2012 October Highlights

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426 640 First-year Kyle Jackson garnered credit for two shutouts and earned a pair of Ivy League Rookie of the Week Awards, Oct. 8 and 15. The Paradise Valley, Ariz. native has won the award three times this season. 207144864 Columbia University Athletics/Gene Boyars

426 640 The Columbia men's soccer team went 1-1-2 in Ivy League play during the month of October. The Lions defeated Penn on the road and then played Princeton to a 0-0 tie at the Columbia Soccer Stadium. 207144934 Columbia University Athletics/Gene Boyars

426 640 Columbia posted wins over Dartmouth, Cornell and Brown. The Lions currently lead the Ivy League and rank 34th in the nation avg. 2.64 kills/set. 207144852 Columbia University Athletics/Gene Boyars

426 640 Senior outside hitter Megan Gaughn was named the Ivy League Co-Player of the Week on Oct. 22 after becoming the first-ever Columbia volleyball player to reach the 1,000-kill, 1,000-dig mark. 207129865 Columbia University Athletics/Gene Boyars

426 640 Columbia celebrates following the game winning touchdown from S.Brackett to M.Garrett defeating Yale, 26-22 207136460 Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

426 640 Senior LB Mike Waller was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week after a clutch performance vs Yale. He stripped Yale's T. Varga to give the Lions the ball at their own 41-yard line with 2:05. Columbia went on to win 26-22. 206086066 Columbia University Athletics/Gene Boyars
426 640 Beverly Leon and Coleen Rizzo continued to pace the Columbia women's soccer team on the offensive end of the field. Rizzo found the back of the net on three occasions in the month of October, while Leon scored twice. The duo has accounted for 12 of Columbia's 16 goals this season. The highlight win of the month came over NJIT, a contest in which both players scored to lead Columbia to a 2-0 victory. 207144929 Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

426 640 Men's XC Earned Top 10 National Ranking on Oct. 16 after defeating 14 ranked opponents at the Wisconsin Invitational 207144851 Columbia University Athletics/Gene Boyars

426 640 Senior Leighton Spencer finished 3rd at Heps earning First-Team All-Ivy League Honors 207135986 Columbia University Athletics/Gene Boyars

426 640 The Class of 2013 has posted 14 Ivy League victories in their four seasons, the most by any class in program history. 207125963 Columbia University Athletics

426 640 Senior Paige Simmons led the team with 9 points (3 G, 3 A) in October. She is one assist away from tying the all-time record at Columbia. 206990276 Peter DeSandis

426 640 From Oct. The doubles tandem Max Schnur and Ashok Narayana completed an exceptional run winning five consecutive matches en route to the ITA Northeast Regional Doubles Title. The victory earned the pair a spot in the prestigious USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. 207101451 ITA
426 640 The Columbia women's XC team extended their run as the winner of the Metropolitan Championships marking the 15th straight year the Lions took the 5k title. 207144942 Columbia University Athletics/Gene Boyars

640 483 Senior Mallory Anderson captured an individual title at the Metropolitan Championships with a time of 18:14.99. 207133731 Tony DeSabato

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