2025–26 Columbia Lions women's basketball team

2025–26 Columbia Lions women's basketball
2025–26 Columbia Lions women's basketball
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Conference	Ivy League
Record	20–8 (11–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Megan Griffith (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Tyler Cordell; Allie Bassetti; Kizmahr Grell;
Home arena	Levien Gymnasium

2025–26 Ivy League women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 23 Princeton †	12	–	2	.857	26	–	3	.897
Columbia	11	–	3	.786	21	–	8	.724
Harvard	10	–	4	.714	19	–	11	.633
Brown	8	–	6	.571	16	–	11	.593
Penn	7	–	7	.500	17	–	10	.630
Cornell	4	–	10	.286	9	–	18	.333
Yale	3	–	11	.214	7	–	20	.259
Dartmouth	1	–	13	.071	10	–	17	.370

† 2026 Ivy League tournament winner As of March 19, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Columbia Lions women's basketball team currently represents Columbia University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by tenth-year head coach Megan Griffith, play their home games at Levien Gymnasium in New York City as members of the Ivy League.

Previous season

The Lions finished the 2024–25 season 24–7 and 13–1 in Ivy League play, earning them a bid to the Ivy League tournament as the No. 1 seed. They beat No. 4 Penn in the semifinal game before losing to No. 3 Harvard 71–74 in the championship game.

For the second year in a row and the second time in program history, the Lions earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 11 seed in the Birmingham Regional 2, they earned their first ever tournament victory with a 63–60 win over Washington in the First Four before losing to No. 6 West Virginia in the first round.

Offseason

Departures

Columbia Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Cecelia Collins	3	G	6'0"	Senior	Scranton, PA	Graduated
Kitty Henderson	10	G	5'10"	Senior	North Curl Curl, Australia	Graduated
Emily Montes	30	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Miami, FL	TBD^[a]

Incoming transfers

Columbia Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Hilke Feldrappe	23	F	6'3"	Junior	Berlin, Germany	Missouri

Recruiting class

There was no recruiting class for the class of 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Columbia Lions women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Susie Rafiu	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Copleston High School	Ipswich, England
G/F	1	Perri Page	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Chartiers Valley High School	Pittsburgh, PA
F	2	Alicia Mitchell	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Loomis Chaffee School	Springfield, MA
F	3	Eirny Erinugha	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Notre Dame High School	Calgary, Alberta
G	4	Fliss Henderson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	St Luke's Grammar School	North Curl Curl, Australia
G	5	Mia Broom	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Lakeside School	Seattle, WA
G	7	Vasiliki Cholopoulou	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Fryganiotis Schools	Kozani, Greece
G	11	Nasi Simmons	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Noble and Greenough School	Brockton, MA
G	12	Marija Avlijas	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	ŽKK Art Basket Ole Miss	Belgrade, Serbia
G/F	15	María Arrebola	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	IES Emilio Prados	Almería, Spain
F/C	21	Marta Jaama	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Tallinn Arte Gymnasium	Tallinn, Estonia
G	22	Shay Shippen	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Skyline High School	Idaho Falls, ID
F	23	Hilke Feldrappe	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Schul- und Leistungssportzentrum Berlin Missouri	Berlin, Germany
G	24	Riley Weiss	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	George W. Hewlett High School (NY) North Broward Prep (FL)	Hewlett, NY
G/F	42	Blau Tor	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	INS Joaquim Blume	Barcelona, Spain

Head coach

Megan Griffith (Columbia)

Assistant coach(es)

Tyler Cordell (Ohio Wesleyan)
Allie Bassetti (Rowan)
Kizmahr Grell (Dickinson)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 7, 2025

Notes:

^ Montes originally appeared on the Lions roster for the 2025–26 season, but no longer appears as of December 2025.

