The No. 11 Lions traveled north this past weekend to face off against Dartmouth and No. 15 Harvard. On Saturday, the Lions defeated Dartmouth in a 5-2 win before falling to the Crimson on Sunday in a close 4-3 loss. Sunday marked the third meeting between the two ranked teams, with the Crimson handing the Light Blue its first loss in Ivy League play. The Lions are now 16-3 overall for the season and 3-1 within the conference with three more Ivy matches to play.

No. 19 Columbia men’s tennis traveled to Hanover, New Hampshire over the weekend to compete in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Indoor Tennis Championship against fellow Ivy League teams.

Last weekend, everything began to click for Columbia men’s tennis with wins against the University of Mississippi on Friday and the University of Alabama on Sunday. These recent performances have pushed the men’s team to No. 19 nationally.

This past weekend, Columbia men’s tennis opened their season in North Carolina against No. 13 Harvard and No. 25 Oklahoma State University.

Four members of Columbia’s cross country team competed on Saturday, Nov. 19 at the NCAA Cross Country National Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Lions’ performance was highlighted by a top-50 finish by sophomore distance runner Victoria Patterson, who crossed the finish line in the women’s 6K in 41st out of the top 254 runners in the NCAA.

At the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, the Light Blue women finished fourth overall, and the men finished seventh. The championship was highlighted by a second-place finish by sophomore distance runner Victoria Patterson, earning the best result for the women’s team, and senior distance runner Tyler Berg, who finished in 10th place overall to set the pace for the men’s team.

Cross country returned to Van Cortlandt Park on Oct. 7 for the Metropolitan Cross Country Championships, claiming third place in the men’s race and fourth place in the women’s race and earning a total of four individual top 10 finishes.

In the final week before the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the Columbia track and field team competed in two separate events, sending Lions to Penn Relays from April 28 to 30 and sending another squad of Lions to the Yale Springtime Invitational on May 1. The team collected several victories over the course of the week in a promising showing for the championships that lie ahead.

After a solid weekend at the Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships on Feb. 26 and 27, Columbia track and field walked away with two titles in the women’s distance medley relay and the men’s 4x800m relay. 13 Lions earned All-Ivy League honors. But in the end, that was not enough for the Light Blue to emerge as Ancient Eight champions. Both the men and the women finished fifth overall.

Columbia sports will finally resume competition after a pause of nearly 18 months. With the kickoff of fall sports, students, alumni, and parents can root for the Lions both online and in person. Here’s how you can catch the action this upcoming season.