sports

Sports Briefly; Archery, Softball, Track & Field, Women's Tennis, and Lacrosse

Softball opens season with four games in Mississippi, track & field competes in the Columbia Last Chance Qualifier at The Armory, lacrosse hosts Brown in first Ivy League game, archery travels to Queens for New York State Indoor Championship, and women's tennis faces Memphis at home.

Sports Briefly; Men's Tennis, Men's Swimming, Women's Swimming, Lacrosse, Women's Tennis

Men's tennis competes in home matches against Fairleigh Dickinson and Army, lacrosse faces off against American in the nation's capital, women's tennis hosts Maryland and Memphis, men's swimming heads to ECAC Championships in Annapolis, and women's swimming heads to Cambridge for the Ivy League Championships.

Sex and sports, a winning combination

This Valentines Day, give a little more thought to sports and sex, it just might surprise you.

Columbia cheer brings more than just pep

Off the court, the Light Blue cheerleaders are training for their fourth trip to the national championships.

Cornell's Ferry presents a three-point threat

Cornell's senior guard Drew Ferry has been a sharpshooter from downtown for the Big Red this season, and as his team's leading scorer, Ferry will be a major obstacle to the Lions' hopes for a win.

Sports Briefly: Men's Tennis, Squash, Wrestling, and Swimming & Diving

Six Columbia sports are seeing action this weekend as the men's tennis team begins its 2012 season, the swimming & diving teams search for continued success, the squash squads head to the Pioneer Valley Invitational, and the Light Blue wrestlers go to Ithaca for the state collegiate championships.

Fencing competing in first dual meets of the season

The Lions will be on the fencing strip all weekend as they compete in dual meets at St. John's and NYU. Leading the Light Blue into action will be freshman Will Spear, who took a gold medal last week in Portland.

Columbia looking to rebound against Big Red

A win against Cornell on Saturday is the primary goal for the Lions after falling to Penn and Princeton in last weekend's two conference-openers.

Light Blue looks for first Ivy League win at home against Cornell

The Lions hope to bounce back from last weekend's conference-opening loss with their first league win on Saturday against the Big Red.

Princeton dominates league, Dartmouth struggles

Princeton sits atop the Ancient Eight whie Cornell and Dartmouth are struggling to keep up