NEW YORK — Columbia Men's tennis, golf, cross country, field hockey, soccer 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.  
  Men's Tennis Men's tennis returns to action this weekend when it travels to University Park, Pa., to participate in the Holmes Cathrall Memorial Invitational, Oct. 3-5, at the Sarni Tennis Center. This is Penn State's first time hosting a fall tournament since 2008. Also competing in the tournament will be Buffalo, Cornell, Florida, and Navy. Last time out, the Lions got a strong showing from their newcomers at the Yale Invitational. Aditya Govila, Abhishek Thorat, and Andrew Ena, competed in singles and doubles events over the three-day competition. Thorat and Ena went 2-0 as doubles partners. Thorat went 2-1 in singles play, including a convincing straight-sets win over Princeton's Aleksandar Mitric, 6-1, 6-2. Ena also went 1-1 in singles play and earned a 6-2, 6-3 win over Princeton's Meecah Bigun on Saturday. 
 

Day	Event	Time	Location	Stream	Live Stats
Friday - Sunday	Holmes Cathrall Memorial Invitational	All Day	University Park, Pa.	TBD	TBD
Monday - Wednesday	ITF Futures M15	All day	Lexington, Ky.	TBD	TBD

 
Cross Country The Cross Country squad is set to compete at the Louisville Classic on Saturday. The Lions had an outstanding weekend performance at the Iona Meet of Champions last time out, as the women earned their second straight runner-up finish with 43 points and the men placed third with 77. Senior Rory Clare led the way with a runner-up 5K finish (17:47.30), while sophomore Olivia Murray, junior Leanna Johnston, and freshman Ava Malagisi rounded out the top 10. On the men's side, senior Edward Blaha, sophomore Henry Koike-Sieira, and senior George Blaha finished 9th–11th to pace the Lions. They will look to continue that momentum into this weekend. 
 

Day	Event	Time	Location	Stream	Live Stats
Saturday	Louisville Cross Country Classic	10:00 a.m.	Louisville, Ky.	TBD	TBD

  Field Hockey The Lions will make a trip to Dartmouth on Friday before their home contest against Hofstra on Sunday. A full weekend preview will be available on GoColumbiaLions.com later this week prior to the contest with the Big Green.
 

Day	Opponent	Location	Time	Stream	Live Stats
Friday	at Dartmouth	Hanover, N.H.	3:00 p.m.	ESPN+	Click Here

 
Women's Soccer The red hot Lions are back in action Saturday, looking for their straight Ivy victory to begin conference play. Columbia, unbeaten for the entire month of September spanning six matches, is coming off another thrilling, last-minute victory over the Brown Bears last Saturday. For the fourth consecutive game, Columbia found the decisive goal in the 76th minute or later. This time it was Gabby Chan delivering the clutch strike in the 85th minute, slotting home inside the box off a feed from Maia Beltran and Sammie Moncion. This weekend, the Lions will square off against Dartmouth at 2 p.m. in New Hampshire. The Big Green are coming in hot, owning a 5-2-3 overall record, and also remain undefeated in Ivy League play at 1-0-1. Columbia has owned the head to head series matchup against Dartmouth, with the Big Green's last win coming in 2014. Stephanie Lathrop is off to an incredible start to the season, scoring six goals with three assists for a total of 15 points. The stage is set for a great contest on Saturday. 
 

Day	Opponent	Time	Location	Stream	Live Stats
Saturday	at Dartmouth	2:00 p.m.	Hanover, N.H.	ESPN+	HERE

 
 
Men's Soccer The men's soccer team (1-3-3, 0-0-1 Ivy) plays its first road game of the Ivy League season on Saturday at Yale (0-6-2, 0-1-0 Ivy). Columbia is coming off a 2-2 draw in its Ivy League opener this past Sunday at Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium. Jack McDaid scored the game's opening goal in the 13th minute before Penn tied it up eight minutes later. The Quakers scored early in the second half but the Lions found the equalizer with 20 minutes remaining courtesy of Alessandro Franciosa. With the draw, the Lions kept their unbeaten record at home intact (1-0-2). McDaid was later named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week, having also scored a goal earlier in the week at Hofstra. Yale is coming off a 3-1 loss in its Ivy opener at Cornell. The Bulldogs are still in search of their first win of the season but have come away with two draws against Quinnipiac and UMass. It's been a rough stretch that has only seen Yale score six goals over its first eight matches while allowing 16. Last season, the Lions came away with a 1-0 victory over Yale in New York. Jackson ten Oever scored the game's only goal in 81st minute, which was also his first career goal. 
 

Day	Opponent	Time	Location	Stream	Live Stats
Saturday	at Yale	6:00 p.m.	New Haven, Conn.	ESPN+	Click Here

 
 
Women's Golf The women's golf team wraps up its fall schedule this Saturday and Sunday at the Princeton Invitational. The Lions have had a successful fall to date, finishing third at the season-opening Battle at the Creek, second at the Red Bandanna Invitational, and setting a new team single-round record against some of the nation's top programs at the Windy City Collegiate Classic. The single-round record was a 2-under-par 286, which included a 3-under 69 by Christine Chang, a pair of 71s from sophomore Sarah Shao and first year Camille Thai, and a pair of 75s from first year Kristina Xu and first year Bridget Chantharath. Chang finished top 25 individually against a field that included nine programs that were top 50 in the NCAA at the end of last season. Earlier this season, Xu won the Battle at the Creek at 5 over par. This weekend's field includes 13 teams, including all six Ivy League programs.
 

Day	Event	Location	Course	Live Leaderboard
Saturday-Sunday	Princeton Invitational	Princeton, N.J.	Springdale Golf Club	Click Here

 
 
Men's Golf The men's golf team completes its fall season on Monday and Tuesday at the Red Flash Invitational. The Lions have two team top-five finishes in three fall tournaments, highlighted by defending their team title this past weekend at the Columbia Autumn Invitational. The Lions won the 13-team tournament at 12-under-par 840, holding off Dartmouth (-11) by one stroke for the victory. Leading the way to victory were first year Neil Kulkarni and senior George Rubelsky. Kulkarni had the best tournament of his young career, carding rounds of 68 and 69 on Saturday, followed by a final-round 68 on Sunday to finish the tournament at 8 under par. He birdied five of his last 11 holes without a bogey during Sunday's final round. Kulkarni was solo second in the 80-player field. Rubelsky tied for fourth at 6 under par. The Red Flash Invitational is an 11-team field that includes the Lions, host Saint Francis, West Virginia, St. Thomas Aquinas, High Point, Howard, Mount St. Mary's, Towson, New Haven, Mercyhurst and UMass. 
 

Day	Event	Location	Course	Live Leaderboard
Monday - Tuesday	Red Flash Invitational	Johnstown, Pa.	Sunnehana Country Club	Click Here

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