Yale Daily News

Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 8:06pm

The News will resume publication on August 28, 2009.

Baseball

BASEBALL | Two homers not enough

Despite leading through the seventh inning, the baseball team fell to Hartford on Thursday. In a tragic twist, Yale (12-20, 6-10 Ivy) lost 6-5 in the 12-inning game played at Hartford (9-21). Despite a strong offensive battle that included two Bulldog home runs, Hartford won the game in the 12th inning with an unearned run. “It was rough,” captain Stefan Schropp...

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Softball

SOFTBALL | Elis play last games

After having a midweek doubleheader at Wagner cancelled due to rain on Wednesday, the softball team finishes the season this weekend with four games against North Division rival Brown (11-21, 5-11 Ivy). Saturday’s doubleheader will be played in New Haven at the DeWitt Family Field and Sunday’s will take place in Providence, R.I. Last weekend’s split against...

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M. Lacrosse

M. LACROSSE | Bulldogs end Ivy season at Harvard

The men’s lacrosse team will look to end what has been a disappointing Ivy League season this weekend when it travels to Cambridge, Mass., to face No. 17 Harvard. The Bulldogs (5-6, 1-4 Ivy) face off against the Cantabs at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Harvard Stadium. The Elis are coming off a tough 14-13 overtime loss to Dartmouth at Reese Stadium on April 15. Yale erased a...

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W. Lacrosse

W. LACROSSE | Yale’s comeback falls short

In its last home game of the season, the women’s lacrosse team suffered a heartbreaking 7-6 loss to No. 17 Cornell, ending the Bulldogs’ chance of finishing the season at .500. The Elis made four comebacks during the game, but it wasn’t enough to send senior midfielders Jenn Warden ’09 and captain Taylor Fragapane ’09 out on a win. The story of Saturday’s...

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M. Crew

LIGHTWEIGHT CREW | Crew tops Navy in opener

The Yale lightweight crew took home the Eads Johnson trophy on Saturday, winning four races out of five in the season opener against Navy. The Johnson Cup race took place at Princeton’s Lake Carnegie, Princeton — a neutral halfway point between New Haven and Annapolis, Md., where the U.S. Naval Academy is located. This race marked the first time the Bulldogs won...

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W. Crew

W. CREW | Elis sweep on anniversary day

With 35 years worth of alumni on hand as spectators, this year’s edition of Yale women’s crew carried on the team’s proud tradition Saturday on the Housatonic River. Visiting Princeton stood no chance against the Bulldogs, dropping all five of the day’s races to Yale’s boats. The nation’s top-ranked varsity eight boat was pushed by the Tigers but ultimately...

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M. Tennis

M. TENNIS | Season ends with a win

After a season of ups and downs, the men’s tennis team ended its season on a high note at home Wednesday. The Elis defeated Brown in their last match of the season, 4-3. Wednesday’s win gave the Bulldogs an overall winning record on the season of 4-3. The Bears defeated the Bulldogs 5-2 earlier this year at the ECAC championships. Both teams were already out of Ivy...

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W. Tennis

W. TENNIS | Title now out of reach for Elis

This weekend the women’s tennis team lost all hope of winning the Ivy League Championship title when it was defeated by Harvard on Sunday. Princeton, a team with only one more win than Yale, locked up the title. Though they fell to Harvard on Sunday, 5-2, the Bulldogs were victorious on Friday, topping Dartmouth 6-1. The women trained last week with Dartmouth in mind...

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Indoor Track

TRACK | Men fourth at Heps

For the Yale men’s and women’s track teams this past weekend, the Heptagonal Championships were a display of the talent the Elis possess. The first day of competition in Cambridge, Mass., was filled with preliminary races and an unfortunate injury for the Bulldogs. After the first day of competition the Elis were in sixth place with a total of four points, all of...

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Outdoor Track

TRACK | Field events are key

Although they may have been on the same side at last week’s meet against Oxford and Cambridge, the Yale and Harvard track teams returned to their traditional rivalry this weekend. The Yale men bested the Harvard men 105-54, while the Bulldog women fell to the Crimson women 101-61 at the annual dual meet in Cambridge, Mass. The men’s victory meant it was the seventh...

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Coed sailing takes second at national championships

Published Wednesday, June 3, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO – After three days of grueling competition on San Francisco Bay, the No. 3 Yale coed sailing team won second place at the ICSA/Gill Coed Dinghy National Championships on Wednesday, its best finish in more than a quarter-century.

Coming into today’s racing, the Elis found themselves a mere seven points out of first after a...

Women's crew takes third at NCAA Championships

Contributing Reporter
Published Monday, June 1, 2009

The Yale women’s crew’s dominance the past few years has been characterized not by the success of one or two boats, but by their depth and strong finishes across the board. Their third-place performance at the NCAA Championships this weekend was no exception.

Yale and California finished on Sunday tied with 85 total points, three points...