Laura Allen

Women's golf takes 4th at Ivies

Although the Lions finished in the middle of the pack, sophomore Michelle Piyapattra took fourth individually and won Ivy Player of the Year.

Piyapattra, Lions search for Ivy Championship

The Light Blue will compete in the 2012 Ivy League Championship at Seaview Golf Resort’s Bay Course in Galloway, N.J. this weekend. The Lions believe that they can take home first place at the 54-hole tournament, despite last season’s fifth-place finish.

“We have had good and sometimes great play from all of our starters throughout the course of the year,” coach Kari Williams said in an email. “We are going to AC with a single purpose: play our best rounds of golf of the year to win the Ivy Championships.”

Light Blue archer aims to join USA Olympic squad

Senior recurve archer Sarah Chai will compete in the second round of trials on April 23 for a spot on the London 2012 summer Olympics team.

Sports Briefly: Lacrosse, Softball, Men's Golf, Men's Rowing, Track and Field, Women's Golf, Women's Tennis

Check out what happened this weekend in Columbia athletics.

Women's golf takes second at Roar-EE invitational

Although the Lions did not take the Roar-EE Invitational for the third year in a row, they did place second, with sophomore Michelle Piyapattra successfully defending her individual title.

Men's heavyweight and lightweight rowing teams travel to New Jersey for regattas

The men's heavyweight rowing team will compete in the Childs Cup in Princeton, N.J., while the men's lightweight rowing team will race against Navy in Leonia, N.J.

Men’s high school team gave golfer competitive edge

Sophomore Jane Dong attributes her competitive mental edge on the golf course to having played on a co-ed team in high school where she made the varsity squad as a freshman girl.

Light Blue secures second place at Del Monte Invitational

The women's golf team began the tournament on Sunday and ended the first round in fifth place before swinging into second place by Tuesday in an impressive showing on the West Coast.

Sports Briefly: Men's Golf, Women's Golf, Lacrosse, Rowing, Softball, Women's Tennis, Track and Field, Wrestling

Three wrestlers competed at the NCAA Championships, lacrosse and softball both struggled, and rowing was strong in Florida.

Sports Briefly; Archery, Softball, Track & Field, Women's Tennis, and Lacrosse

Softball opens season with four games in Mississippi, track & field competes in the Columbia Last Chance Qualifier at The Armory, lacrosse hosts Brown in first Ivy League game, archery travels to Queens for New York State Indoor Championship, and women's tennis faces Memphis at home.