Author Archives: Kevin Kucharski

It’s back to the west coast for the volleyball team this weekend. The Elis will travel to San Diego to take on UC Santa Barbara (6–5), No. 16 San Diego (5–2) and Fresno St. (5–4) as part of the San Diego Tournament. The Bulldogs (3–2) finished their season in California last year, where they fell »

After two weeks of nonconference play, the volleyball team has made it clear that it does not go down without a fight. In their second consecutive weekend of tournament play in the John J. Lee Ampitheater, the Bulldogs (3–2) rallied from behind to top Villanova on Friday and issued the weekend’s toughest challenge to Northwestern »

It’s going to be cats versus dogs in the John J. Lee Amphitheater this weekend. After a strong start in last week’s Yale Classic, the volleyball team (2–1) hopes to maintain its momentum when it faces Wildcat foes from both Villanova and Northwestern in this weekend’s Yale Invitational. The team will use the matchups against »

Behind All-Tournament Team performances from Kendall Polan ’14 and Kelly Johnson ’16, the volleyball team got its season off to an excellent start this weekend in the Yale Classic and finished with the second-best record in a field of four teams. The Bulldogs (2–1) beat Stony Brook and American in straight sets and fell at »

For the past four years, coming to New Haven to take on the Yale volleyball team has been a daunting task for squads across the country. The Bulldogs have gone 41–4 in the John J. Lee Amphitheater over that span en route to three Ivy titles and two NCAA tournament berths. The team will try »

For the second time in three seasons, the volleyball team will begin its schedule with just one senior on the roster, captain Haley Wessels ’13. The 2010 team was captained by its only senior, Kelly Ozurovich ’11, and finished in a tie with Penn as Ivy League champions. Like that team, this year’s squad will »

Within the span of five days last week, men’s hockey captain Brian O’Neill ’12 shut the door on a storied Yale career and took a big first step in moving onto a new hockey challenge. O’Neill’s collegiate career ended with the Bulldogs’ loss to Harvard in the quarterfinals of the ECAC tournament on Sunday. But »

Postseason play is over for the men’s hockey team this season after a shocking 8–2 loss to rival Harvard in Game 3 of the ECAC quarterfinals on March 11. The Bulldogs (16–16–3, 10–10–2 ECAC) fell to Harvard (13–10–11, 8–5–9) in three games and squandered their only chance at a spot in the NCAA tournament. Because »

The men’s hockey team’s season came to a disappointing end Sunday night as archrival Harvard (12–9–11, 8–5–9 ECAC) delivered a 8–2 loss to the Elis. The win gave Harvard a 2–1 series win over Yale in the best-of-three ECAC quarterfinals. The Cantabs will travel next weekend to Atlantic City, NJ for a semifinal matchup against »

An unlikely pair of forwards lifted the men’s hockey team to a huge victory over Princeton (9–16–7, 6–12–4 ECAC) in the deciding game of the Elis’ opening series of the ECAC playoffs. Antoine Laganiere ’13 and Anthony Day ’15 combined for five goals to lead the Yale offense to a 7–3 win over Princeton and »

For the seniors on the men’s hockey team, ‘firsts’ are few and far between. The group has been to three NCAA tournaments, reached the national quarterfinals twice and won two ECAC titles. But this weekend, the seniors will be facing a new challenge — for the first time in their careers, they will be playing »

It’s playoff time. The men’s hockey team (13–13–3, 10–10–2 ECAC) beat Princeton and tied Quinnipiac over the weekend in its final regular season games and ensured it will play Princeton at home in the first round of the ECAC playoffs this weekend. The Bulldogs went 3–0–1 over their last four games and finished sixth in »