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Men’s squash split the weekend, defeating Cornell on Saturday and falling to Trinity College on Sunday at the SL Green StreetSquash Center.
Women’s squash played their first conference games at home, facing off against Penn and Princeton at the SL Green StreetSquash Center at home on Jan. 30.
Squash sent seven Lions downtown to compete in the College Squash Association Individual Championships, a five-day tournament spanning from Friday to Tuesday. The Lions took home several victories, including a first-place finish from senior Franklyn Smith in Plate Pool B and second-place win from junior Shaurya Bawa in Consolation Pool D.
Squash returned from winter break with two matches over the weekend. While the men’s team recorded mixed results—falling to Harvard on Jan. 17 before defeating Dartmouth on Jan. 18—the women’s team continued its lackluster season, extending its losing streak to four losses.
Squash hosted Drexel University at the SL Green StreetSquash Center on Sunday, with the men’s side securing a vital victory and the women’s team suffering a blowout loss.
Squash hosted its home debut Nov. 22, renewing its rivalry with the University of Virginia at the SL Green StreetSquash Center.
On quiet evenings in Lier, Norway, the loudest sound outside first-year forward Henning Myrvang’s window was the birds chirping in the trees. The soundscape of New York City—where the soccer player recently moved to attend Columbia—is drastically different, but for Myrvang, it’s the best of both worlds.
Men’s and women’s squash opened their seasons on the road this weekend, facing Tufts University and Colby College in Medford, Massachusetts on Saturday.
Men’s soccer fell to Brown in its penultimate Ivy League game on Saturday afternoon in Providence, Rhode Island. After the 1-0 loss, the Lions are unable to qualify for the Ivy League tournament.
Men’s soccer earned an assured victory over Harvard for the first time since 2019 on Saturday evening. The game was a tale of two halves, with a goalless first half followed by continuous end-to-end action in the second as the Lions defeated the Crimson 3-1.