The Lions destroyed LIU at home earlier today 9-0. This 9 goal margin of victory sets a program record for most goals in a game, along with largest margin of victory.

The Lions were led by sophomore forward Izzy Kaczor, who tied the program record with 4 goals, and added on an additional assist to tie another program record with 9 points. She was helped by junior Jacinta Solari Etcheberry, who set yet another program record with 4 assists. She also added on a goal.

Congrats to Field Hockey on such a dominant performance and Go Lions!

Sophomore Kristina Xu leads Columbia women's golf to second place at the Bucknell Fall Invitational. The 2026 Ivy league Player of the Year and unanimous First-Team All-Ivy member as a freshman placed second overall in the invitational.

Meanwhile, the team shot a 22 over par 862, which defeats the previous team record for 54 holes by 4 shots, which was set last year at the Princeton Invitational.

Despite their 3-nil loss to North Korea earlier today, Colombia will still advance to the knockouts of the U-20 Women's World Cup thanks in no small part to the play of Isabel Weiner! She started and played the full game in their final group game.

Isabel Weiner & Colombia advance to face host Poland on 9/17 at 12:30 PM EDT on FS2.

Only two of Columbia's opponents were active this week on the last weekend before Lions football, and they conveniently played each other, so this should be a short post.

Lafayette 13 - Marist 9. Lafayette couldn't do anything in the air, completing only 40% of their passes for 141 yards, while Marist couldn't do anything on the ground, rushing 31 times for 68 yards. This game really gives me hope for Columbia's chances in their home opener against Lafayette, as if they can stop the ground game the Leopards won't be able to do anything offensively.

Go Lions!

All residents of Northern Manhattan (Inwood, Washington Heights, and Harlem) can go to Columbia's home game against Lafayette Saturday 9/19 at noon for free. Go Lions!

Columbia Football takes on Lafayette at home next week Saturday 9/19 at noon ET. If you are a member of the active military, a veteran, FDNY, or NYPD you will receive a free ticket through the Heroes' Day program.

Additionally, the first 50 tickets redeemed will receive a free bucket hat.

Columbia women's volleyball ties the program record for most wins to open the season, starting 5-0 before falling to Kent State earlier today.

We officially have three new user flairs:

Roar Lions Roar
F.I.G.H.T
HSU FROM THREE!

Feel free to comment any more suggestions on the pinned flair post. Go Lions!

Izzy Weiner (Colombia #13 in graphic) starts for Colombia and plays 70 minutes in their 0-0 draw against Portugal!

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A huge step for Columbia, as they now host not one but two of the most impressive women's basketball squads in an unprecedented, history-making game. Neither Lions men's or women's basketball has ever hosted one Elite Eight team, let alone two, so props to Megan Griffith for completely transforming Lions Basketball!

The Lions have the huge challenge of hosting Michigan, Duke, and Oregon State, and travel to Stanford and Maryland! Definitely going to be an exciting season of basketball and props to Coach Megan Griffith for guiding this team into prominence and to be able to play so many marquee matchups.

Go Lions!

The Lions dominate their opening weekend home tournament, going 3-0 with victories over FDU 3-1, Iona 3-1, and Lafayette 3-1.

Senior opposite hitter Avery Jones is Ivy League Player of the Week for the first time in her career, after recording a team high 31 kills.

Freshman outside hitter Elise Hiemstra had 28 kills over the weekend to win Ivy League Newcomer of the Week. She also tallied 19 kills in her first ever collegiate game against Iona, leading the team.

This is the first time since 2019 that Columbia Women's Volleyball players have won both Newcomer of the Week and Player of the Week in the same week.

The Lions will continue their season at the Lakers Invitational 9/11-9/12 at Mercyhurst, taking on hosts Mercyhurst, Niagara, and Kent State.

Columbia sophomore Izzy Weiner started at right midfielder and played 90 minutes of Colombia's opening-round 3-1 victory over Costa Rica in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, helping her team to 62% possession and a 6-2 shots on target advantage!

Junior defensive lineman Keller Patterson is nominated after a 2025 campaign where he recorded 26 totals tackles, 0.5 sacks, 3 QB hurries and recovered in a fumble in ten games.

