2021–22 Columbia Lions women's basketball team

2021–22 Columbia Lions women's basketball
2021–22 Columbia Lions women's basketball
WNIT Quarterfinals vs. Seton Hall, L 75–78
Conference	Ivy League
Record	25–7 (12–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Megan Griffith (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Tyler Cordell; Greg Rosnick; Cy Lippold;
Home arena	Levien Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 2019–20 2022–23 →

2021–22 Ivy League women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 25 Princeton †	14	–	0	1.000	25	–	5	.833
Columbia	12	–	2	.857	25	–	7	.781
Yale	9	–	5	.643	16	–	11	.593
Harvard	7	–	7	.500	13	–	14	.481
Penn	7	–	7	.500	12	–	14	.462
Cornell	4	–	10	.286	9	–	16	.360
Dartmouth	2	–	12	.143	3	–	23	.115
Brown	1	–	13	.071	6	–	20	.231


† 2022 Ivy League tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 Columbia Lions women's basketball team represented Columbia University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by sixth-year head coach Megan Griffith, played their home games at Levien Gymnasium and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 25–7, 12–2 in Ivy League play to finish in second place behind Princeton.^[1] They advanced to the Ivy League women's tournament finals but lost to Princeton 59–77.^[2] The Lions accepted a bid to play in the 2022 WNIT^[3] and made it to the quarterfinals, losing to Seton Hall 75–78.^[4] This was the first time an Ivy League team reached the WNIT quarterfinals.^[5]

Previous season

The 2020-21 Ivy League season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6] In the 2019–20, the Lions finished the season 17–10, 8–6 in Ivy League play to finish in fourth place.^[7] They qualified for the 2020 Ivy League women's basketball tournament, but the tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Roster

2021–22 Columbia Lions women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Madison Hardy	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Our Lady of Good Counsel	Gaithersburg, MD
G	3	Eden Gainer	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Wheeling Central Catholic	Wheeling, WV
G/F	4	Kaitlyn Davis	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Greenwich Academy	Norwalk, CT
G	5	Jaida Patrick	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Saddle River Day School	West Haverstraw, NY
G	10	Kitty Henderson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	St Luke's Grammar School	North Curl Curl, NSW
F	11	Mary Lobon	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Caxton College	Valencia, Spain
F	12	Hannah Pratt	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Boca Raton	Boca Raton, FL
G	13	Mikayla Markham	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	St. Rose	Manasquan, NJ
G	15	Carly Rivera	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Jr	St. John's College High School	Arlington, VA
G/F	20	Sienna Durr	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Grinnell	Grinnell, IA
G	21	Nicole Stephens	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Pickerington Central	Pickerington, OH
G/F	23	Lilian Kennedy	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Mountain View	Buford, GA
F/C	33	Noa Comesaña	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	IES de Beade	Vigo, Spain
G/F	34	Paige Lauder	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Villa Maria Academy	Malvern, PA
G	35	Abbey Hsu	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Marjorie Stoneman Douglas St. Thomas Aquinas High School	Parkland, FL

Head coach

Megan Griffith (Columbia)

Assistant coach(es)

Tyler Cordell (Ohio Wesleyan)
Greg Rosnick (Haverford)
Cy Lippold (Dartmouth)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: March 9, 2023

2021-22 Ivy Awards and Recognition

Kaitlyn Davis – First Team All-Ivy
Abbey Hsu – Second Team All-Ivy
Carly Rivera – Academic All-Ivy

