Fri, Mar 2, 2007, 12:00am
This weekend, the Columbia softball team will play five games in three days at the Florida Atlantic Miken Classic in Boca Raton, Fla. These games will be the first tests for a relatively young team, especially the pitching staff, which could potentially feature a sophomore and four freshmen.
Fri, Mar 2, 2007, 12:00am
When the Lions take on the Saint Mary's College Gaels this weekend in Moraga, Calif., they will be facing a team that has already been through spring training.
Fri, Mar 2, 2007, 12:00am
In its first tournament since capturing the Ivy League championship last weekend, the Columbia fencing team travels to the nation's oldest collegiate fencing competition, the Intercollegiate Fencing Association Championships.
Fri, Mar 2, 2007, 12:00am
Columbia lacrosse (1-1) returns home from its first road trip of the season with a 16-7 win over Wagner (0-1), its first of 2007. It was not a long trip-just a ferry ride over to Staten Island-but the first win of the season goes a long way in assuring the team of its direction.
Fri, Mar 2, 2007, 12:00am
After a three-week break, women's tennis resumes its season this Friday against Army, a team the Lions dispatched swiftly 7-0 last season. The Lions look to extend their present winning streak to three games and bring their record to 3-2.
Fri, Mar 2, 2007, 12:00am
Columbia softball is seeking consistency in 2007. After starting out last season with a strong non-conference record, the Lions struggled in Ivy League play, and they realize that strong senior leadership mixed with young talent can lead to success this year.
Fri, Mar 2, 2007, 12:00am
With coaches for parents, it was expected that Kim and Kacy Krisman be involved in sports from an early age. But since the age of nine, it was clear the twins excelled most at softball, and by the next year they were traveling to tournaments in the summer and fall as part of a club team.
Fri, Mar 2, 2007, 12:00am
Last year, head coach Brett Boretti made only one definite promise at the start of the season: that the Columbia baseball team would be the hardest-working team in the Ivy League. And in his second year at the helm, Boretti sees no reason to change that outlook.
Fri, Mar 2, 2007, 12:00am
In a training room within the recesses of Dodge Fitness Center lies a community bin containing a small five-pound weight. Worn out with use, it is imprinted with the number 19, the mark of its rightful owner.
Fri, Mar 2, 2007, 12:00am
When his teammates on the Columbia baseball team elected senior outfielder Andrew Ward captain at the start of 2007, it was certainly a well-deserved recognition for a player who has been through his fair share of ups and downs at Columbia.
