Men’s basketball picked up its most impressive victory of the season so far on Saturday, defeating Temple University 78-73. The win came three days after the Lions dominated NCAA Division III opponent SUNY Delhi 105-60 on Wednesday.
Men’s basketball split its first two home games of the season, dropping a nail-biter against State University of New York, Albany, on Saturday before blowing out NCAA Division III Bard College on Sunday.
After three consecutive last-place finishes in the Ivy League, the men’s basketball team will look to bounce back this year in the face of a preseason Ivy poll that ranked Columbia last in the conference.
Jack Kerouac, a pioneer of the Beat Generation, reached towering literary fame for novels like “On the Road” and “Big Sur.” But before any of that, he was a running back on the Columbia football team.
Women’s soccer opened its 2023 Ivy League season on Saturday with a 1-0 win over Penn. Columbia has shut out six opponents in a row, tying a program record.