NEW YORK — Columbia track and field, rowing, women's golf, lacrosse and women's tennis are featured in this week's edition of Lions on the Road. Every week, GoColumbiaLions.com will be using "Lions on the Road" to preview that week's upcoming games and events happening off campus. 
  TRACK AND FIELD
The track & field team is back in action this weekend, with two meets on tap. The Lions will be sending student-athletes to compete in both the UCONN Northeast Challenge in Connecticut on both Friday and Saturday, and the Larry Ellis Invite hosted by Princeton on Friday. The outdoor season is off to a good start for the Lions, and that success continued last weekend. Columbia sent a small portion of the team to Florida to compete in the Miami Alunmi Invitational where Obiora Okeke had another huge performance, setting a program record in the discus throw with a mark of 52.28m. In addition, McKinlee Morris and Okeke set new program records in the outdoor shot put, with marks of 13.40m and 18.21m, respectively. Meanwhile, back at Randall's Island at the METS Outdoor Championships, the women finished in fifth place with 59 points while the men placed ninth with 27 points. The Lions will look to keep the momentum going this weekend. 
 

Days	Event	Location	Start Time	Live Scoring
Friday-Saturday	UCONN Northeast Challenge	Storrs, Conn.	All Day	HERE
Friday	Larry Ellis Invite	Princeton, N.J.	4:30 p.m.	HERE

  ROWING
The heavyweight rowing team came away with an 18th-straight Collins Cup win over Rutgers last Saturday at Overpeck Park. The Lions look to continue the momentum when they head to Princeton for the Childs Cup. Princeton took last year's Childs Cup at Schuylkill River.

The women's rowing team had 10 first place finishes last Saturday at Overpeck Park in the Saint Joseph's Invitational. The women's crew raced with Navy, Marist, Bucknell, George Washington, UCONN, UMASS, URI, and Saint Joseph's. Columbia had a large split of 27.62 in front of Navy in the first 1V8 race. On Saturday. the Lions will race in the Ivy League Invite in Princeton. At last year's event, Columbia finished in front of No. 18 Oregon State in the first varsity eight heat two race. The Lions also had a second place finish in the third varsity eight heat one race where Columbia placed in front of No. 17 USC.
 

Day	Event	Location	Start Time
Saturday (Heavyweight)	Childs Cup (vs. Princeton & Penn)	Princeton, N.J.	All Day
Saturday (Women's)	Ivy League Invite	Princeton, N.J.	All Day

  WOMEN'S GOLF
The women's golf team will compete in its finale tune-up ahead of the Ivy League Championship when it tees off at the Navy Spring Invitational this weekend. The tournament is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club in Annapolis, Maryland. The 11-team field includes the Lions, host Navy, Dartmouth, Fairfield, Lafayette, LaSalle, Lehigh, Mount St. Mary's, Penn, Quinnipiac and Wagner. The tournament will consist of one round on Saturday and a second round on Sunday. Competition on both days is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.

Columbia is expected to send its full roster to compete in the tournament. Team and individual competitors will be finalized in the days leading up to the event. Fans can check for pairings and keep track of the action all weekend long on Golfstat.
 

Day	Event	Location	Golf Course	Start Time	Live Stats
Saturday-Sunday	Navy Spring Invitational	Annapolis, Md.	U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club	9 a.m.	Click Here

  LACROSSE
The Columbia lacrosse team (3-8, 0-4 IVY) hits the road this weekend as the Lions look to pick up their first Ivy League win of the season against the Dartmouth Big Green (6-5, 0-4 IVY). First draw will be at noon in New Hampshire at Scully-Fahey Field. Columbia is coming off a 24-12 loss to #18 Princeton, during which the Lions' offense had a lot of positives despite the defensive struggles against one of the top teams in the country. Cecelia Messner matched her career-high with five goals for the second straight game, Dani Falcone and Anna Becker both added a hat trick, while Kate Cunning added a goal from the free-position arc. Cordelia Flemming also snagged a career-high seven draw controls. Columbia will look to bounce back in a big way against Dartmouth.  
 

Day	Opponent	Location	Start Time	Live Results	Stream
Saturday	Dartmouth	Hanover, N.H.	Noon	Click Here	ESPN+

  WOMEN'S TENNIS
The 43rd-ranked women's tennis team continues the Ivy League schedule this weekend with matches at Dartmouth and No. 39 Harvard. The Lions will start the weekend in New Hampshire with a 1 p.m. first serve Saturday against the Big Green. Columbia will then finish the weekend with a big match against Harvard on Sunday at 1 p.m. Columbia is 14-4 overall and 2-1 in Ivy League action after splitting last weekend's matches. The Lions lost on the road at No. 52 Princeton before holding on to defeat No. 70 Penn, 40-3 at home. Following the results from last weekend, Columbia improved one spot to No. 43 in the latest ITA Rankings.
 

Day	Opponent	Start Time	Location	Watch	Live Scoring
Saturday	Dartmouth	1:00 p.m.	Hanover, N.H.	Click Here	N/A
Sunday	#39 Harvard	1:30 p.m.	Cambride, Mass.	Click Here	Click Here

 
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