Women’s basketball fell to Harvard in the Ivy Madness final on Saturday in a narrow 74-71 loss. While the Lions kept it close throughout the game, they struggled defensively against the Crimson’s star guard Harmoni Turner. Now, Columbia finds itself in a familiar spot again, having lost the Ivy Madness final against Princeton last year. It must rely on an at-large bid to go to March Madness.

PROVIDENCE, R.I.— Women’s basketball narrowly defeated Penn in the Ivy Madness semi-final on Friday. With this victory, the Lions move on to the tournament final, where they will face off against either Princeton or Harvard for a chance at the league’s automatic berth into March Madness.

Softball traveled back to Florida last weekend to take part in the Florida Gulf Coast University Spring Break Classic. While the Lions began play on a positive note by winning their first game against the University of Toledo, their luck soon ran dry.

Nearly four hours after pro-Palestinian protesters set up banners and flags in the lobby of the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning and declared the building the “Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Liberated Zone,” dozens of New York Police Department officers entered campus with helmets and zip ties, arresting nine protesters.

Women’s basketball faced Brown and Yale at home this weekend, marking a historic slate of games. Senior guards Kitty Henderson and Cecelia Collins snagged triple-doubles, marking only the second time in NCAA history that two teammates have recorded triple-doubles in consecutive games.

As Mauricio Matiz, SEAS ’79, SEAS ’84, stood on Low Steps in the fall of his junior year, he was drawn to a group of students tossing a frisbee back and forth in front of Butler Library. When he walked over to talk to the players on the lawns, Matiz couldn’t have imagined that this interaction would eventually lead to his induction into the Ultimate Hall of Fame—Ultimate Frisbee’s most selective honor—over 40 years later.

Softball opened its 2025 season this weekend, traveling down to Florida for the University of Central Florida SpaceU Classic. Despite mixed results overall, the Lions are off to an improved start with two victories as compared to their 2024 campaign.

Women’s basketball defeated Princeton 64-60 Saturday night, bringing the Lions one step closer to their third straight Ivy League title. Following a nail-biter, the Light Blue now sits alone atop the league table as the season draws to a close.

Women’s basketball fell to Harvard on Sunday in front of a sold-out home crowd. With this defeat—Columbia’s first loss to Harvard since March 2023 and its first home defeat of the season—the Lions’ previously undefeated streak in the conference this season is no more.