The Columbia field hockey team won one of its two games this weekend, but not the game it wanted to win. The Lions’ (7-7, 1-3 Ivy) loss to Ivy rival Dartmouth (7-7, 3-2 Ivy) dropped them to seventh in the league, ahead of only Brown. This makes it nearly impossible for the squad to finish second in the Ancient Eight, its goal for the season.
The first half of Saturday’s game against the Big Green was a defensive battle, with neither team scoring, despite six shots by Dartmouth and one by Columbia. Freshman goalkeeper Christie O’Hara notched two saves in the half, helping to keep the score knotted at zero.
Less than two minutes into the second half, Big Green sophomore forward Kelly Hood opened the scoring when she netted a goal off a corner with assists from junior forward Kelly McHenry and junior defender Virginia Peisch. Hood leads her team in points and goals, and is second in the league in both of these categories.
In the 48th minute of play, the Light Blue evened the score when sophomore midfielder/forward Maggie O’Connor found the back of the net off an assist from freshman forward Gabby Kozlowski.
Even though she did not score a goal of her own, Koslowski still had an impressive offensive performance as she had four of the Lions’ six shots, three of which were on goal.
The score didn’t remain tied for long. At 52:28 Hood paired up with McHenry and Peisch again to tally her second goal off a corner, giving Dartmouth a 2-1 advantage that it would hold for the rest of the game.
Columbia rebounded from this disappointing loss with a 1-0 victory over Vermont (1-15, 0-4 AEC) on Sunday.
Much like the game against the Big Green, the match against the Catamounts also began with a scoreless first half. The Light Blue offense struggled in this first period, with only one shot and zero corners. The Vermont offense didn’t fare much better, as it only managed three shots and two corners.
In the second half, though, the Lions’ offense came to life, outshooting the Catamounts 10-0. While seven of Columbia’s 11 shots were on goal, only one managed to get past Vermont’s sophomore goalkeeper Brooke Crane, who had six saves in the contest, five of which came in the second half. Fortunately for the Light Blue, the one goal was all they needed.
In the 48th minute of action, junior midfielder Julia Garrison scored an unassisted goal, giving the Lions a 1-0 lead that they did not relinquish.
The game against Vermont concluded Columbia’s nonconference portion of the season, and was also its last road game of the year.
The Light Blue’s next matchup will be a midweek game against Ivy foe Penn on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
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