Columbia
Yale
10/23/2026 1:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Lions look for fourth consecutive Ivy League victory following dramatic comeback at Penn
HOW TO FOLLOW
All Columbia home games and all Ivy League contests will be streamed via ESPN+. Saturday's game against Yale can be found HERE.
Live stats for Saturday's game will be available via Yale's website, HERE.
Follow @CULionsWSOC on X and Instagram for live updates and results during every match.
LAST TIME OUT
Columbia completed a thrilling comeback at Penn last Saturday, erasing a two-goal deficit in the final 15 minutes to secure a 3-2 victory. The Lions scored three unanswered goals, including Krystal Medina's game-winner with just 1:03 remaining in regulation.
Maia Beltran sparked the comeback with a penalty kick in the 76th minute before Evelyn Javers equalized just 79 seconds later. Medina completed the rally in the 89th minute, scoring from distance following a Beltran corner kick.
Beltran was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week on Monday for her performance, which helped Columbia secure its third straight conference victory and improve to 3-1 in Ivy League play.
SCOUTING YALE
Yale (5-8, 0-4 Ivy) enters Saturday's matchup looking for its first Ivy League victory of the season. The Bulldogs have dropped four consecutive conference contests against Cornell, Princeton, Brown and Harvard, most recently suffering a 3-0 road loss to the Crimson last Saturday.
Anita Thorvaldsdottir leads Yale's offense with six goals, three assists and 15 points this season. JoJo DeNegri follows with three goals, while Abigail Solomon has contributed two goals and an assist. The Bulldogs have scored 19 goals through 13 matches, averaging 1.46 per contest.
In goal, Isabel Willems has started 12 matches, recording 36 saves and three shutouts. Kyla Holmes made her first start of the season against Harvard last weekend, finishing with nine saves in the loss.
Last season, the Lions earned a 3-0 win over the Bulldogs at Commisso. Javers and Chan both had a goal in the contest.
ROSTER - SCHEDULE - STATS
Columbia returns home next Saturday, October 31, to host Princeton at 6 p.m. The Lions will celebrate Senior Day and Halloween as they play their final game of the season at Commisso.
The Lions' full 2026 schedule can be found HERE.
TRIBUTE TO COMMISSO
Columbia will honor the memory of Rocco B. Commisso '71SEAS '75BUS throughout the 2026 season with a commemorative patch featuring his initials, "RBC," on its kits. Commisso, who passed away on Jan. 16, 2026, at age 76, was a standout Columbia men's soccer player, longtime supporter of Columbia Athletics and accomplished business leader.
A three-year All-Ivy League honoree as both a defensive and offensive player, he helped lead the Lions to winning records in each of his four seasons. As co-captain of the 1970 team, he helped guide Columbia to its first NCAA Tournament appearance.
Commisso went on to become a successful entrepreneur, founding Mediacom Communications in 1995 and building it into one of the nation's largest cable television providers. He remained closely connected to soccer throughout his life, including ownership roles with the New York Cosmos and Italian Serie A club ACF Fiorentina.
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.
