Pat Ludwig ’12, a junior right-handed pitcher on the baseball team, is this week’s YDN Player of the Week. His dominant performance on Sunday in led Yale to a 5-1 victory over Dartmouth, completing a four-game weekend sweep of the Big Green. Ludwig struck out a career-high 12 batters in seven and a half innings, »

Nihal Kayali ’13, a sophomore on the women’s track & field team, is this week’s YDN Player of the Week for her impressive victories in the 3,000 meter run and the 1,500 meter run in last weekend’s Sam Howell Invitational in Princeton, N.J. On Friday, Kayali led the 1,500 meter race from beginning to end, »

Midfielder/attackman Brandon Mangan ’14 was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week — and is this week’s YDN Player of the Week — after scoring the game-winning goal in the men’s lacrosse team’s overtime win against Princeton on Saturday. Mangan’s second score of the day, and fourth goal in two games, capped off a »

Megan Vasquez ’13, the sophomore guard for the women’s basketball team, is this week’s YDN Player of the Week for her pivotal role in leading the Lady Bulldogs to their first win at Harvard since 2001 and their first season sweep of the Crimson since the 1993-94 season. Vasquez scored nine points with four assists »

Jackee Snikeris ’11, Yale’s senior goaltender on the women’s hockey team, is this week’s YDN Player of the Week for her heroics during a 1-0 shutout of Quinnipiac on Friday and for her stellar hockey career which came to an end on Saturday afternoon with a loss to Princeton. On Friday, Snikeris posted 35 saves »