The Lions are back in town

It was a busy break for the Lions with a number of successes to report. Men’s Basketball opened the Ivy League season with a big win over Cornell, and Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving added Ivy League wins against Brown and Cornell. Fencing cleaned up at the Penn State Invitational on January 12^th, winning nine of ten matches between the Men’s and Women’s teams. Men’s Squash picked up five wins over the break and Wrestling won two of three matches at the Cal Poly Mustang Duals. More recently, Women’s Track & Field took home the Metropolitan Indoor Track & Field Championship title for the second consecutive year, besting the other 14 teams in the field, including Fordham and Rutgers.

Find out all the Lions scores you missed over break after the jump, along with some other sports-related news:

Men’s Basketball (9-7, 1-1 Ivy League):

Results:

Elon 69-70 (L)

Manhattan 69-58 (W)

Colgate 66-59 (W)

Army 64-52 (W)

Holy Cross 69-78 (L)

Cornell 67-58 (W)

Cornell 63-66 (L)

Up Next:  At Penn, Saturday 7 pm

Women’s Basketball (2-14, 0-2 Ivy League):

Results:

Long Beach State 50-79 (L)

Cal State Fullerton 49-61 (L)

Lehigh 33-58 (L)

Lafayette 47-49 (L)

Cornell 54-68 (L)

Cornell 54-68 (L) (2OT)

Up Next: Penn (Home), Friday at 7 pm at Levien Gymnasium

Women’s Swimming & Diving (4-2, 3-2 Ivy League):

Results:

Bucknell 190.5-108.5 (W)

Cornell 178-115 (W)

Brown 186-108 (W)

Up Next: Princeton, Friday, 2 pm, Uris Pool

Men’s Swimming & Diving (5-2, 3-2 Ivy League):

Results:

Bucknell 209-91 (W)

Cornell 172-127 (W)

Brown 160-133 (W)

Up Next: Navy (Home), Friday at 2 pm at Uris Pool

Men’s Squash (5-4, 1-2 Ivy League):

Results:

Brown 8-1 (W)

Navy 8-1 (W)

Yale 1-8 (L)

Franklin & Marshall 2-7 (L)

St. Lawrence 1-8  (W)

George Washington 8-1 (W)

Bowdoin 8-1 (W)

Up Next:  Harvard (Away), Saturday at 12 pm

Women’s Squash (0-1, 0-1 Ivy League):

Results:

Brown 3-6 (L)

Yale 0-9 (L)

Franklin & Marshall 9-0 (W)

Stanford 1-8  (W)

George Washington 8-1 (W)

Bowdoin 9-0 (W)

Up next: Harvard (Away), Saturday at 12 pm

Wrestling (4-5):

Results:

Cal Poly Mustang Duals

Cal Poly 28-13 (W)

San Francisco State 28-8 (W)

CSU Bakersfield 12-22 (L)

Bucknell 14-24 (L)

American 24-13 (W)

Hofstra 9-23 (L)

Up Next: Cornell (Home), Saturday, 6 pm

Men’s Fencing:

Results:

Penn State Invitational

Haverford 25-2 (W)

Penn State 5-22 (L)

Drew 21-6 (W)

Duke 17-10 (W)

North Carolina 20-7 (W)

Up Next: NYU Invitational, Thursday (2/7) 8 am

Women’s Fencing:

Results:

Penn State Invitational

Temple 23-4 (W)

Penn State 15-12 (W)

Drew 25-2 (W)

Duke 14-13 (W)

North Carolina 14-13 (W)

Up Next: NYU Invitational, Thursday (2/7) 8 am

Men’s Tennis (1-2):

Results: 

ITA Kick-Off Classic

Mississippi 1-4 (L)

Louisville 4-1 (W)

Up Next: Fordham (Home), Saturday 2 pm, Dick Savitt Tennis Center

Men’s Track & Field:

Results:

Tri-Meet versus Yale/Dartmouth – 3^rd Place

Up Next: New Balance Collegiate Invitational at The Armory

Women’s Track & Field:

Results:

Tri-Meet versus Yale/Dartmouth – 2^nd Place

 Up Next: New Balance Collegiate Invitational at The Armory

 Other sports-related news:

Mark Cisco CC’13 was named Ivy League Co-Player of the Week after the Lions win over Cornell

Victoria Azerenka beat American newcomer Sloane Stephens in the finals of the Australian Open amid controversy over taking a medical timeout after losing a few crucial points to Stephens. Stephens upset 15-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams in the semifinals to earn a bid to her first-ever Grand Slam final. Oh, and a fly gave Serena a dirty look during the match

Bob Cottingham CC’88 was one of six recipients of the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, which honors standout athletes 25 years after their collegiate career ends. Cottingham was a fencer at CU, and went on to compete in minor sporting events like the 1988 and 1992 Olympics

The Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers are playing at a Beyonce concert next Sunday (Check back for more Super Bowl content this week!)

Just another sign of the apocalypse, the Brooklyn Nets beat the New York Knicks

Hockey’s back. And the Rangers are looking pretty good