Thanks to terrible weekend weather, the Columbia field hockey team will have one more nonconference tune-up before it returns to league play. The Lions’ (5-6, 1-2 Ivy) Sunday matchup with Penn was rescheduled for Oct. 28, giving them the weekend off in preparation for their Wednesday game against Lehigh (5-8, 1-2 Patriot).
Columbia will be looking to rebound from a 4-2 loss to Hofstra on Oct. 14. Both Light Blue goals in that game were scored by freshmen—Katie DeSandis and Gabby Kozlowski. DeSandis had four shots on goal in the contest.
Lehigh will also be trying to bounce back from a loss, as it fell to Patriot League rival Lafayette 3-0 last Saturday. In that matchup, the Mountain Hawks were outshot 27-4 and only had three corners to the Leopards’ 21.
The game could have been much worse for Lehigh, as Lafayette had 18 shots on goal, had it not been for the exceptional play of junior goalkeeper Lilia Stefaniwsky. Stefaniwsky made 11 saves in the complete-game effort, bringing her season total to 82.
Freshman forward Kimberly Eng led the Mountain Hawks with two shots on goal in the game against Lafayette. Eng currently leads the team—and her league—with 28 points. Her 10 goals on the season are good for second in the league behind Deanna DiCroce of Lafayette, who has 11.
The Lions also faced the Leopards this season, but with the different results. Columbia snapped a three-game losing streak when it defeated Lafayette 4-1 on Oct. 7. In the game, four different Light Blue players contributed with a goal apiece—DeSandis, Julia Garrison, Leti Freaney, and Carson Christus.
The last time the Lions and the Mountain Hawks squared off, Columbia came away with a 2-0 shutout victory. Current junior back Caitlin Mullins opened the scoring when she netted a shot off a penalty stroke in just the eighth minute of play. The Light Blue added another point about five minutes later when then-senior Jacqui Munro scored of an assist from current senior Christine Buszczak and current sophomore Desi Scherf.
Wednesday’s game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at the Columbia Field Hockey Venue.
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