Weekend Preview: Harvard Seeing Red and Blue

Here’s Your Weekend Preview!

The men’s basketball team goes on the road this weekend to contend in two Ivy League matchups. Friday night at 7 p.m., the Crimson will face the Cornell Big Red in Ithaca, N.Y., and Saturday night at 7p.m., it will take on the Columbia Lions in New York City. Currently, Harvard is 18-4 overall and 7-1 in the Ivy League, good for second place in the standings. The road team will look to bring home two big victories from the Empire State in its pursuit of the Ivy title.

The Crimson women’s basketball team will look to rebound from its road trip last weekend as it takes on opponents Cornell and Columbia at Lavietes Pavilion this weekend. It is alumnae weekend for Harvard, which will take on the Big Red on Friday night at 7 p.m. Wear pink to Saturday’s game against the Lions at 6 p.m. and enter free to raise breast cancer awareness! Every game is now crucial for the Crimson women’s basketball team as it looks to improve its 5-2 Ivy League record.

After a 3-1 loss to Boston College on Tuesday in the annual Beanpot Championship, the Harvard women’s ice hockey team looks to bounce back this weekend on its home ice. On Friday, the Crimson will compete against the Colgate Raiders at 7 p.m., and on Saturday, Harvard will welcome the Cornell Big Red for a match up starting at 4 p.m. at Bright Hockey Center.

The women’s squash team is currently competing in the CSA National Team Championships in Princeton, N.J., this weekend. In its first match, the Crimson handily defeated Cornell, 9-0, and will face the winner of Saturday's matchup between No. 3 Trinity and No. 6 Stanford.

The women’s tennis team took on the Big Red this morning in the first round of the 2011 ECAC Division I Women’s Indoor Championships. Harvard beat Cornell, 6-1, and will now proceed to the semifinals. The Crimson will take on either No. 40 Yale or Columbia after the victor is determined tomorrow afternoon.

The Harvard men’s tennis team will host the 2011 ECAC Indoor Men’s Tennis Championship this weekend. The Crimson will have its first match against Brown at 3 p.m. on Saturday afternoon at Harvard’s Murr Center. The Crimson has won the ECAC Indoor Title the last two years and will look to earn its third straight victory.

After a 5-4 victory over BU in the consolation game of the 59th Beanpot tournament on Monday, the Crimson men’s ice hockey team will take a road trip this weekend to visit the Big Red and Colgate. Harvard will face off at Cornell at 7 p.m. on Friday night and at 7 p.m. at Colgate on Saturday.