Ethan DeLehman
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Baseball (18-27, 13-8 Ivy) will compete against Yale (22-19, 15-6) in the Ivy League Championship Series on May 22nd and 23rd (if necessary). All matches will take place at Yale Field in New Haven, Connecticut.
Baseball closed out its regular season with a three-game road trip at Cornell (14-22-1, 9-12) over the weekend. The Lions (18-27, 13-8) came away with two wins and a loss after splitting the Saturday double-header and winning on Sunday afternoon.
ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi, Journalism ’93, stood onstage in Roone Arledge Auditorium at Lerner Hall on May 1 and recalled a conversation he had had several months prior with Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart.
A spring scrimmage is hardly cause for pomp and circumstance, but Lawrence A. Wien Stadium was rife with celebration. Alumni and supporters of the football program crowded the stands, arranged shoulder to shoulder within the confines of the centerfield seating, all angling for the best view. Wide receivers ran jump ball drills, redshirted quarterbacks practiced deep-throws, and stunted punts fell to kick returner after kick returner. All expected, all less than consequential.
Women’s tennis concluded its season this past weekend with two home victories against Brown and Yale.
Christie Wan stood behind the baseline across from Rhode Island’s Mihaela Codreanu in wait. Wan toyed with her racket before directing her energy at the ball in her left hand. She bounced it against the court methodically several times in rapid succession, surveyed her opponent, and prepared to serve. She threw the ball over her head, arched her back, raised her right leg, and rocketed it across the net. 15, love.
Women’s tennis played in two matches over this weekend, coming away with a thrilling come-from-behind victory against Penn on Friday before suffering a defeat at the hands of nationally-ranked Princeton on Sunday.
Women’s tennis (9-5) opened Ivy League play this past Saturday with a dominant win against Cornell (6-8), defeating the Big Red 6-1. The Lions are now on a three-game winning streak and have won four of their past five matchups.
Women’s tennis came away with a decisive victory against the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds this past Friday, winning 4-1.
Women’s tennis traveled to Miami and Boca Raton, Florida, last week during its annual spring break road trip, winning two matches against Marquette and Florida Atlantic.