The Columbia women’s soccer team seeks its third Ivy League win of the year when it travels to Dartmouth on Saturday. Last weekend, the Lions fought Princeton to a scoreless draw.

Columbia (6-5-3, 2-1-1 Ivy) must regain its potency on the offensive end in order to beat Dartmouth. The Lions won all five games in which they scored multiple goals this season, but they only overtook Cornell with a one-goal performance.

Columbia had a chance to beat Princeton in the second overtime of their matchup, but officials called back a goal by freshman midfielder Cat Rawls due to an offside. As a result of its fast-paced attack, Columbia has been called offside 27 times this year.

Head coach Kevin McCarthy is not concerned about Columbia’s positioning on the field, expecting that aggressiveness on the offensive end will lead to some offside calls. While he described the offside at Princeton as “unfortunate,” McCarthy did not feel that Columbia could have prevented its occurrence.

“It was not a tactical offsides maneuver pulled by the Princeton defense,” he said. “It’s just, that’s how the run of play occurred.”

Columbia is currently in third place in the conference standings and cannot afford to fall lower in the chase for the Ivy title. Harvard has won all four of its league matchups, while Yale is in second place with three conference wins.

Dartmouth (7-6-0, 2-2-0 Ivy) began Ivy play with two victories but fell to fourth place after losing its next two league games. On Tuesday, the Big Green cruised to a 3-0 win over Vermont in a nonconference matchup.

Senior midfielders Myra Sack and Becky Poskin and junior forward Peyton Tata all scored for Dartmouth in that game and could challenge the Columbia defense on Saturday. The Lions must also focus on containing sophomore forward Aly O’Dea, who leads the Big Green with five goals.

Unlike Dartmouth, Columbia has not competed since last weekend. The Lions have taken advantage of their schedule, using the time to rest while also preparing for their bout with the Big Green.

“We have done a lot of technical work, a lot of finishing, really making sure that we’re going to be sharp and ready to go for the game,” senior forward Sophie Reiser said. “We’ve worked hard, but we’ve also been smart. We know that a lot of the other [Ivy] teams have had a lot of games this week, so we’ve really taken the opportunity to recover from last week and make sure that we’re focused.”

Columbia continues to pursue the Ivy championship with confidence.

“We still have a very legitimate possibility,” McCarthy said. “Fate has a way of working out.”