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FOOTBALL: Holy Cross rallies to beat Yale in overtime

Just as quickly as Team 146 had built its advantage in the game’s opening moments, the Bulldogs surrendered it as the clock ticked down — and lost the game soon thereafter.

BASEBALL: Interdivision matchups on tap for Yale

A season after tying for the worst record in the Ivy League’s Red Rolfe Division, the Yale baseball team finds itself sitting atop the standings […]

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MEN’S HOCKEY: UMass Lowell gets revenge in NCAA tourney

The score was the same, the scenario was identical and the stakes were nearly as high. Just as the Yale and UMass Lowell 2013 men’s hockey teams went to overtime tied at two in an NCAA tournament semifinal with their postseason hopes on the line, so too did their 2016 counterparts on Saturday night.

MEN’S HOCKEY: For seniors, early exit but lasting legacy

When the Yale men’s hockey team’s season ended on Saturday night with an overtime loss to UMass Lowell, so too did the collegiate careers of the Bulldogs’ eight seniors.

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MEN’S HOCKEY: UMass Lowell gets revenge in NCAA tourney

The score was the same, the scenario was identical and the stakes were nearly as high. Just as the Yale and UMass Lowell 2013 men’s hockey teams went to overtime tied at two in an NCAA tournament semifinal with their postseason hopes on the line, so too did their 2016 counterparts on Saturday night.

MEN’S HOCKEY: Yale, UMass Lowell prepare for NCAA first round matchup

Usual Eli advantages — the team’s stifling defense and elite goaltending — will be matched better by the River Hawks than by any team Yale has seen this season.

MEN’S HOCKEY: Yale to play UMass Lowell in first round of NCAA Tournament

The No. 10 Bulldogs were named the third seed of the East Regional in the NCAA Tournament and will play in Albany at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night.

MEN’S HOCKEY: Dartmouth knocks Yale out of ECAC Tournament

The seventh-seeded Big Green defeated second-seeded Yale 2–1 on Saturday behind a spectacular performance by goaltender Charles Grant.

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MEN’S HOCKEY: Yale hosts Dartmouth to begin postseason

The last time the No. 7 Yale men’s hockey team played a game, according to head coach Keith Allain ’80, “seems like a million years ago.” But even back then, Yale and Dartmouth might have been playing against each other. The programs first met in 1907, a 4–2 Bulldog victory, and have faced off 212 times since.

BASEBALL: Presidential meeting highlights opening weekend

Two years ago, the Yale baseball team found some magic in a Southeastern Conference ballpark, stunning the top-ranked Louisiana State Tigers 8–7 in the finale of the Bulldogs’ season-opening series. But this past weekend, with a similar opportunity in front of them — and with a distinguished alumnus looking on — the Elis could not find a way to beat No. 3 Texas A&M and its high-powered offense.

MEN’S HOCKEY: ’Dogs split weekend against cats

The No. 7 Yale men’s hockey team had won eight games in a row, the most recent coming this past Friday in the Elis’ most lopsided victory of the 2015–16 season. But 24 hours later, in the team’s final matchup before the postseason, the Bulldog train was brought to a screeching halt by the top-ranked squad in the country.

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