Aeshna Chandra
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Though it claimed the majority of the titles at its own invitational a week ago, women’s tennis was stumped by the Cissie Leary Tournament at Princeton this weekend yielded less promising results; coming home, all the Lions have to show for the competition are aB doubles championship and a second-place performance in the A singles draw. . Only sophomore Paulina Ferrari and first-year Akanksha Bhan managed to win their draw, defeating teams from Penn, Temple, and Drexel on their way to victory.
Women’s tennis finished the Columbia Invitational on a high note, ending its first competitive weekend of the season with four singles and two doubles titles under its belt. Seven returners and four first-years dominated the weekend’s play, clinching six of the nine championships.
Lightweight rowing captured its second IRA National title in three years after dominating the field this season, reclaiming its status as the top lightweight crew in the country after a disappointing 2017 season.
Women’s rowing’s varsity four C bagged a silver at the team’s last race of the season at the Ivy League Championships in Princeton. Despite the medal, the rest of the team’s boats did not perform as well—the varsity eight, second varsity eight, varsity four A, and varsity four B all came eighth in their races.
Men’s lightweight rowing, ranked No. 1 again after its stellar winning streak in recent meets, competed at EARC Sprints in Worcester, Massachusetts over the weekend: its last meet until National Championships in two weeks.
Lightweight rowing, ranked No. 2 in the nation, earned a clean sweep against Drexel—which competed as a heavyweight team—and No. 8 Delaware, winning each and every one of the team’s four matchups.
Despite falling from first to second in the rankings this past week, men’s lightweight rowing continued its historic season and swept its opponents over the weekend. After the team’s most recent races, it laid claim to all five cups for which it competes, a feat unseen since 2003 and achieved only for the second time ever. Additionally, the Lions’ second varsity eight finished the season undefeated.
On the warmest day of the year thus far, Columbia men’s lightweight rowing had a day for the books, hoisting the Dodge Cup over visitors Yale and Penn.
Women’s rowing struggled at the first-ever Ivy League Invitational, losing both the Connell and Cayuga Cups to Yale on Saturday. In matchups with the Bulldogs, Cornell, Penn, and Dartmouth, the Lions failed to keep up with the crowd, finishing last in all but one of the races in which they competed.
Lightweight rowing ended a busy weekend with a mixed bag of results, winning the WIT Cup against Navy at Overpeck Park on Saturday but coming second in Sunday’s bout with Harvard and Georgetown.