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Yale defeats Cornell, guarantees share of Ivy title

On Friday night, after dispatching Cornell by a score of 88–64, Yale clinched at least another share of the Ivy crown, and a clear path to March Madness, thanks to an unlikely source.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Ivy title hopes rest in balance

For the first time in 84 years, the Yale men’s basketball team capped off an undefeated season in the John J. Lee Amphitheater. For the first time in 108 years, the Bulldogs have won 20 games in back-to-back seasons. But it is a mark that has not fallen in 54 years — Yale advancing to the NCAA Tournament — that the Bulldogs are most focused on accomplishing, with two critical steps toward that goal set for this weekend.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Yale looks to close on high note

In the final weekend of the season, the Yale women’s basketball team hopes to end a disappointing 2015–16 campaign on a positive note by defeating Cornell and Columbia.

SQUASH: Fenwick ’16 discusses historic season

Men’s squash captain Sam Fenwick ’16 was a central part of making Yale history last weekend, guiding the Bulldogs to their first national championship in over a quarter century. The Wales native, who served as No. 3 for the squad this season, will be competing in the College Squash Association Individual Tournament this weekend seeded No. 24 among collegiate squash players. Before the event, which will see seven Yale men’s players and four women’s players from Yale compete, Fenwick sat down with the News to discuss his memorable 2016 campaign.

FENCING: Bulldogs finish team competition

With each weapon squad competing in a separate tournament bracket, the Yale men’s and women’s fencing teams produced consistent performances at the U.S. Collegiate Squad […]

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Basketball T-shirts spur controversy

Nearly three weeks after the status of former men’s basketball captain Jack Montague ’16 changed from enrolled to withdrawn, the reason behind his withdrawal from the University remains unclear.

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Men’s squash wins national title

Head coach David Talbott waited 26 years, seven days, four hours and, at the very end, three consecutive replayed match points for his Yale men’s squash team to win another national championship.

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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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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Narrow victory snaps losing streak

Returning to New Haven following two nail-biting finishes at Harvard and Dartmouth this past weekend, the Yale women’s basketball team now finds itself back in the win column for the first time in over a month.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Yale caps perfect home season

Though this past weekend marked a number of firsts for the Yale men’s basketball team — its first undefeated home season since Payne Whitney Gymnasium opened, its first season sweep of Harvard since the 2007–08 season and its first pair of back-to-back 20-win seasons since the two that spanned 1906–1908 — it also marked one significant “last”: the Bulldogs’ final regular season home games.

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MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING: Fourth-place finish at Ivies

The Yale men’s swimming and diving team had consistent performances this past weekend in Rhode Island, maintaining a fourth-place position after each of the three days in the 2016 Ivy League Championship Meet.

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