Vlad Vainberg
Vlad Vainberg
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Rookies give w. hockey potential for playoff berth
What a difference a year makes. With a win over Union on Saturday, the women's hockey team reached a .500 record (7-7-3, 4-3-0 ECAC), representing a tremendous improvement on the 2002-2003 season. This time last year, the Bulldogs, who were still...
Elis down Cornell, fall to Colgate
This weekend, the Yale women's hockey team was on opposite sides of 3-0 away performances, defeating Cornell on Friday but succumbing in Saturday's match to surging Colgate. In their first ECAC match of 2004, the Bulldogs (4-7-3, 2-3-0 ECAC) jumped...
Lee's tea is a sure BET
When she was nine months pregnant with her first child, Black Entertainment Television President and Chief Operating Officer Debra Lee said she was so involved with the construction of a new media studio that she physically scoured the site in a...
Eli coach aims to out-wit mentor
Good teachers guide their students to eventually surpass them. When women's hockey head coach Hilary Witt faces her collegiate mentor and current University of Connecticut coach Heather Linstad tonight, the Bulldogs hope that time has come.
W. hockey splits games on the road
In what appears to be its trademark this season, the Yale women's ice hockey team went from a winning effort to a lackluster performance during away games against the University of Vermont and Dartmouth over the weekend of the Yale-Harvard football...
W. hockey star works, plays hard
Imagine a hockey player. More likely than not you are thinking of a 6-foot behemoth whose overindulgent wit and curious dentistry would put Madonna to shame. It is a surprise, then, to meet the diminutive yet highly-skilled and gregarious women's...
W. hockey puts on polar opposite performances
Elis clobbered by Northeastern before whitewashing BC
The Yale women's ice hockey team (2-1-1) remained one game above .500 after a wildly inconsistent performance in Boston this weekend. Yale lost 6-3 to Northeastern University Saturday before surging for a 5-0 shutout victory against Boston College...
Elis face tough defensive battles at Northeastern, BC
W. hockey plans to unveil 1-2-2 defense for weekend foes
By Vlad Vainberg Contributing Reporter Most athletes have heard the cliched axiom that defense wins championships. But the Yale women's ice hockey team will have to rely heavily on its blue-line corps to win its next two games this weekend.
Off-season moves pay off for w. ice hockey
After much talk about their off-season improvement, the Yale women's ice hockey team proved it on the ice of Ingalls Rink this weekend. The Bulldogs began their campaign with a 1-0 shutout win Saturday and a 2-2 tie Sunday against the University of...
Women's hockey aims to continue its ascent
After improving throughout the course of the 2002-2003 season, the women's ice hockey team is ready to continue the upward trend this year. The Bulldogs open their 2003-2004 campaign against the University of Maine (1-2-1) with back-to-back games at...