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This weekend will be a battle between historic rivals as the Yale softball team travels to Cambridge, Mass., to face Harvard. The Elis (14-15, 3-5 Ivy) will face the Crimson (19-9, 5-3) in two doubleheaders over the course of the weekend, with both twin bills beginning at 12:30 p.m. The Bulldogs are coming off a »

With two home victories under its belt this week, Yale’s softball team will look to continue its home field success this weekend. The Bulldogs will begin the weekend hosting Columbia on Saturday with a doubleheader starting at 12:30 p.m. and will finish their home series with a doubleheader against Penn on Sunday, also starting at »

On Wednesday, it was back to business for the softball team as the Elis took on Fairfield in a doubleheader one day after Yale’s losses to Cornell. The Bulldogs topped the Stags 5-1 and 8-1. The first game of the day between the Bulldogs and the Stags began as a pitcher’s duel for the early »

On Tuesday, the softball team finally got its chance to play Ivy League rival Cornell in a doubleheader that was postponed after the games slated for Sunday had been rained out. But the games were not worth the wait. After the five-hour drive to Cornell (23-5, 4-0 Ivy), the Elis (10-14, 1-3) eagerly took the »

The softball team on Saturday played its first Ivy League conference games of the season, splitting a doubleheader at Princeton. In their first game of the day, the Elis (10-12, 1-1 Ivy) fought back valiantly for a comeback win after falling behind Princeton (7-11, 2-2 Ivy) in the early innings. Topping Princeton in their first »

Eager to jump out to an early lead in its conference, the baseball team is looking to start Ivy play this weekend with strong performances against Princeton and Cornell. The Bulldogs (4-7, 0-0 Ivy) hope to bounce back after a 4-3 loss to UConn (9-10) on Wednesday. The Elis are hoping to capitalize on the »

Today the men’s baseball team played its first game of the season at Yale Field, and did all it could to muster a come-from-behind win before losing 4-3 to the University of Connecticut. The Elis faced UConn in their last game before Ivy League play begins with Princeton on Saturday, and jumped out to an »

For the Yale men’s and women’s track teams this past weekend, the Heptagonal Championships were a display of the talent the Elis possess. The first day of competition in Cambridge, Mass., was filled with preliminary races and an unfortunate injury for the Bulldogs. After the first day of competition the Elis were in sixth place »

This article has been corrected. You may view this article’s correction here. For the men’s and women’s track teams, Valentine’s Day was less about chocolate roses and more about taking on Ivy League rivals Harvard and Princeton. The men took home a second place finish while the women placed third on Saturday in the Harvard-Yale-Princeton »

Sometimes in sports all you need is a confidence booster to get your team back on a winning streak. The Bulldogs will be looking for their confidence boosters this weekend against two Ivy League rivals. The men’s basketball team (7-11, 2-2 Ivy) heads back on the road this weekend with a trip north to face »

It takes the human eye one-tenth of a second to blink. For Alex Righi ’09, missing the Olympics swimming team by nine-hundredths of a second may have been heartbreaking, but it has only served as more incentive as he decides what his next move is going to be. On Friday and Saturday at the H-Y-P »

For many people, home is where the heart is. For Tom Williams, Yale’s new head football coach, the same can be said about college football. “College football is where my heart is, and I am very excited about coming back,” Williams said at a Master’s Tea in Jonathan Edwards College on Thursday. “I am glad »