NEW YORK – The Columbia women's soccer team (5-3-3, 3-0-0 Ivy) continues its home stand at Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium Sunday afternoon when Dartmouth (6-4-2, 0-2-1) visits for the second Ivy League game of the week. First kick is set for 1 p.m.
Columbia enters Sunday's contest on a four-game win streak after defeating Providence, Penn, Harvard and Cornell by a combined score of 13-2 in the past four games. The Lions are off to their first 3-0 start in Ivy League play since 2017. Columbia currently sits atop the Ivy League standings with Princeton.
The Columbia women's soccer team will celebrate its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Game on Sunday. The team is joining together to raise money to kick cancer. Fans interested in helping the team reach its fundraising goal can contribute by clicking
HERE. All proceeds go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. During the game, the women's soccer team will also be selling pink soccer t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats and raffle tickets to win Columbia soccer gear.
GAME COVERAGE
Wednesday's game will be
streamed live on ESPN+. Fans can also track
live stats courtesy of GoColumbiaLions.com. In-game updates will also be provided on the @CULionsWSOC social media accounts.
LAST TIME OUT
Columbia cruised to a 4-1 win over Cornell Wednesday to keep a perfect record through its first three Ivy League contests.
Nata Ramirez,
Charlyse Berry,
Courtney Ruedt and
Sam Cohn each scored in the dominating victory. Ramirez also earned two assists as she now sits just one goal away from joining the top 10 career goals list at Columbia.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Dartmouth enters the matchup with a 6-4-2 overall record and an 0-2-1 mark to start Ivy League play. Dartmouth dropped its first two conference games against Yale and Cornell before posting a 1-1 draw at home against Harvard on Wednesday night.
Daisy Granholm is Dartmouth's leading scorer with seven goals so far this season. Hailey Rorick follows with three goals. Goalkeeper Ally Connors has played nine games in the net with 796 minutes of action. Connors has tallied 42 saves this season while allowing 12 goals.
THE SERIES
Dartmouth leads the all-time series, 21-9-6. However, Columbia has performed well in the recent series with five wins and three draws in the last eight meetings. The Lions have not lost to Dartmouth since the 2014 season. Columbia and Dartmouth played to a 1-1 draw last season in Hanover.
FOLLOWING THE LIONS
For the latest on the Columbia women's soccer program, follow @CULionsWSOC on X, Instagram, Facebook at Facebook.com/ColumbiaWSoccer and on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
