Such concentration…

Hope you enjoyed your weekend! Sports Editor Abby Rubel tears herself away from the Calvin Trillin books she bought this weekend to bring you the latest from Columbia Athletics.

Baseball: Columbia (9-19, 5-4 Ivy) fell to fourth place in the Ivy rankings this weekend, going 1-2 against Dartmouth (7-14-1, 3-2-1 Ivy). On Saturday, the Lions lost 5-4. The Big Green scored their five runs early—one in the first inning and four in the second—to take a 5-1 lead into the third. Columbia scored twice in the fourth and once in the seventh, but couldn’t take the lead. Sunday’s first game was a tough 10-4 loss, including a seven-run Dartmouth rally in the third thanks to a poor throw home from pitcher Ben Wereski. But the Lions came back in the afternoon to win 12-3. Two home runs from junior Chandler Bengston, a three-run homer in the sixth and another in the eighth, put the game away for the Lions.

Men’s Tennis: The Lions won both matches this weekend, beating Penn 4-2 on Friday and Princeton 4-0 on Sunday. Columbia beat Penn in all three doubles matches and three singles matches to clinch the victory, although first-years Jack Lin and Rian Pandole lost their matches for the Lions’ only losses of the weekend. Columbia dominated Princeton on Sunday, winning two out of three doubles matches and three singles matches to clinch the victory. (All the other matches were unfinished.) Columbia remains tied with Harvard at the top of the Ivy League charts; both teams are undefeated.

Women’s Tennis: Columbia split the weekend’s matches, winning 4-3 against Penn but losing 6-1 at Princeton. The Lions lost two of three doubles matches, but made up for that with four singles victories, including a three-set win from junior Sarah Hu. Both Columbia and Princeton were undefeated going into Sunday’s match, but the Tigers quickly pulled ahead, winning two doubles matches (the third was unfinished) and all but one singles match. The Light Blue’s only win came from first-year Jennifer Kerr.

Women’s Golf: currently in second place at the Picciotto Invite
Men’s Golf: 10th out of 12 teams at the Princeton Invitational
Men’s Lightweight Rowing: beat Navy in WIT Cup, beat Georgetown, lost to Harvard at Boston
Men’s Heavyweight Rowing: lost to Penn and Princeton in Childs Cup
Softball: lost 5-4, won 6-1, lost 3-1 against Harvard
Women’s Rowing: fourth place in Ivy League Invite
Lacrosse: won 12-10 at Yale

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