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Butler	W 74–69 ^OT	1–0	27 – Weiss	10 – Page	4 – Henderson	Hinkle Fieldhouse (893) Indianapolis, IN
November 9, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Ohio	W 92–74	2–0	18 – Weiss	10 – Broom	5 – Tied	Convocation Center (565) Athens, OH
November 15, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Richmond	L 67–77	2–1	16 – Weiss	10 – Rafiu	4 – Henderson	Levien Gymnasium (1,542) New York, NY
November 20, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Saint Joseph's	L 48–66	2–2	14 – Rafiu	6 – Henderson	3 – Tied	Levien Gymnasium (2,511) New York, NY
November 24, 2025* 7:00 p.m., SNY	Binghamton	W 73–60	3–2	14 – Rafiu	9 – Page	6 – Avlijas	Levien Gymnasium (735) New York, NY
November 27, 2025* 1:30 p.m., FloCollege	vs. Kansas State Cancún Challenge Yucatan Tournament	L 92–95	3–3	30 – Weiss	7 – Rafiu	6 – Avlijas	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (–) Riviera Maya, Mexico
November 28, 2025* 1:30 p.m., FloCollege	vs. South Dakota State Cancún Challenge Yucatan Tournament	W 80–67	4–3	31 – Weiss	6 – Rafiu	3 – Tied	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (200) Riviera Maya, Mexico
November 29, 2025* 1:30 p.m., FloCollege	vs. No. 12/10 North Carolina Cancún Challenge Yucatan Tournament	L 63–80	4–4	21 – Weiss	8 – Tied	5 – Henderson	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (–) Riviera Maya, Mexico
December 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Manhattan	W 84–38	5–4	15 – Page	10 – Rafiu	4 – Tied	Draddy Gymnasium (352) Riverdale, NY
December 6, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Wagner	W 82–42	6–4	16 – Weiss	8 – Henderson	6 – Henderson	Levien Gymnasium (704) New York, NY
December 9, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Seton Hall	W 54–53	7–4	15 – Page	10 – Page	3 – Tied	Walsh Gymnasium (1,195) South Orange, NJ
December 20, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	UTSA	W 70–65	8–4	21 – Avlijas	11 – Henderson	5 – Rafiu	Levien Gymnasium (722) New York, NY
December 29, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Florida Gulf Coast	W 63–44	9–4	24 – Weiss	7 – Rafiu	4 – Tied	Alico Arena (1,297) Fort Myers, FL
Ivy League regular season
January 3, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cornell	L 60–67	9–5 (0–1)	24 – Page	16 – Henderson	6 – Henderson	Levien Gymnasium (1,026) New York, NY
January 10, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Harvard	W 58–55	10–5 (1–1)	24 – Page	12 – Page	6 – Henderson	Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Cambridge, MA
January 17, 2026 2:00 p.m., SNY	Yale	W 85−58	11−5 (2–1)	22 – Weiss	8 – Page	5 – Avlijas	Levien Gymnasium (1,176) New York, NY
January 19, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Brown	W 68−52	12−5 (3–1)	15 – Weiss	13 – Henderson	6 – Henderson	Levien Gymnasium (1,605) New York, NY
January 24, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Dartmouth	W 79–69	13–5 (4–1)	29 – Noland	10 – Noland	4 – Sanders	Levien Gymnasium (1,264) New York, NY
January 30, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	at No. 19 Princeton	W 73–67	14–5 (5–1)	23 – Page	9 – Henderson	5 – Page	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,424) Princeton, NJ
January 31, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Penn	L 55–64	14–6 (5–2)	23 – Weiss	7 – Tied	4 – Henderson	The Palestra (762) Philadelphia, PA
February 7, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Cornell	W 80–55	15–6 (6–2)	38 – Weiss	6 – Tied	6 – Broom	Newman Arena (247) Ithaca, NY
February 13, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 24 Princeton	W 70–56	16–6 (7–2)	25 – Page	12 – Henderson	3 – Tied	Levien Gymnasium (2,014) New York, NY
February 14, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Penn						Levien Gymnasium New York, NY
February 21, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Dartmouth						Leede Arena Hanover, NH
February 27, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Yale						John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
February 28, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Brown						Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI
March 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Harvard						Levien Gymnasium New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Sources:^[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV

Footnotes

References

^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Columbia University Athletics.

[1] Montes originally appeared on the Lions roster for the 2025–26 season, but no longer appears as of December 2025.

[2] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Columbia University Athletics.

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