Women’s fencing triumphed at the Ivy League Round Robin Championship this weekend, prevailing after a tense struggle against the NCAA’s best, highlighted by two incredible one-bout shoot-outs against Harvard and Princeton.

Women’s fencing reignited its winning streak this past weekend with a commanding performance at the Brian Palestis Memorial Invitational on Feb. 1.

On this episode of A Look at the Lions, Spectator sits down with twin sister sophomore forwards Kate and Ashley Kim, who make up one of the three sister duos on the Columbia field hockey team. From pushing one another through training to sharing tips in Korean at practice, the Kim sisters have used their sisterly bond to bring each other to new heights on the pitch.

Women’s fencing faced some of its toughest competition of the season, including 2025 NCAA champion University of Notre Dame and Princeton’s Olympic gold medalist foil fencer Maia Weintraub, at the St. John’s Super Cup in Queens on Jan. 17.

The summer before his first year at Columbia, junior forward Richard Nweke hoped to make a big impact on his team. On his new campus, surrounded by his new teammates, all that was on Nweke’s mind was finding his footing on the court. In a matter of seconds, however, everything changed.

Women’s fencing took to the strip at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on Nov. 22 and 23, competing against nine teams over the weekend. The team ultimately came out victorious, sweeping the competition.

Women’s fencing began their season on Sunday with a strong start at home in the Columbia Invitational as they faced off against the Stevens Institute of Technology (7-5), the New Jersey Institute of Technology (5-9), and Johns Hopkins University (9-1). The women’s team dominated the strip, winning all three rounds by 15 bouts or more.

Field hockey lost its third straight conference game on Friday, falling to No. 2 Harvard despite the best efforts of its defense and a stellar performance from sophomore goalkeeper Margot Houle.

Field hockey dropped its fourth Ivy League loss of the season on Friday in a nail-biting 2-1 finish against Penn. However, the Light Blue rebounded in a 4-0 shutout just two days later against Wagner College, sparking hope for the program as the end of the regular season draws near.

Field hockey took on No. 17 Yale on Friday for its Breast Cancer Awareness game. The match marked the Lions’ third conference loss for the season, ending their two-game win streak.