NEW YORK — In the final home match of the 2022 season, Columbia women's soccer (6-3-3, 2-1-1 IVY) will welcome Dartmouth (8-4-2, 1-2-1 IVY) on senior day, where the Lions will honor their five seniors ahead of Saturday night's game (6 p.m.) at Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium.
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FIVE ROARING SENIORS: The Lions will honor their five seniors,
Jordan Beverina;
Blake Turner;
Ally Clark;
Maddy McCaw and
Mackenzie Bryant in a ceremony ahead of the match.
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81ST HOMECOMING: Columbia's game will be the final piece of Columbia's 81st Homecoming following Columbia football's game against Dartmouth at 1:30 p.m. and Columbia volleyball's match against Cornell at 2 p.m. down on Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium.
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LAST TIME OUT: In Columbia's last game, the Lions drew Princeton at home in an Ivy League battle to extend their unbeaten streak to three matches. The Lions finished with five shots on goal, led byÂ
Ania Prussak's two and both Prussak andÂ
Maia Tabion had three shots. In goalÂ
Paige Nurkin got the start for the Lions, making one save and Liz Matei took over at the break, making a pair of saves on five shots faced.
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WHAT TO KNOW: The Lions enter the match sitting third in the Ivy League, behind Harvard (2-0-2) and first-place Brown (3-0-1). A win from the Lions would keep them on the pace for a possible top finish in the League.
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THE MATCHUP: The meeting between Columbia and Dartmouth will be the 35th meeting between the two Ivy League programs. Columbia won the last meeting, a 3-2 victory in Hanover, New Hampshire and the last time the two sides met in New York City the Lions won 1-0 in 2018.
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Dartmouth has won its last three matches and has gone unbeaten in its last four. Dartmouth's last match was on Oct. 17, where the Big Green won 7-0 against Colby-Sawyer on Oct. 17. In the last Ivy League match the Big Green won 1-0 against Penn and they last lost a match on Oct. 2 when they fell 1-0 at Princeton in their last road match.
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FOLLOWING THE LIONS:Â Stay up to date on all things Columbia women's soccer by following the Lions on Twitter (@CULionsWSOC), Instagram (@culionswsoc) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).
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