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Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 31, 2021* 1:00 pm		NYU	W 89–55		Levien Gymnasium (222) New York, NY
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021* 7:00 pm		Hampton	W 78–56	1–0	Levien Gymnasium (412) New York, NY
November 12, 2021* 7:00 pm		at Davidson	W 87–78	2–0	John M. Belk Arena (547) Davidson, NC
November 14, 2021* 12:00 pm		at Clemson	W 82–78	3–0	Littlejohn Coliseum (545) Clamson, SC
November 18, 2021* 6:00 pm		at Lafayette	W 72–59	4–0	Kirby Sports Center (448) Easton, PA
November 21, 2021* 2:00 pm		at Georgetown	W 66–56 ^2OT	5–0	McDonough Arena (303) Washington, D.C.
November 24, 2021* 1:00 pm		Stony Brook	L 82–91	5–1	Levien Gymnasium (373) New York, NY
November 27, 2021* 3:30 pm		vs. Mizzou Christmas City Classic	L 80–87	5–2	Stabler Arena (576) Bethlehem, PA
November 28, 2021* 2:30 pm		vs. Rider Christmas City Classic	W 63–60	6–2	Stabler Arena (148) Bethlehem, PA
December 2, 2021* 7:00 pm		Delaware	W 73–67	7–2	Levien Gymnasium (532) New York, NY
December 5, 2021* 2:00 pm		at Marist	W 78–49	8–2	McCann Arena (1,157) Poughkeepsie, NY
December 11, 2021* 2:00 pm		Massachusetts	L 75–87	8–3	Levien Gymnasium (676) New York, NY
December 13, 2021* 5:00 pm		LIU	W 65–55	9–3	Levien Gymnasium (355) New York, NY
December 28, 2021* 2:00 pm		Hofstra	Cancelled		Levien Gymnasium New York, NY
Ivy League regular season
January 2, 2022 1:00 pm		Yale	W 65–55	10–3 (1–0)	Levien Gymnasium New York, NY
January 15, 2022 2:00 pm		at Harvard	W 72–64	11–3 (2–0)	Lavietes Pavilion (130) Cambridge, MA
January 20, 2022 5:00 pm		Cornell	W 57–46	12–3 (3–0)	Levien Gymnasium New York, NY
January 22, 2022 2:00 pm		at Brown	W 60–52	13–3 (4–0)	Pizzitola Sports Center (194) Providence, RI
January 26, 2022 6:00 pm		Penn	W 61–56	14–3 (5–0)	Levien Gymnasium (105) New York, NY
January 29, 2022 2:00 pm		at Dartmouth	W 65–46	15–3 (6–0)	Leede Arena (62) Hanover, NH
February 4, 2022 6:00 pm		at Penn	W 66–57	16–3 (7–0)	The Palestra (192) Philadelphia, PA
February 5, 2022 5:00 pm		at Princeton	L 39–57	16–4 (7–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (906) Princeton, NJ
February 12, 2022 2:00 pm		at Yale	W 65–57	17–4 (8–1)	John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
February 18, 2022 7:00 pm		Yale Play4Kay Game	W 74–70	18–4 (9–1)	Levien Gymnasium (1,023) New York, NY
February 17, 2022 5:00 pm		Dartmouth Pride Game	W 66–42	19–4 (10–1)	Levien Gymnasium (918) New York, NY
February 23, 2022 5:00 pm		Princeton	L 53–73	19–5 (10–2)	Levien Gymnasium (1,913) New York, NY
February 26, 2022 2:00 pm		Brown	W 85–56	20–5 (11–2)	Levien Gymnasium (717) New York, NY
March 4, 2022 6:00 pm		Cornell	W 70–57	21–5 (12–2)	Newman Arena Ithaca, NY
Ivy League Tournament
March 11, 2022 7:30 pm, ESPN+	(2)	vs. (3) Yale Semifinals	W 67–38	22–5	Lavietes Pavilion (771) Cambridge, MA
March 12, 2022 5:00 pm, ESPN+	(2)	vs. (1) No. 24 Princeton Championship Game	L 59–77	22–6	Lavietes Pavilion (925) Cambridge, MA
WNIT
March 16, 2022* 7:00 pm		Holy Cross First Round	W 80–69	23–6	Levien Gymnasium (512) New York, NY
March 20, 2022* 2:00 pm		at Old Dominion Second Round	W 62–59	24–6	Chartway Arena (493) Norfolk, VA
March 24, 2022* 7:00 pm		Boston College Third Round	W 54–51	25–6	Levien Gymnasium (1,075) New York, NY
March 28, 2022* 8:00 pm		Seton Hall Quarterfinals	L 75–78	25–7	Levien Gymnasium (2,072) New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Standings". Ivyleague.com. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^ Franco, Kyle. "Princeton women's basketball books NCAA Tournament ticket with perfect Ivy League championship". The Trentonian. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
^ "Columbia Accepts Bid to WNIT". Gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^ "WNIT Quarterfinals - Seton Hall vs. Columbia". Womensnit.com. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^ "Columbia to Face Bowling Green Wednesday in the WNIT Semifinals". Gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
^ Norlander, Matt. "Ivy League cancels basketball season for 2020-21 as part of ban on winter sports due to COVID-19". CBS Sports. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^ "2019-20 Women's Basketball Standings". Ivyleague.com. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^ "Ivy League Reveals Women's Basketball Award Winners and All-Ivy Teams for 2021-22 Season". Ivyleague.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". Gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[1] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Standings". Ivyleague.com. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[2] Franco, Kyle. "Princeton women's basketball books NCAA Tournament ticket with perfect Ivy League championship". The Trentonian. Retrieved February 26, 2023.

[3] "Columbia Accepts Bid to WNIT". Gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[4] "WNIT Quarterfinals - Seton Hall vs. Columbia". Womensnit.com. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[5] "Columbia to Face Bowling Green Wednesday in the WNIT Semifinals". Gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved March 28, 2023.

[6] Norlander, Matt. "Ivy League cancels basketball season for 2020-21 as part of ban on winter sports due to COVID-19". CBS Sports. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[7] "2019-20 Women's Basketball Standings". Ivyleague.com. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[8] "Ivy League Reveals Women's Basketball Award Winners and All-Ivy Teams for 2021-22 Season". Ivyleague.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[9] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". Gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

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