PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Columbia used overtime to knock off No. 14 Brown, 2-1 in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals Friday evening at Brown's Stevenson-Pincince Field to earn a spot in Sunday's championship game on Sunday, November 5 at 1 p.m. against Harvard.
 
Columbia becomes the first Ivy League team to defeat Brown since 2018. Today's two goals are also the first goals Columbia has scored against Brown since 2018. The win secured the first 10-win season of Head Coach Tracey Bartholomew's career with the Lions. The last time Columbia won 10 or more games in a season was 2008 when the team finished with 11 wins.
 
"It was the first game that we have been down a goal that we came back and won," Columbia Women's Soccer Head Coach Tracey Bartholomew said. "I think the girls were determined to get that 10^th win and we knew we had to take down the champs. Their perseverance and their resiliency is outstanding. It's fun to be around."
 
The Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year Brittany Raphino scored the first goal of the game in the 39^th minute. Raphino fired a shot from the top of the box through the left side to put Brown in front, 1-0 just before halftime.
 
Columbia came out in the second half and stole some of the momentum to level the score in the 53^rd minute. Junior defender Marcia Ojo passed the ball off to senior midfielder Kat Jordan, who found the net for the eighth time this season. The First Team All-Ivy recipient has now scored goals in three straight games.
 
Going down the stretch, neither team could convert any opportunities at the net, sending the game to overtime. Senior forward Shira Cohen came up with her second game winning goal of the season as she found the ball after it was deflected off the post and sent it back into the net with about 45 seconds left in the first overtime period. Columbia held on in the final 10 minutes of overtime to secure the win.
 
"This is just an incredible team," Cohen said. "I am so proud of us. I think the mentality there is we just have so much belief in ourselves. We are coming off a 1-0 win against Princeton and before that, against Yale. We know we can do this. We know we can win the Ivy League Tournament. We have just been so united this whole season. We are fighting every day and we came into this game and Brown hasn't lost in four years in the Ivy League. We wanted this more than anything and I think we really showed that. That was a team effort there and I just love this group of girls. I know we can do anything."
 
UP NEXT
Columbia will face Harvard on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Ivy League Tournament Championship. The winner will earn an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. Sunday's game will be streamed on ESPN+.
 
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