Dartmouth

On the heels of high-profile financial aid reforms by Ivy League peers Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth, Columbia President Lee Bollinger said that, despite its lucrative capital campaign, the University cannot afford to make similar changes.

For the second time since 2003, Columbia volleyball finished the season without an Ivy League win, as the Lions dropped their final two road games over the weekend.

Amidst rain and wind, the Columbia women’s soccer team traveled to Hanover on Saturday to face Dartmouth. The two teams were alike in record, and by the end of the day the two were alike in score—after 110 minutes of play, neither team was able to break away, and a 1-1 tie was the result.

Two teams of opposing fortunes took the field on Saturday in Hanover, as men’s soccer’s swoon in conference play continued in a 2-1 defeat to the Dartmouth Big Green. The loss drops Columbia to 2-8-1 overall, and 0-3-0 Ivy League play.

The game literally slipped from the fingers of the Columbia football team on Saturday at Dartmouth, as it dropped its fourth straight contest, 37-28.

Columbia field hockey (8-6, 3-2 Ivy) won its Ivy matchup Saturday against Dartmouth (4-13, 1-4 Ivy) by a score of 2-0, but the Lions’ five-game winning streak was snapped in a 1-0 loss to Vermont (12-5) on Sunday.

Ray Rangel was slated to give Jordan Davis some rest in Saturday’s game against Dartmouth. The sophomore tailback had progressed enough that the coaching staff deemed him ready to make the move from special-situation player to every-down back. Rangel ended the day with 15 carries to Davis’ three and showed how the Columbia offense may stand to benefit from having two competent tailbacks, not only to divide the job, but also to bring new variety to the offense when they’re both on the field.

As dismal as Dartmouth’s offense was last season, all signs pointed to things getting worse in 2007.

Coming off of a homecoming loss to Penn, Columbia travels to Hanover this Saturday to play Dartmouth, a 1-4 team that unexpectedly beat Penn three weeks ago.

Perhaps the doubters were right.