When senior goalkeeper Katie Wimmer walked into her elementary school, she didn’t know that she would be given a life-changing push, sending her in a direction that would alter the course of her life. Wimmer’s middle school gym teacher offered her a field hockey stick and encouraged her to try out for the team, an opportunity she had presented before.

The men’s and women’s fencing teams started off their season strong at the Elite Invitational in Philadelphia on Nov. 16 and 17 with a complete sweep for the women’s squad and a 6-1 record for the men’s squad.

Field hockey marked its first appearance in program history at the Ivy League Tournament with a shutout loss against Princeton in New Jersey last Friday.

Field hockey secured their ticket to the Ivy League tournament for the first time in program history after defeating Dartmouth 4-1 last Sunday.

Field hockey picked up two wins this weekend, snapping a three-game losing streak. The team earned its second conference victory of the season on Friday with a 3-2 victory over Yale in New Haven, before taking down Lehigh University in a shutout on Sunday.

Field hockey dropped its fourth overtime match of the season with a 2-1 loss against Brown last Friday before falling to the University of Delaware in another overtime loss on Sunday.

The Lions lost to Harvard 9-3 on Friday in a high-scoring game at the Baker Athletics Complex.

Field hockey dropped its second straight Ivy League game in Philadelphia on Friday against Penn . The game marked Columbia’s third overtime match of the season, resulting in a tough 2-1 loss for the Lions.

Columbia Field hockey marked Pride Night with a loss to No. 15 Princeton in a tight 1-0 game last Friday, extending the team’s losing streak to two games.

Field hockey faced down Cornell in Ithaca on Friday for the first Ivy League game of the season—picking up its first conference victory since 2022—before falling to Monmouth University later in the weekend.