Author Archives: Vanessa Mazandi

Eli pride was on full display during Sada Jacobson’s run toward the bronze in women’s sabre at Athens. The 21-year-old fencer added an extra touch to her pristine white uniform — socks with “YALE” embroidered on the sides. On Aug. 17, Jacobson ’06 became not only the first female Yalie, but also the first female »

The Olympics never seem to disappoint when it comes to thrilling matches and surprise results. Twenty-one-year-old Sada Jacobson ’06 experienced both on August 17, when she took the bronze medal in the sabre portion of the Olympic fencing competition. In doing so, Jacobson became the first female American fencer ever to medal at the Olympics. »

Six years ago, as a junior at Saratoga High School in California, Patricia Miranda LAW ’08, began accompanying Stanford wrestling head coach Steve Buddy and his team during their summer training sessions. Two years later Miranda was the only female wrestler on his Division-I squad. “I honestly thought I knew what it meant to be »

No one in Ryan Murphy’s ’05 family ever played tennis. His father, who captained the Pennsylvania basketball team, provided athletic roots. But at the young age of six, Murphy’s decision to pick up a tennis racket at his family’s country club was all his own. His passion for tennis followed him from that New Jersey »

The men’s cross country team will once again compete this weekend without some top runners. Head coach Dan Ireland, beginning his fourth season with Yale, decided to rest standouts Lucas Meyer ’05, Casey Moriarty ’05, Josh Yelsey ’05, Mark Turner ’06 and Patrick Dantzer ’06 until the Oct. 4 Yale-Harvard meet in Cambridge. These five »

To be an impact player in Division I field hockey, an athlete needs certain key qualities. Over the years, Sarah Driscoll’s ’05 die-hard competitive attitude, playmaking skills and refusal to back away from anything — including the turf — have made her into a competitive Ivy League midfielder. “The girl has more turf burn on »

Despite the weather at the Greenwich Polo Club on Saturday, the Yale polo alumni team was not discouraged and still competed — sort of. The rainy weather made for dangerous horse-riding conditions, so instead of mounting horses to play against rival Harvard alumni, the Yale polo alumni rode bikes for a bicycle polo display. Unlike »