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FOOTBALL: New-look secondary hopes to prove itself

Dealing with both injuries and positional changes in 2015, the Yale pass defense had one of the worst statistical performances in the Football Championship Subdivision. A year later, a new set of unforeseen obstacles continues to add question marks to the Yale defensive back corps.

FOOTBALL: Backfield trio to pace Yale attack

While the 2014 Bulldogs’ offense, anchored by two-time All-Ivy First-Team back Tyler Varga ’15, led the Ivy League with nearly 250 rushing yards per game and 29 rushing touchdowns in the team’s 8–2 campaign, last year’s squad managed just half of those totals, dealing with a glut of injuries en route to an underwhelming 3–4 finish in the Ancient Eight.

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FOOTBALL SEASON PREVIEW: Revitalized Bulldogs get a fresh start

After a full offseason of recovery, training and preparation, Yale’s 144th football team opens its pursuit of the program’s 15th conference championship this weekend. But before hoisting their first trophy since 2006, the Elis have much to prove.

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CROSS COUNTRY: Yale teams flawless to open season

The Yale cross country teams kicked off their seasons with a promising start at the Fordham Fiasco meet, held at Van Cortland Park in the Bronx, New York, host of this season’s NCAA Northeast Regional Championships.

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Freshman forward sparks Yale offense

While most freshmen were arriving at Yale, unpacking their clothes and staring wide-eyed at their freshman counselors, Aerial Chavarin ’20 was nowhere to be found on campus. It is more likely that her teammates on the women’s soccer team were the ones gaping at her, as she netted the game-winning goal with less than two minutes to play in her debut against Bryant on August 26.

FIELD HOCKEY: Bulldogs impressive in Sunday victory

Just two weekends and four matches into the season, the Yale field hockey team has already matched its win total from 2015.

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MEN’S SOCCER: Yale blanks Sacred Heart for first win

Just two games into the 2016 campaign, the Yale men’s soccer team has already matched its win total from a season ago.

VOLLEYBALL: Loss to UConn spoils two-win weekend

After the Yale volleyball team opened its season with three victories at the Yale Invitational two weekends ago, the Bulldogs traveled to face the University of Connecticut Huskies for the Dog Pound Challenge. Yale returned from Storrs, Connecticut, with a mixed result in the tournament that featured four schools with dogs as mascots.

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Winless weekend for Bulldogs

With just two nonconference games to go before the Ivy League season kicks off in two weeks, the Yale women’s soccer team finds itself lacking momentum after its second-straight winless weekend.

FIELD HOCKEY: Depth to guide Yale in 2016

After capturing an Ivy League title in 2011, the Yale field hockey team has failed to achieve a winning season in each of its last four attempts. The Bulldogs tied with Brown for last in the Ivy League in 2014 and 2015, winning just one game in conference and finishing 3–14 the last two years.

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FOOTBALL: The Bulldogs’ war of attrition

While many would argue that Harvard or Dartmouth was the toughest opponent on last season’s schedule, it could be that the Yale football team’s biggest obstacle during the 2015 campaign was the injury bug.

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