PRINCETON, N.J. — After facing an early deficit, the Columbia women's soccer team battled to a 1-1 draw against Princeton on a chilly Saturday evening at Roberts Stadium. First-year forward Shira Cohen scored the second-half equalizer on her third goal of the season to ultimately force overtime.
 
Both teams earn one point in the Ivy League standings as Columbia moves to 8-3-2 overall with a 2-1-1 mark in conference, and Princeton goes to 5-5-3, 1-2-1 Ivy.
 
Although the Tigers struck first with a 21st-minute goal from Abby Givens, the Lions were making moves offensively, owning a 7-4 shot advantage after 45 minutes of action including four shots on frame. Givens' goal was Princeton's only shot on goal of the opening half.
 
Coming out of the locker room, the Lions looked to put more pressure on the Tigers and it paid off quickly as Cohen found the back of the net on a double assist from fellow forwards Emily Koe and Ally Clark.
 
"Princeton, they're a good team," said sixth-year Columbia head coach Tracey Bartholomew after the game. "They're fast, they're good technically player-for-player and I felt that we just gave them too much space and too much time, so we made adjustments at halftime to try to get ourselves up to different players and put more pressure on them and that sort of changed a lot of the play."
 
Continuing to push the ball, the Lions looked to have scored the go-ahead goal with just seconds remaining in regulation as junior midfielder Cayla Davis collected a cross from junior forward Jordyn Geller just in front of the goal, sliding the ball past Princeton keeper Natalie Grossi, but the goal was waved off.
 
"Cayla Davis went in and had an outstanding game for us, won a lot of headers and started our attack and Ally Clark had a lot of great looks into goal as well," said Bartholomew. "It was a completely different team in the second half. Just the energy and the effort all over the field.
 
"The goal getting called back was definitely a good gut punch to us," added Bartholomew. "But I know this team. I know the character. We're a good team and I know how they treat each other. We'll take care of each other and we'll come back. All we can do is take care of what we need to do and do the best we can on the way out."
 
Clark led the Lions with four shots in the game, while sophomore midfielder Jessica Schildkraut had three. In all, Columbia outshot the Tigers, 19-14, as well as earning a 5-1 advantage in corner kicks.
 
First-year goalkeeper Liz Matei played all 110 minutes in goal for the Lions, making four saves in 13 shots faced.
 
The Lions will play their final road game of the regular season next Saturday, heading to Hanover, New Hampshire, to take on the Dartmouth Big Green. Kickoff is slated for 4 p.m. on ESPN+.
 
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