CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's volleyball has announced its 2026 season schedule, highlighted by 12 home matches at the Malkin Athletic Center, a competitive non-conference slate and a trip to the University of North Carolina Wilmington. 

Entering the 2026 campaign, Harvard returns four of its top five attackers from last season as it looks to make the Ivy League Tournament for the first time since 2023.

The Crimson will begin the season at home in a tournament co-hosted with Northeastern, opening the 2026 campaign against Fairfield on Sept. 4 before facing Holy Cross on Sept. 5 at the MAC. Harvard will close the weekend with its first road match of the season, traveling to Northeastern to take on the Huskies on Sept. 6.

Harvard will then head to Wilmington, North Carolina, for a three-match weekend, beginning with a Saturday doubleheader against UNC Asheville and Norfolk State on Sept. 11 before closing the trip against UNC Wilmington on Sept. 12.

The Crimson will then travel to Andover to take on Merrimack in a midweek matchup on Tuesday, September. 15 to close the road trip. 

Returning to Cambridge to host the Harvard Invitational, the Crimson will open the weekend against Providence on Sept. 18 before a Sunday afternoon meeting with Sacred Heart on Sept. 20.

Ivy League play will begin on Sept. 26, when Harvard hosts Dartmouth in its conference opener. The Crimson will then travel to Yale and Brown the following weekend for its first Ivy League road trip of the season.

Harvard returns to the MAC to host Princeton and Penn on Oct. 16 and Oct. 17, before heading to Hanover, New Hampshire, to close the season series with Dartmouth on Oct. 24.

The Crimson will host four of its next six matches down the stretch, beginning with Brown and Yale on Oct. 30 and Oct. 31. Harvard will then make its final regular-season road trip, visiting Penn and Princeton during the first weekend of November.

Harvard will close the regular season at home against Cornell on Nov. 13 and Columbia on Nov. 14 before turning its attention to the Ivy League Tournament, which begins Nov. 20.