September/October 2010
Around the Quads
Roar, Lion, Roar
FOOTBALL: Columbia’s football team will play the first of six home games when it opens the 2010 season against Fordham in the annual Liberty Cup game on Saturday, September 18, on Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium.
Columbia starts its 10-game season with four home games. After Fordham, the Lions will face Towson in another non-league game before opening their Ivy League schedule against Princeton on Saturday, October 2. After hosting Lafayette in their final non-league game and traveling to Philadelphia to play Penn, the Lions will play Dartmouth at Homecoming on Saturday, October 23.
Following is the complete 2010 varsity football schedule, with home games capitalized. All games are on Saturdays.
| September 18 | FORDHAM | 12:30 p.m. |
| September 25 | TOWSON | 12:30 p.m. |
| October 2 | PRINCETON | 12:30 p.m. |
| October 9 | LAFAYETTE | 12:30 p.m. |
| October 16 | at Penn | 12:00 p.m. |
| October 23 | DARTMOUTH | 12:30 p.m. |
| October 30 | at Yale | 12:00 p.m. |
| November 6 | at Harvard | 12:00 p.m. |
| November 13 | CORNELL | 12:30 p.m. |
| November 20 | at Brown | 12:30 p.m. |
For tickets or further information, visit www.gocolumbialions.com/tickets or call 888-LIONS-11. Season tickets start at $54 for the six-game home schedule.
FENCING: Columbia fencers past and present fared well at the U.S. Summer Nationals, held in Atlanta in July.
Emily Jacobson ’08, Sammy Roberts ’12E and Daria Schneider ’10 finished first, second and fifth, respectively, in the senior women’s sabre competition, while James Williams ’07 and Jeff Spear ’10 were fifth and sixth, respectively, in senior men’s sabre. Nicole Ross ’11 was second in senior women’s foil, Nzingha Prescod ’14 was first and Lydia Kopecky ’13 was third in under-19 women’s epee, and Magnus Ferguson ’14 was sixth in under-19 men’s epee.