Updated: Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 4:54pm
Thomas Hsieh pitches questions to softball’s Ashley Sloan ‘10. The outfielder earned first team All-Ivy honors in her freshman season. TH: So after three long years of servitude to the News, my time here is finally coming to an end. And now, you’re the subject of my last interview, my last article. What do you have to say to that? AS: I actually didn’t know...
It’s always great to end on a high note. Yale softball (20-25-1, 7-13 Ivy) put together a strong finish to their season, winning three of four games against Brown (8-26, 3-17). The Elis split Saturday’s doubleheader in Providence, losing the first game 2-1 but bouncing back with a 6-3 victory in the second. Yale then swept Sunday’s games in New Haven, winning both...
This weekend, the softball team will enter its last games of the season, playing Ivy League rival Brown in a pair of doubleheaders. Yale (17-24-1, 4-12 Ivy) will travel to Providence, R.I., for the first doubleheader against the Bears (7-23, 2-14) on Saturday and will return to New Haven to play the second doubleheader the following day. The Bulldogs and the Bears are...
When the softball team’s offense gets hot and catches good breaks, watch out. The Bulldogs (17-24-1, 4-12 Ivy) hosted a doubleheader against Wagner (26-17) yesterday, winning the first game 11-3 and losing the second 2-1, with a different batch of luck on the offensive side making the difference. Yale had faced the Seahawks over spring break during the Rebel Games...
This past weekend was a mix of highs and lows for the softball team. The Bulldogs (16-23-1, 4-12 Ivy) faced Dartmouth (11-22, 7-9) in two doubleheaders this weekend in Hanover, N.H., sweeping Saturday’s games 10-9 and 6-0 but losing to the Big Green, 5-2 and 5-3, yesterday. The weekend began with a clutch play that earned the Elis a dramatic victory over the Big...
Coming off a midweek doubleheader in which everything fell into place, the Bulldogs are entering the weekend with the momentum of their extra inning win and their tie against Providence on Wednesday. Yale jumps back into Ivy League competition when they travel to Dartmouth to face the Big Green in two doubleheaders this weekend. The Big Green swept the Bulldogs in this...
Two extra-inning games made it a long day for Yale softball. The Bulldogs (14-21-1, 2-10 Ivy) faced the Providence Friars (18-18-2) in yesterday’s doubleheader, winning the first game, 3-2, in eight innings and tying the second, 6-6, in nine after the game was suspended because of darkness. With clutch hits from the Yale lineup and solid defense and pitching from the...
In its first North Division match-up of the season, Yale (13-21, 2-10 Ivy) was swept in two doubleheaders against Harvard (18-15, 9-3) this weekend. The Bulldogs lost 7-0 and 4-1 on Saturday, and the Crimson picked up two more wins yesterday against the Elis: 6-3 and 7-3. Both teams were able to get players on base, but while the Bulldogs had trouble bringing players...
Drama isn’t just for the stage — it’s for the field too. After Yale softball (13-17, 2-6 Ivy) came through with a 6-0 win against Sacred Heart (15-16), it suffered a hard-luck 3-2 loss in a nail-biting 10 innings. Yale started off the day on a strong note, putting together a string of hits that allowed outfielder Ashley Sloan ’10 to score a run in the first...
After a double-header split with Sacred Heart yesterday, Yale softball (13-17, 2-6 Ivy) returns to Ivy League play this weekend by hosting two double-headers against the Harvard Crimson (12-15, 5-3). Last weekend, Yale struggled defensively against Princeton’s and Cornell’s strong hitters, and the Bulldogs will have their work cut out for them again this weekend...
Letting opponents take advantage of defensive mistakes was the downfall of the Yale softball team this weekend. “Princeton’s the kind of team where if you make one error, it will come back and get you,” pitcher KR Ling ’10 said. Yale (12-16, 2-6 Ivy) fell to both Princeton (11-17, 8-0) and Cornell (21-7, 5-1) this weekend. The Bulldogs lost to the Tigers 8-1 in...
Coming off of two disappointing losses Wednesday — an 8-0 rout and 2-1 last-inning loss against Fairfield — the Bulldogs are now re-entering Ivy League play. The Bulldogs (12-10, 2-2 Ivy) will be hosting a pair of doubleheaders this weekend — against Princeton (7-17, 4-0 Ivy) on Saturday and against Cornell (16-6, 3-1 Ivy) on Sunday. Pitching has been a strong...
