SPRING SPORTS
SAILING: Bulldogs ascend to No. 1

As the championship season draws nearer, the Yale coed and women’s sailing teams cruised toward success this weekend with another top finish for the coed squad and a fifth place finish for the women’s team.

WOMEN’S CREW: Bulldogs sweep in New York

Facing difficult rowing conditions in Ithaca, New York, the Yale women’s crew team swept Cornell and Iowa this past weekend, building momentum as it looks toward key races in the final weeks of its regular season.

BASEBALL: Bulldogs routed at home

A bleak weather forecast for the weekend provided an ominous sign of things to come for the Yale baseball team, which was swept at home by Penn and Columbia by a combined score of 50–11.

SOFTBALL: After exciting win, three losses

In its return to Ivy League competition this weekend, the Yale softball team narrowly missed getting swept in its two doubleheaders, salvaging the four games with a walk-off victory in game one thanks to a passed ball in the bottom of the seventh that scored two runs.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE: Yale comes together, but falls 7–5 to Tigers

After a pair of successful non-conference games that established the Yale women’s lacrosse team as contenders, the Bulldogs suffered a narrow 7–5 defeat against Princeton in their return to league play.

MEN’S LACROSSE: Bulldogs leapfrog to fourth in Ivy League

Having won two consecutive games and facing Dartmouth in a key Ivy League contest, the No. 11 men’s lacrosse team needed to come out strong and control the game against the Big Green.

TENNIS: Bulldogs split Princeton, Penn

In their first taste of Ivy League action in 2015, the Yale men’s and women’s tennis teams squared off against Penn and Princeton. Though both squads opened their weekends with wins over the Quakers, losses to the Tigers spoiled both teams’ chances at consecutive victories.

BASEBALL: Bulldogs prep for Ivy home openers

The Yale baseball team has a challenging weekend ahead, as the top teams from the Lou Gehrig Division travel to New Haven for a pair of doubleheaders.

MEN’S LACROSSE: Yale looks to defeat Dartmouth

After consecutive victories against Penn and Sacred Heart, the No. 11 men’s lacrosse team faces Dartmouth on Saturday with a chance to pull their Ivy record up to an even .500 and climb up the conference standings.

SOFTBALL: After delays, softball plays four

The Yale softball team will take on Quakers and Lions this weekend in two home doubleheaders against Penn and Columbia.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE: Yale gears up for Princeton at home

On a two-game winning streak, the Yale women’s lacrosse team returns to Ivy play this Saturday with a chance to declaw the Princeton Tigers.