2025–26 Columbia Lions women's basketball team

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

2025–26 Columbia Lions women's basketball
WBIT Champions
Conference	Ivy League
Record	25–8 (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
Princeton †	12	–	2		.857			26	–	4		.867
Columbia	11	–	3		.786			25	–	8		.758
Harvard	10	–	4		.714			20	–	12		.625
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

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

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:

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	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	W 69–56	17–6 (8–2)	21 – Weiss	10 – Rafiu	7 – Henderson	Levien Gymnasium (1,612) New York, NY
February 21, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Dartmouth	W 81–42	18–6 (9–2)	20 – Weiss	7 – Rafiu	7 – Broom	Leede Arena  Hanover, NH
February 27, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Yale	W 68–47	19–6 (10–2)	26 – Weiss	7 – Broom	4 – Tied	John J. Lee Amphitheater (447) New Haven, CT
February 28, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Brown	W 59–56	20–6 (11–2)	19 – Weiss	10 – Page	3 – Henderson	Pizzitola Sports Center (354) Providence, RI
March 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Harvard	L 64–68	20–7 (11-3)	25 – Page	8 – Page	5 – Henderson	Levien Gymnasium (2,647) New York, NY
Ivy League tournament
March 13, 2026 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	vs. (3) Harvard Semifinals	L 65–67 OT	20–8	25 – Weiss	7 – Page	6 – Broom	Newman Arena (788) Ithaca, NY
WBIT
March 19, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(4)	St. John's First Round	W 74–26	21–8	22 – Weiss	10 – Simmons	6 – Broom	Levien Gymnasium (714) New York, NY
March 22, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(4)	at (1) North Dakota State Second Round	W 86–57	22–8	26 – Broom	8 – Broom	6 – Broom	Scheels Center (1,769) Fargo, ND
March 26, 2026 10:00 p.m., ESPN+	(4)	at (3) California Quarterfinals	W 74–68	23–8	24 – Page	9 – Rafiu	4 – Broom	Haas Pavilion (1,113) Berkeley, CA
March 30, 2026 2:30 p.m., ESPNU	(4)	vs. (3) Wisconsin Semifinals	W 67–50	24–8	21 – Weiss	9 – Tied	5 – Broom	Charles Koch Arena (13) Wichita, KS
April 1, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	(4)	vs. (1) BYU Championship	W 81–64	25–8	23 – Broom	9 – Feldrappe	4 – Broom	Charles Koch Arena (1,871) Wichita, KS
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Sources:

Rankings

See also: 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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

See also

• 2025–26 Columbia Lions men's basketball team