NEW YORK — This week's edition of Lions on the Road features softball, track & field, women's golf, lacrosse, men's tennis and women's tennis.
Fans looking for information related to the NCAA Championships for fencing and men's swimming & diving can find information related to those events in separate articles on GoColumbiaLions.com.
Every week, GoColumbiaLions.com will be using "Lions on the Road" to preview that week's upcoming games and events happening off campus. Be sure to access each team's website on gameday to keep up with all of the action as it happens.
SOFTBALL
The Lions got Ivy League play started last weekend by taking two out of three games against Brown. Columbia showed off some power hitting as the Lions hit three home runs in the series, including first-year
Sarah Mikami's walk-off two-run homer to win the series finale Sunday. Columbia will head up the road for a midweek matchup against Manhattan before jumping back into Ivy League action this weekend. First pitch against Manhattan is set for 4 p.m. at Gaelic Park. The Lions will now play a doubleheader at Yale Friday starting at 12:30 p.m. Saturday's doubleheader was moved to Friday due to rain in the forecast this weekend. The Lions will wrap up the series with a 12:30 p.m. game on Sunday.
TRACK & FIELD
The Lions kick off the outdoor portion of their schedule this weekend, and will be sending student-athletes to compete in two different events. The festivities begin with the Raleigh Relays on Thursday, March 23, hosted by NC State in North Carolina. In addition, the Lions will also be participating in the Monmouth Invitational, which will begin on Friday, March 24. Columbia wrapped up its indoor season just a couple weeks ago with the Ivy League Indoor Heps and ECAC Championships, and will be looking to build off of some great performances that capped a solid indoor season. Highlights came from
Victoria Patterson and
Justin O'Toole, who combined for three Ivy League Championships.
| Day |
Event |
Location |
Start Time |
Live Results |
| Thursday-Saturday |
Raleigh Relays |
Raleigh, N.C. |
All Day |
HERE |
| Friday-Saturday |
Monmouth Invitational |
West Long Branch, N.J. |
All Day |
HERE |
WOMEN'S GOLF
The women's golf team competes for a second straight weekend, taking on the field at the Clemson Invitational this Friday through Sunday. The 54-hole tournament will be held at The Reserve at Lake Keowee in Sunset, South Carolina. The Lions are coming off a sixth-place finish out of 19 teams at last weekend's Low Country Intercollegiate, hosted by Wofford College in Hilton Head.
Christine Shao led the Lions with an 11th-place finish in the 105-player field. Shao carded rounds of 5-over 77 and 6-over 78. First-year
Emma Shen also earned a top-20 at the difficult Moss Creek Golf Club, which played to an average of more than 10 shots over par per round across the weekend.
| Day |
Event |
Location |
Start Time |
Live Scoring |
| Friday-Sunday |
Clemson Invitational |
Sunset, S.C. |
All Day |
Golfstat |
LACROSSE
The Lions return home after a trip to California to resume Ivy League on Friday evening against the Brown Bears in Providence, Rhode Island. Columbia will be seeking its first Ivy League victory of the season on Friday, hoping to bounce back from a four game losing streak after opening the season 3-1. The Bears are 1-0 so far in the Ivy League, having beaten up on Harvard earlier in the season. Brown is fresh off a 21-13 victory over Bryant yesterday, and will be looking to stay hot in Friday's contest.
| Day |
Opponent |
Location |
Start Time |
Video |
Live Stats |
| Friday |
Brown |
Providence, R.I. |
4 p.m. |
HERE |
HERE |
MEN'S TENNIS
The men's tennis team moved up two spots in this week's ITA Rankings to No. 9 as they achieved their fourth top 10 ranking since 2018. The Lions will head to Knoxville, Tennessee for a match against No. 20 Tennessee on Friday. First serve is set for 4 p.m. This will be the first match for the Lions after they went 4-0 on their spring break trip to California, including three wins over ranked opponents. Columbia was scheduled to play a home doubleheader against Hofstra on Saturday, but that was canceled as the Lions will play Tennessee in a makeup match from earlier this season.
| Day |
Opponent |
Location |
Start Time |
Watch |
Live Stats |
| Friday |
#20 Tennessee |
Knoxville, Tenn. |
4 p.m. |
SECN+ |
Live Stats |
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Coming off a win over Florida Atlantic last Friday, Columbia will get Ivy League action started this weekend at Cornell. The Lions are 6-6 overall heading into conference play with wins in four of their last five matches. Columbia took No. 35 Florida International down to the wire in a 3-4 loss last week. The Lions rebounded with a nice 5-2 win over FAU to wrap up the spring break trip in Florida.
| Day |
Opponent |
Location |
Start Time |
| Saturday |
Cornell |
Ithaca, N.Y. |
12 p.m. |
For the latest on Columbia athletics, follow @GoColumbiaLions on
Facebook,
Twitter and
Instagram, and the web at
GoColumbiaLions.com.
