Lions to Play Sunday for the First Founders' Cup!
Dear Columbia Men’s Lacrosse alumni and friends,
Thank you again for your support of our team! Make It 8 is proud to announce the final games of the 2023 Ivy Club Lacrosse Championship and your Lions will be in them! Columbia will take on Penn in the second of the day's semifinals at 1:30 PM Sunday, November 12th at Connecticut Sportsplex in North Branford, CT. Fans are welcome and we encourage you to come out and support the team as they try to become the first winner of the Make It 8 Founders' Cup!
Later on captain Jake Bernstein '24 extended the Lions' lead with this laser from 15 yards out to the top corner!
The Lions finished off an 8-4 win with an outstanding defensive effort that kept the Bulldogs to the outside and allowed few good shots! Goaltender Mike Yang '24 was there to stop those that got to the cage!
After a one hour break the Lions picked up right where they left off with a stout defensive effort that controlled the tempo against crosstown rival NYU! By halftime Columbia had built a 5-1 lead to which Kieran Gunn added with this amazing run off a second-half faceoff!
The Lions went on to an 8-2 triumph in the 2023 Battle of Manhattan, easily avenging last year's overtime defeat!
With the doubleheader sweep the Lions are now 3-4 on the season and have defended home turf well with a perfect 3-0 record! They now await the winner of the Princeton-Penn game, to be played tomorrow night in Philadelphia, as their opponent in the semifinals of the Ivy Club Lacrosse Championship presented by Make It 8! The semifinal game will be played either next weekend or the following weekend depending on which potential opponent advances.
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Make It 8 is proud to promote competition among the Ivy lacrosse programs, varsity or club, and the old city rivals who have enriched the games for our program over the years! We stand committed to making another tournament, one broadcast on ESPN the first weekend of May, an event hosted by a home team in New York City. Perhaps one in which the Make It 8 Founders' Cup (front on the left, back on the right below) is awarded to the best of eight Ivy teams. Donate here: Make It 8 2023 Season Campaign
Thank you again for your support!
Sincerely,
The Make It 8 Board
