Football opened its season with a nail-biting 40-34 win over Lafayette College, prevailing in an overtime shootout at Wien Stadium.

Michael Zheng, CC ’26, advanced to the third round of the US Open this week, matching his deepest major tournament run yet and turning his US Open main draw debut into another career milestone: breaking into the ATP Live Top 100.

Michael Zheng, CC ’26, fell to No. 4 Félix Auger-Aliassime in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships on July 3, ending the furthest-ever Grand Slam run of his young career, which he now looks to replicate in the first round of the upcoming US Open.

The 2026 season is a critical juncture for football. Columbia is heading into its third season under head coach Jon Poppe and the results, so far, have been mixed. After a historic first season in 2024 where the Lions ended their 63-year Ivy League title drought, 2025 took a drastic step in the opposite direction. Last season, the Lions finished dead last in the Ivy League with just one conference win all season.

Michael Zheng, CC ’26, fell to No. 4 Félix Auger-Aliassime in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships on July 3, ending the furthest-ever Grand Slam run of his young career.

Still riding the high from his upset against Cameron Norrie to win the first round of the Wimbledon Championship’s main draw on Monday, Michael Zheng, CC ’26, faced off against Colombia’s Nicolás Mejía, looking to go further than he ever had in a Grand Slam tournament.

Michael Zheng, CC ’26, won the first round of the Wimbledon Championships in a massive upset against No. 29 Cameron Norrie to reach the second round of a Grand Slam for the second time in the red-hot start to his professional career.

Men’s tennis competed in the NCAA tournament this past weekend, maintaining head coach Howard Endelman’s streak of taking the Lions to the tournament every year he has held the position.

Women’s tennis suffered a major setback in its hunt for the Ivy League title on Saturday, falling to Harvard 4-1 at the Beren Tennis Center in Boston before sweeping Dartmouth on Sunday.

Women’s tennis split a pair of matches this past weekend, sweeping past Penn before dropping a Sunday matchup against Princeton on the road.