CLEMSON, S.C. – The Columbia women's soccer team is coming off its first NCAA Tournament victory in program history and is looking to keep the season going with a matchup against Clemson on Friday. First kick from Clemson's Historic Riggs Field is set for 5:30 p.m. on ESPN+ and the ACC Network.
 
STILL DANCING
• Columbia secured its first NCAA Tournament victory in program history with a dramatic come-from-behind 2-1 win over Rutgers Sunday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Seniors Kat Jordan and Shira Cohen found the net in the final 12 minutes of the game to keep the      season alive.
• Columbia is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006 when the Lions captured the program's first Ivy League title. Columbia traveled to Connecticut and fell to the Huskies in the first round matchup.
• The Lions won three of the last four games before the selection show to earn an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament as one of 32 seeded teams that earn hosting rights for the first round. Columbia capped off the regular season with back-to-back shutout wins over Yale and Princeton before knocking off No. 14 Brown in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals.
• The Lions enter the game ranked No. 22 in the most recent Top Drawer Soccer National Poll. Columbia has been ranked for three weeks in a row. The Lions previously were ranked No. 22 in the poll for a week in September.
• Senior midfielder Kat Jordan has scored a goal in four of the past five games to lead the team's late season surge. Jordan scored in three straight games to help lead the Lions to the Ivy League Tournament championship against Harvard. Jordan scored to tie the game against No. 14 Brown as the Lions would later pull away in overtime to advance to the Ivy League             Tournament Championship. Jordan scored to tie the game against Rutgers in the second half before the Lions pulled away for a 2-1 victory.
 
THE MATCHUP
Clemson used two second-half goals to shutout Radford, 2-0, to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Seniors Makenna Morris and Caroline Conti netted both goals for the Tigers, who earned their 14th shutout of the season.
 
The Tigers enter Friday's game with an overall record of 16-3-3. Morris has led the Clemson attack with nine goals this season. Conti follows with seven goals for the season. Halle Mackiewicz has been a mainstay in the net, playing 1,851 minutes this season. She has allowed just 13 goals this season while tallying 51 saves in 13 shutouts.
 
STARTING THE SERIES
Columbia will meet Clemson for the first time in program history on Friday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Clemson is 2-1 all-time against Ivy League members. The Tigers defeated Princeton in 1999 and most recently, Penn in 2015. Dartmouth is the only Ivy League school to ever defeat Clemson. The Big Green posted a 3-1 win in 1998.
 
MAKING HISTORY
Columbia's dramatic 2-1 win over Rutgers on Sunday marked the first NCAA Tournament win in program history. Down by a goal with about 12 minutes to play, Kat Jordan found the net to tie the game. Shira Cohen then scored with about 90 seconds remaining to put the Lions in front. The come-from-behind win marked the second time in three games Columbia came back from down one goal to win. The Lions followed a similar script as Jordan scored to tie the game against Brown and Cohen scored in overtime to send the Lions to the Ivy League Tournament Championship.
 
DANCING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2006
Columbia is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006 when the Lions won the Ivy League and clinched the automatic bid into the tournament. The Lions used a strong push at the end of the season to secure an at-large bid and a seed to be one of the 32 school hosting the first round of the NCAA Tournament.  The Lions went on the road to face Connecticut in the first round of the tournament in 2006. UCONN took a 2-1 win in the game to eliminate the Lions.
 
THE ROAD TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
Columbia rattled off back-to-back shutout wins over Yale and Princeton to wrap up the regular season and a secure one of four spots in the Ivy League Tournament. The Lions shocked No. 14 Brown in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals before falling to Harvard in the championship game. Three wins in the last four games boosted Columbia's RPI up the No. 20, which helped Columbia secure an at-large bid and a seed to host the first round.
 
RECORD WATCH
• Columbia has tied the program record of 10 shutouts for a single season that was set in 1998. One more shutout would set a new program record of shutouts in a single season.
• Kat Jordan is tied for eighth in goals scored in a single season in program history. Jordan has scored nine goals this season, included a goal in the win over Rutgers to send the Lions to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Goalkeeper Paige Nurkin is one shutout away from tying the program record for shutouts in a single season. Ali Ahern currently holds the record for eight shutouts in 1998.
• Nurkin's current save percentage is .841 for the season. The current single season record is .861 and was set by Ali Ahern in 1996.
 
COLUMBIA IN THE POLLS
Columbia has appeared in the Top Drawer Soccer National poll four times this season. The Lions checked in at No. 22 in the most recent poll, improving from their No. 23 ranking in the previous poll. Columbia was ranked for the first time this season on September 25. The Lions checked in at No. 22 after jumping out to a 7-1-1 start to the season. The ranking in September marked Columbia's first recognition in a national poll since 2008 when the team received votes in the NSCAA national poll, now known as the United Soccer Coaches rankings.
 
FOUR BID IVY
Four Ivy League women's soccer programs – Brown, Columbia, Harvard, and Princeton - heard their names called on Monday afternoon's selection show and will compete in the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship. All four schools won the opening game of the tournament. Last year, both Brown and Harvard advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, defeating Rutgers and New Hampshire, respectively.
 
WATCH PARTY
Columbia Athletics will be hosting a watch party for the game at Mel's Burger Bar on Broadway. Join local athletics alumni, women's soccer alumnae and athletics staff in cheering on the Lions from New York.
 
FOLLOWING THE LIONS
For the latest on the Columbia women's soccer program, follow @CULionsWSOC on Twitter,  Instagram, Facebook at Facebook.com/ColumbiaWSoccer and on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.