NEW YORK — Five Columbia athletics programs will be heading on the road this weekend for competition. Every week, GoColumbiaLions.com will be using "Lions on the Road" to preview that week's upcoming games and events happening off campus.
FIELD HOCKEY
The Lions (2-4) have lost two-straight games heading into their first road Ivy League match of the season with Princeton (2-4) on Friday. Captain
Lindsey Yu leads the team with nine points and three assists. Yu and
Mckenzie Bloom share the team lead for goals with three apiece. Goalkeeper
Katie Wimmer has started all six games for Columbia, owning a 2.51 goals against average and .727 save percentage. The two teams last met in the 2022 regular season finale in New York, when the Tigers came away with a 3-1 victory. Following Friday's match, the Lions return home Sunday to Columbia Field Hockey Complex for a tilt with Rider at 12 p.m.
| Day |
Opponent |
Location |
Start Time |
Watch Live |
Live Stats |
| Friday |
at Princeton |
Princeton, N.J. |
5:00 p.m. |
ESPN+ |
Click Here |
WOMEN'S TENNIS
A group of four Lions will head to Philadelphia this weekend to participate in the Cissie Leary Tournament.
Anna Zhang,
Sophia Wang,
Rachele Rimondini and
Sophia Strugnell will participate in the tournament after an impressive showing at the Columbia Invitational hosted by the Lions last weekend. The Lions will begin competition on Friday and wrap up the tournament on Sunday.
| Day |
Event |
Location |
Start Time |
| Friday-Sunday |
Cissie Leary Tournament |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
All Day |
After a two-week layoff, the Columbia cross country program will be back in action this weekend, with the men and women both competing at the Virginia Invitational. The men's race is scheduled to begin at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, with the women's race to follow at 9:30 a.m. The Lions will be looking to build off of a solid first meet of the season two weeks ago at the Stony Brook Invite, where the men finished second and the women finished third.
Jordan Mathis was Columbia's highest finisher, placing third overall in the 4k with a time of 14:11.00.
Mary Caroline Heinen finished four seconds behind her at 14:15.10 to secure fourth place.
Walker Beverly paced the men with a fifth-place finish in the 6k, clocking in at 19:07.10.
| Day |
Event |
Location |
Start Time |
Live Stats |
| Saturday |
Virginia Invitational |
Charlottesville, Va. |
8:45 a.m. |
HERE |
Fresh off of an uplifting 2-0 victory on Tuesday against MAAC preseason favorite Quinnipiac, the men's soccer team (2-2-2) heads to Providence, Rhode Island this Saturday for its Ivy League opener at Brown (1-4-1). The Lions looked impressive against the Bobcats, controlling the majority of each half and earning the payoff each time.
Jake Novoshelski and
Joao Lima each scored their first goals of the season in the victory with
Brandon Newman tallying his second assist on the Lima goal.
Will DeNight remains Columbia's leading goal scorer with three through six matches. Unfortunately, the Lions will be without starting goalkeeper
Michael Collodi, the reigning Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week. Collodi was shown a red card on Tuesday for a challenge outside the box in the game's 68th minute. As a result, he will be forced to sit out this Saturday.
The Bears lead the all-time series, 36-18-7. Last year, the Lions walked away with a point at home in a 0-0 draw. This will mark Columbia's first trip to Brown since 2018, when it came away with a convincing 3-1 victory. All four goals came in the second half, including a brace by Danny Laranetto and a 59th-minute strike from Beto Carrillo.
| Day |
Opponent |
Location |
Start Time |
Watch Live |
Live Stats |
| Saturday |
at Brown |
Providence, R.I. |
7:00 p.m. |
ESPN+ |
Click Here |
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