Sports briefly: Lacrosse falls to Harvard after the Crimson's second half offensive surge, Sharay Hale continues dominance in 200 and 400m dash

WOMEN'S LACROSSE
The lacrosse team fell to Harvard 15-9 on Saturday. Columbia led the Crimson 5-4 going into halftime. In the opening four minutes of the contest, freshman attacker Paige Cuscovitch and sophomore Kacie Johnson both contributed two goals apiece to give Columbia the lead going into halftime. Despite the Lions’ initial success, Harvard would go on to score nine unanswered goals late in the second half to put itself on top.
—Rebeka Cohan

MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT ROWING
Columbia’s lightweight rowers raced for the Geiger Cup against Cornell, Georgetown, and MIT on Saturday. The Lions’ varsity eights come in third place, finishing an impressive 24.3 seconds ahead of MIT. The second varsity eights also finished in third place, behind Cornell’s second and third varsity crews. The fourth-ranked freshman eights surprised everyone and finished first, five seconds ahead of the top-ranked Big Red. Cornell held a full-length lead by 1000 meters going into the third 500, but the Light Blue was able to draw even and overcome Cornell in the final 250 meters.
—Rebeka Cohan

MEN'S HEAVYWEIGHT ROWING
The Light Blue men’s heavyweight rowing team raced against Boston University and Syracuse as it tried to claim the Doc Lusins Trophy this Friday. Despite the high winds and rough water, the Lions started off even against both the Orange and the Terriers. However, by the final 500 meters, Columbia was unable to keep up. The varsity eights came in third, finishing seven seconds after second-place Syracuse. The second varsity eights also came in third place, while the freshman eights finished second, 10.2 seconds after Boston University.
—Rebeka Cohan

WOMEN'S ROWING
This Saturday, the Columbia women’s rowing team traveled to Providence, Rhode Island to race against second-ranked Brown and third-ranked Cornell for the rights to the Dunn Bowl. Columbia was able to overcome the bad weather and the varsity eights came in second, ahead of the Big Red. During the final 500 meters, Columbia’s shell faltered and Cornell was almost able to overcome the Light Blue, but the Lions still finished ahead of the Big Red by six one-hundredths of a second.
—Rebeka Cohan

TRACK AND FIELD
Men’s and women’s track and field traveled to Princeton, N.J. in full force to compete in the Larry Ellis Invitational against 34 other teams. Junior Sharay Hale finished the 200m in 23.69 seconds and the 400m in 53.10 seconds. Hale placed first overall in both races, which featured twelve and nine heats respectively. Senior Dylan Isaacson posted the second-best time in the 800m run, crossing the finish line in 1:52.95. Freshman Cody Love continued a strong first-year campaign by taking fourth in the 400m hurdles.
—Jeremiah Sharf