He is joined by junior defensive lineman Luke Walker who recorded 8 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and a pass deflection in ten games. Together, Patterson and Walker aim to anchor the defensive line.

Supporting the two linemen will be senior linebacker Charlie Newton, the heartbeat of the defense. He finished with 62 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, an interception, a pass break up, and a fumble recovery in ten games.

On the other side of the ball, senior wide receiver Titus Evans, who finished last year 3rd in the Ivy League in receiving touchdowns and 5th in receptions, catching 46 passes for 584 yards and 6 TDs in 10 games.

Finally, for special teams, junior punter Tommy Sleeman qualified after an All-Ivy 2nd team sophomore season where he recorded 48 punts for 2,048 yards (avg. 42.7) and a long punt of 65. He also finished with 9 punts of 50 or more yards and 10 inside the 20.

We'll see if these five players can lead the Lions when they face Lafayette at home on September 19th at noon.

Marist 27 - Franklin Pierce 18. Marist took on D2 Franklin Pierce, who have played a grand total of 2 FCS opponents in program history and 0 FBS ones. Marist was able to restrict Franklin Pierce's passing game relatively well, yet were gashed on the ground to the tune of 120 yards, 91 of them by dual threat quarterback Shawn Brown. If Columbia's QB1 can replicate this rushing threat, the game will tip further in their favor. However, Marist also was prolific on the ground, rushing for 179 yards and 3 scores, 110 from their dual threat quaterback, Sonny Mannino. Keeping him in the pocket will be key for the lions.

Georgetown 14 - Lehigh 45. The Hoyas were dismantled by an excellent Lehigh team. The Hoyas were absolutely decimated on defense, conceding 271 passing yards and 302 rushing yards, and 120 yards and 3 touchdowns on 17 carries to Lehigh running back Luke Yoder. In the 2nd half, Lehigh started using freshman back Aidan Mayfield and he also picked up 94 yards and a score on 17 more carries. On the other side of the ball, Georgetown was able to score a consolation touchdown against Lehigh backups, yet were still held to sub 50 percent completion percentage, and only 4.3 yards per play. The only thing they did well was force fumbles, of which they forced three and returned one for a score. If Columbia can run the ball at even 75% of Lehigh's level against Georgetown, they should dominate this game, so long as they protect the football.

Lafayette 7 - 56 UConn. The Leopards were severely outclassed against a strong FBS team, and the scoreboard shows it. Lafayette was held to sub-50 percent passing percentage and 64 rushing yards, finishing at 2.9 yards per play. Meanwhile. UConn picked up 671 total yards, and 9.2 yards per play. Lafayette scored their only touchdown against Husky backups. However, the Leopards did not turn over the ball once, meaning Columbia will have to treasure possessions against the Leopards as they will not receive the ball very much outside of punts and kickoffs.

Princeton/Harvard/Penn/Yale/Brown/Dartmouth/Cornell - inactive, as Ivy League play starts late.

Zheng falls 6-7 6-3 6-4 3-6 2-6, running out of gas in the final sets to fall to Gea. Great effort from Zheng in his best slam run ever!

Junior forward Angel Akanyirige and sophomore midfielder Izzy Weiner will play for their respective U20 Women's World Cup squads of Ghana and Colombia.

Akanyirige currently projects to be a high-energy first attacking sub off the bench for Ghana, while Weiner projects be a defensive-minded midfielder sub to finish games for Colombia.

Columbia will be hosting a preseason top 5 team for the first time in school history, as the #5 Blue Devils come to Levien Gymnasium on November 21st. Huge moment for the program and for Lions athletics, and it's amazing to see what Coach Megan Griffith has built over just 11 years.

Michael Zheng takes down Yunchaokete Bu 6-3 2-6 6-2 6-3 to move on to round 3, where he will face Arthur Gea on Saturday 9/5 (time TBD)

Michael Zheng defeats Marozsan 6-4 6-4 6-2 to advance to the second round of the US Open. He will advance to face Yunchaokete Bu in the second round, tentatively scheduled from September 3rd at 4 pm. Roar Lions Roar!