For almost two years, baseball lost its chance to chase a title.

In baseball’s first action since March 2020, the team took home one out of three games to kick off its season in Florida.

Levien Gymnasium was as packed and excited as I have ever seen it on Wednesday night.

This Friday, the Columbia baseball team will take the field for the first time in nearly two years.

On a cold February morning in 1991, Robert Cottingham looked expectantly around a relatively empty gymnasium, disappointed that more kids had not shown up for the opening day of the foundation he was starting with his longtime friend, Peter Westbrook.

Welcome back to “Lizzie and Jorge at Home,” a podcast series where Deputy Sports Editor Jorge Hernandez and former Sports and Managing Editor Elizabeth Karpen go to Columbia home basketball games so you don’t have to! They bring the games to you—along with some added commentary. In this episode, they discuss Dartmouth at Columbia, reflecting on Columbia’s need for a new defensive model to turn things around moving forward.

In five days, fans will once again be able to cheer on their favorite Columbia sports teams in person.

On Saturday, Dartmouth beat men’s basketball as the program mourned one of its most treasured supporters.

On Tuesday night, the best scorer in the Ivy League showed why he owns that title.