SPORTS BRIEF: Trapped in Cambridge, baseball foregoes Florida trip

The Harvard baseball team’s attempt to escape from the unpredictable Massachusetts weather to the more hospitable climate of Florida was thwarted Friday, as a raging snowstorm prevented the squad’s plane from taking off from Logan Airport.

The Crimson was scheduled to participate in the Florida Gulf Coast Invitational this weekend, with games set with Notre Dame and Dayton on Saturday, and Florida Gulf Coast yesterday. The cancelled games will not be rescheduled.

Harvard was looking to improve on an inconsistent opening weekend in the Sunshine State. The team went 2-2 in its first four games, including a 4-0 shutout of the Fighting Irish, whom the Crimson would have played again on St. Patrick’s Day had the inclement weather not nixed the rematch.

With the cancellation, the Crimson will have spent nearly two weeks idle when it resumes play on Friday against Ohio State in Bradenton, Fla. That game will begin a marathon stretch for Harvard in which the team will play eight games in seven days over spring break to complete its non-league Florida excursion before the Ivy League season commences versus Penn on March 31.