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Teams Prepare for Busy Weekend

Home and Away, There's a Lot Going on in Harvard Sports This Weekend

And you thought you had a lot to do this weekend?

As the weather continues to warm up--sort of--the spring sports seasons are in full swing, and several Harvard teams have important games this weekend.

Baseball

The baseball team (13-10 overall, 6-2 Ivy League) has perhaps the busiest weekend, as it hosts two doubleheaders against Yale.

The Elis are undefeated in Ivy League play and are currently leading the league's Red Rolfe division, which also includes the Crimson.

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A big weekend would help the Crimson in its pursuit of a second-straight division title.

After a heart-breaking loss to Princeton last weekend, Harvard's bats came alive, as the Crimson scored 23 runs in splitting a pair of games this week.

The Crimson-Eli matchup should be interesting this weekend, as Yale has one of the league's best pitching staffs.

Harvard also needs its pitching staff to step up, as several hurlers will likely be used in the four game set.

"We just need to keep doing what we've been doing," said sophomore Andrew Duffell. "We need to keep are bats going and get solid pitching performances because Yale's a tough team."

Men's Lacrosse

The men's lacrosse team (5-4, 3-1 Ivy League), ranked 18th in the nation, will be looking to get back on track after its loss earlier this week to UMass, when it plays Yale (2-6, 0-2) today.

Harvard will be without its leading scorer in junior attackman Mike Ferrucci, who is out with a ligament injur (ACL). With Ferrucci sidelined, the Crimson will need big performances from juniors Jim Bevilacqua, Doug Crofton and Owen Leary if they are going to hold off the Bulldogs.

"Yale is hot right now," senior goaltender Rob Lyng said. "They are a relaxed team, and they have a great coach."

With Ferrucci likely out for the rest of the season, he became part of a long list of injured players. As a result, Harvard will have to experiment with some new lineups when its battles Yale.

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