.136), and fifth in doubles (three). 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 .260 on the season with three home runs, 11 RBIs, 20 hits, 14 runs, and four doubles. In conference play, he has improved his batting average to .321 with two home runs, eight RBIs, nine 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 4.17 ERA on the year with 24 strikeouts over 36.2 innings. 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 3.00. Gable has notched a 2.31 ERA with 10 strikeouts over 11.2 innings with two saves while McHugh has posted a 2.38 ERA with 11 strikeouts over 11.1 innings with one save.
• In the series finale at California Baptist (Mar. 16), senior Jordan Kang posted four RBIs, a home run, and a double, and sophomore Gavin Smith registered three RBIs, a homer, and a double as the Crimson outlasted the Lancers, 14-12, for its first victory of the season.
• 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 plays a three-game series at Yale with a doubleheader on Saturday, Apr. 11 at 11:30 a.m. (ESPN+) and a single game on Sunday, Apr. 12 at noon (ESPN+).