Women's Swimming and Diving Returns Home to Face Harvard

Friday, November 17

New York, N.Y.

11:00 a.m.

Columbia University

Harvard

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Meet will begin at 11::00 a.m. at Uris Natatorium

NEW YORK — The Columbia women's swimming and diving team returns home to Uris Natatorium on Friday morning to host the Harvard Crimson. The meet is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m.

LAST TIME OUT
Last Friday, the Lions traveled to New Haven to take on Yale. The Bulldogs earned the victory at Kiphuth Exhibition Pool, defeating Columbia 201-99 to improve to 2-0 on the season. Columbia falls to 1-1 on the year.

Emily MacDonald continued her dominance in the sprinting events, winning both the 50-free and 100-free with times of 23.54 and 50.82, respectively.

Aziza Ganihanova won the 200-back once again, clocking in with a time of 2:01.28.

As for the divers, Alice Diakova shined in the 1m, finishing second with a score of 295.43, which was her best score so far this season and her second straight zone qualifying score.

Full results from the meet, including all of the Lions' top performers and times, can be found HERE.

SCOUTING HARVARD
Harvard comes into Friday's meet with a 2-1 record in the Ivy League, owning wins over Brown and Dartmouth, but losing to Cornell. This will be the Crimson's first road meet of the season.

Last season, Harvard went 6-2 overall with a 5-2 Ivy League record. The Crimson and the Lions faced off on November 18 last year, with Harvard coming out on top 191-106. The Crimson went on to finish in second place at the Ivy League Championships in February behind Princeton.

The Crimson enter Friday's meet having won 36 of the 37 all-time meetings. Harvard has won eight straight in the series.

ON DECK
Columbia will take a break from dual meets, and head to East Meadow to participate in the ECAC Winter Championships which will begin on December 1.

For the latest on the Columbia women's swimming and diving program, follow @CULionsWSD and @CULionsDiving on Instagram and Twitter, and on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.