NEW YORK - Head coach Brendan Buckley has announced to 2010-11 wrestling schedule.  The Lions will travel to five states over the course of the season, and host a total of eight teams in University Gymnasium.

"We are happy with the schedule that we put together for the 2010-11 season," said Buckley, the Andrew F. Barth Head Coach of Wrestling.  "It is challenging yet balanced and should accomplish our goal of peaking our team for the post-season by pitting us against some of the best teams and individuals in the country.  This will put us in a good place to qualify several individuals to the NCAA Tournament in March."

The 2010-11 edition of Columbia wrestling gets underway on the road with the team's annual trip to the Bearcat Open in Binghamton, N.Y. on November 14.  The following weekend the Lions travel south to square off against Indiana and The Citadel at the Disney DI Duals in Orlanda, Fla.

Next up, the team returns to upstate New York for the Northeast Duals in Troy, N.Y. on November 28 where the team will meet Virginia, George Mason and Rutgers.  They will close out 2010 with the annual trip out west to the always competitive Las Vegas Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev., December 3-4.

The Lions open the new year with a trip to Army on January 7 and host Binghamton on January 8 in their home opener. 

After a tune-up at the New York State Tournament on January 22-23, Columbia returns to Morningside Heights for seven duals.

January 29 is an action-packed day as the Lions will face Millersville, Franklin & Marshall and Rider.  One week later, Columbia opens Ivy League competition against the Big Red of Cornell on February 5.  Next up is Princeton on February 11 at the New York Athletic Club, followed by Penn on the 12th back at University Gym.

The team closes out the dual portion of its season on the road when it travels to Harvard on February 18 and Brown on the 19th.

Columbia will then have a couple weeks to prepare for the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Championships (EIWA) set to take place in Lewisburg, Pa March 5-6.  The season will conclude at the NCAA Championships, March 17-19 in Philadelphia, Pa.