Sports Editor Abby Rubel supports the achievements of Columbia Athletics because they generally did well this weekend.

The faces of champions.

Men’s Tennis: The Lions (17-4, 6-1 Ivy) defeated Cornell (10-11, 3-4 Ivy) 4-0 to earn a piece of the Ivy title along with Dartmouth. Columbia took the doubles point thanks to a win from first-year Jack Lin and junior William Matheson. Three singles victories from Lin, fellow first-year Austen Huang, and sophomore Adam Ambrozy sealed the win for Columbia. Dartmouth (20-5, 6-1 Ivy) already clinched the Ivy’s automatic berth in the NCAA tournament, but Columbia could earn an at-large bid on Tuesday. This is the fifth consecutive Ivy title for men’s tennis.

Softball: Columbia (21-19, 13-8 Ivy) went 2-1 in their series against Cornell (13-23, 8-10 Ivy), but that wasn’t good enough to send them to the Ivy League Championship series. Saturday’s games were both blowouts—Columbia took them 15-10 and 15-7. Four different players hit home runs in the first game, including a two-run homer from first-year Maria Pagane that rounded out an eight-run third inning. The Lions had similar success in game two, scoring seven runs in the third and holding on for the victory. Game three was a heartbreaking 10-9 loss in the eighth inning. Cornell struck out all three Columbia players in the top of the inning before scoring a walk-off run.

Lightweight Rowing: All four varsity eight teams came in first on Saturday. The varsity eight held a commanding five second lead despite a 4-8 mile per hour headwind. The second and third varsity eights won by almost ten seconds each, and the fourth varsity eight led by four seconds. The second varsity remains undefeated, while the first varsity added to its win streak, which is now at four. Lightweight rowing has next weekend off before the EARC Sprints.

Baseball: lost 3-2, won 20-4, won 8-6 against Penn
Lacrosse: lost 22-16 against Princeton
Women’s Rowing: Varsity eight finished fourth at EAWRC Sprints
Heavyweight Rowing: Varsity eight came in fourth against George Washington, Navy, and Hobart

Much more impressive than Dartmouth via gocolumbialions.com