The Columbia women’s swimming and diving team will head to Staten Island this Saturday to face Wagner. The Lions, who are currently 0-2 overall, will look for their first win of the season.

Columbia is coming off a loss to Ivy rival Harvard and a third-place finish, with 698 points, at the Harvard Invitational. Rutgers came in second with 863 points and Harvard took the top spot with an overwhelming 1224 points. Wagner also competed in the invitational and took fourth with 288 points.

The last time these two teams met, Columbia defeated Wagner at home 119-83. At that point of the season last year, the Lions had already competed in seven dual meets, with an overall record of 6-1. The Light Blue started the meet on the right foot, winning the 200-yard medley relay, thanks to the relay team consisting of current senior Delghir Urubshurow, junior Mariele Dunn, senior Allison Hobbs, and senior Katie Omstead. Columbia would go on to take the next two events with current junior Abby Reilly winning the 1650-yard freestyle and Dunn winning the 200-yard freestyle. The remainder of the meet was fairly even, although the Lions clearly had the upper hand as they won three of the last five events. There was no diving competition that day.

Last year’s win against Wagner helped propel Columbia to a 7-1 record, keeping its three-meet win streak alive. This weekend’s meet, however, will be an opportunity for the Lions to get a solid win under their belt before facing conference foe Penn next Wednesday. Saturday’s meet will start at 1 p.m. at Wagner.