In the 56th minute, Columbia had a series of four shots, two of which were on goal and saved by Bellomo. A minute later, Laureano made a shot to the top and Rappole made one to the bottom center, both of which were saved by Nurkin. The second period opened with a yellow card issued to Columbia midfielder Sophia Cavaliere in the 50th minute. “Yale is a great team that made opportunities of their own.” “I thought this was a great team effort,” head coach Tracey Bartholomew said to Columbia Athletics. Six seconds later, defender Ava Zlatchin made another attempt on goal to end the half that went out top. In the 36th minute, Winkler made a shot out right, and in the 43rd minute Columbia forward Blake Turner fired to bottom center but was saved by Bellomo. Four minutes later, Ramirez followed with a shot of her own that went out top right. In the 29th minute, midfielder Chloe Laureano ’24 fired a shot that went out top.
Yale brought in midfielder Rebeka Róth ’25, forward Tina Teik ’25 and midfielder Ellie Rappole ’25. In the next 15 minutes, a series of substitutions were made for both teams. Less than three minutes later, defender Ania Prussak sent a ball to forward Shira Cohen and charged Yale’s net from the midfield, sneaking a shot into the bottom right corner of the net. In the 10th minute, Bellomo saved a shot to the bottom right by Ramirez. The game began with a shot by midfielder Tanner Cahalan ’25 in the second minute, which was saved by Nurkin. Yale goalie Maya Bellomo ’24 also made five saves over the course of the game. Yale made many attempts on goal, yet Nurkin made eight saves, only failing to save a shot by forward Ellery Winkler ’23. The Bulldogs, looking for their second Ivy win, were unable to defend against Columbia’s three goals. The Columbia women’s soccer team is led by forward Nata Ramirez, who has scored seven goals and made 11 assists this season, and goalie Paige Nurkin, who has an 0.85 saves per shot average.
25, which was followed by a 2–0 loss to Brown on Oct. The Lions opened Ivy conference play with a 1–0 loss to Cornell on Sept. “I thought in the second half we played some of our best soccer to date.”Ĭolumbia entered the matchup after a 3–2 win against Dartmouth and a 1–0 loss in double overtime to Princeton the week prior. “Columbia was another example of us giving up goals against the run of play and not capitalizing when we have momentum,” head coach Sarah Martinez said.
Yale outshot Columbia 14–13 and had a 4–1 edge in corners but was unable to convert the goals necessary to clinch a victory against the Lions. Commisso Stadium in New York City for both teams’ penultimate Ivy matchup of the season.
Francis College in a Wednesday night home game. The Yale women’s soccer team fell 3–1 to Columbia last Saturday afternoon and will be hoping to bounce back in its next game against St.