Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 2:19am
Sydney Johnson’s face said it all. Here he was, a coach who had just broken a nine-game losing streak at the Ivy League’s most storied basketball program, and he knew was about to get grilled. What should have been a celebration was a night of second guessing and would-have-beens.
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 2:18am
Offense was in short supply as the Columbia baseball team scored just six runs and lost all four games at 24th-ranked Pepperdine this weekend. The Lions also lost all four games at Duke last weekend by a combined score of 36-10.
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 2:15am
In its second extended road trip before the start of Ivy League play, the Columbia softball team had more to deal with than just the opposing teams on its schedule.
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 2:12am
What a year it has been for Columbia women’s basketball.
It seems hard to believe that this is the first season ever that the team has hit .500, the first year in the history of the program that the team has not had a negative win-to-loss ratio.
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 2:11am
The Columbia men’s swimming and diving team rebounded from a poor start to finish fourth in this weekend’s Eastern Independent Swimming League championship.
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 2:08am
Coming into Saturday night’s contest at Columbia, Penn’s sophomore point guard Sarah Bucar had made just 12 of 77 three pointers all season. Six Penn players came into the night having made at least 10 on the season, and only Bucar had a percentage below 30 percent, at 15.6 percent.
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 2:06am
Select athletes competed at this weekend’s Last Chance Qualifier in Seattle, Wash. for the opportunity to race at NCAA Championships next week.
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 2:05am
This weekend, the Columbia women’s basketball team (10-18, 7-7 Ivy) faced two squads that it had beaten earlier this season, but came away with only one victory.
Mon, Mar 10, 2008, 12:29am
For a moment, it seemed as if the sporting fates had conspired to gift the Columbia seniors just a few more unexpected minutes of college basketball. And, of all places, they would spend those few minutes on the hallowed court at the Mecca of the Ivy League game, the Palestra in Philadelphia.
Sun, Mar 9, 2008, 10:10pm
With Pertutti shuttered, there is a strange absence of tiramisu in Morningside Heights. But for those who need to get their regular fix of Italy’s crowned dessert, there’s no need to go further than your own kitchen.