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C IS FOR CARSON Carson Swank ’23 will lead the Yale baseball team as its new captain this year, as the program prepares to welcome a talented fi rstyear class and new members of its coaching sta .

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JONES LOCKED IN Yale men’s basketball head coach James Jones’ extension through the 2030-31 season gives him one of the longest contracts in men’s college basketball and marks the third extension he has signed since 2019.

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YALE DAILY NEWS · FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022 · yaledailynews.com

“We have a lot of guys who have had a lot of playing time and I think that’ll bode well for us… We’re going to be getting great work every single day.”

NICK GARGIULO ’23

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Women's Volleyball extend streak to 14

BY HENRY FRECH CONTRIBUTING REPORTER

The Yale women’s volleyball team (16–1, 8–0 Ivy) won yet again on Friday night. In front of a crowd of 330 fans, they beat Brown University (9–8, 5–3 Ivy) in four sets, tacking another victory onto their win streak.

The Bulldogs put on a team e ort with multiple leaders in kills — Audrey Leak ’24, Gigi Barr ’25 and Mila Yarich ’25 each contributing a game-high 12 kills. This victory extends the Bulldogs’ win streak to 14 and maintains their position as No. 1 in the Ivy League.

“We came in super focused and ready to compete against Brown,” Yarich said.

The Bulldogs surged ahead in the fi rst two sets of the match as they beat the Bears 25–16 in the fi rst and then 25–12 in the second. Yale had 36 kills to Brown’s 16 in the fi rst two sets.

In the third set, however, Brown fi gured out how to stop the onslaught of Bulldog spikes. The Bears blocked the Blue and White six times and won the set 25–22. The Blue and White bounced back with a 25–21 victory in the fourth set to win the match.

Throughout the match, Maile Somera ’24 led the Bulldogs with 25 digs, Fatima Samb ’25 had six blocks and Carly Diehl ’25 had 48 assists.

With the win, the Bulldogs extended their winning streak to 14. This is the longest winning streak a Yale volleyball team has had since 2012, when the Bulldogs won 15 in a row before earning the Ivy League Championship.

Members of the current team, however, are not focusing on statistics in the record books.

“I don’t think it’s really about the winning streak. I think our team is far more focused on just beating the team in front of us in the moment.” said outside hitter Cara Shultz ’25. “It’s very cool to have such a long streak, but I don’t think anyone on the team really has that as a priority.”

Coach Erin Appleman echoed Shultz’s sentiment, emphasizing the importance of staying present.

“We don’t talk about [the win streak]. That’s in the past,” Appleman said. “We are always thinking about the next game, the next opponent.”

The Bulldog’s next challenge is their Friday night matchup against Cornell University (4–13, 2–6 Ivy) ranked seventh in the Ivy League. Last week, the Big Red swept Columbia University (4–13, 1–7 Ivy). Junior Sydney Moore led the match in both kills and blocks and earned the ninth-best hitting record in Cornell’s history.

The game against Cornell will be at home at the John J. Lee Amphitheater in the Payne Whitney Gymnasium at 7:00 p.m.

Contact HENRY FRECH at henry.frech@yale.edu .

Basketball aims to defend Ivy title

BY BEN RAAB STAFF REPORTER

Coming o one of their strongest years in program history, the Bulldogs are looking to replicate their success.

But head coach James Jones will fi rst have to fi gure out how to fi ll the massive voids left by star backcourt duo Azar Swain ’22 and Jalen Gabbidon ’22.

“We're still the three-time defending champs,” forward EJ Jarvis ’23 said. “We might not be fi rst in the preseason poll, but we still have the biggest target on our back. We’re the team to beat. And we know that. And we're ready to defend our title from anyone that wants to take it away from us,” he said.

Yale men’s basketball won the Ivy League championship in the 20212022 season and also earned their sixth NCAA tournament bid in program history.

Swain, a two-time fi rst-team allIvy selection, averaged 19.2 points per game last season while leading the Bulldogs to March Madness with 48 points across the two Ivy League playo games. He is the most prolifi c three-point shooter in Yale basketball history and his 1,529 career points are the sixth-most ever by a Yale player.

Gabbidon, Yale’s second leading scorer last year (11.3 ppg) and a former Ivy League defensive player of the year, will also be a very di cult player to replace.

With no returning players averaging more than eight ppg last season, it is unclear who will step up as the fi rst option on o ense for this year’s team. The Elis will likely rely on a host of players to pick up the slack.

What Yale lacks in star power, however, they may make up through experience and depth. This year’s team will feature fi ve seniors, all of whom played big roles last season. Guard Michael Feinberg ’23, who was named team captain ahead of this season, spoke on the new team dynamics during Ivy League media day.

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Women's Hockey to play Harvard, Dartmouth

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The Yale women's crew team clocked in fi ve victories, e ectively sweeping Radcli e and Northeastern on the Housatonic.

BY ROSA BRACERAS CONTRIBUTING REPORTER

The Yale women’s hockey team had a record-breaking 2021-22 season, earning a program-best record of 26–9–1 and their fi rst-ever trip to the Frozen Four.

Now, the Bulldogs hope to build on their recent success with a strong start. The team will face o against conference foes Harvard University (1–1–0, 1–1–0 ECAC) and Dartmouth College (0–1–0, 0–1–0) in the fi rst weekend of the 2022-23 regular season.

“Last year’s success has allowed us to come into this season with a lot more confi dence,” captain Claire Dalton ’23 wrote in an email to the News. “We want to win everything: ECAC regular season, ECAC playo s, the Ivy League and a National Championship. We are returning some great talent and adding skill and speed with our freshmen. We are in a great position to compete for every trophy possible this year.”

The Bulldogs graduated five seniors last year, including star goaltender Gianna Meloni ’22 and captain Greta Skarzynski ’22. Seven of the eight top scorers from the 2021-22 season, however, will return to the ice for Yale this season.

Goalie Pia Dukaric ’25 started her season strong in a 5-0 victory over McGill University at an exhibition game earlier this month. Dukaric started in 12 of Yale’s 36 games last season, earning a .929 save percentage in 15 total appearances.

“We have been practicing hard for almost two months, which has definitely helped the younger players get used to our team’s style of play,” Emma Seitz ’23 told the News. “The two scrimmages we’ve had so far were also instrumental in giving the first-years a taste of the speed and skill that exists in women’s college hockey.”

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Penn hands Yale fi rst Ivy season loss

BY AMELIA LOWER AND SPENCER KING STAFF REPORTERS

The Yale football team (4–2, 2–1 Ivy) saw its four-game winning streak come to an end on Saturday against the University of Pennsylvania Quakers (6–0, 3–0 Ivy) in a 13–20 loss.

The game was a slugfest of two teams who were both undefeated in Ivy League play and not keen on dropping in the conference standings. But even with dramatic on-fi eld action, a nearly one-hour delay during halftime due to a student protest for climate and community causes also worked to define Penn’s homecoming game.

“The team fought hard,” captain Nick Gargiulo ’23 said. “We made some mistakes in key moments that left the game up to chance. The team is looking forward to this upcoming week against Columbia. We will continue working and getting better.”

The story of the game for both sides was defense, both because of strong play on that side of the ball and sputtering performances for both teams' offenses. The difference came with the Quakers outgaining the Bulldogs 397 to 292 yards in total o ense.

The game was deadlocked entering the half, with the score tied at 10. However, the approximately 30 minutes of homecoming activities were not the only thing that kept the teams in their locker rooms for nearly two hours in the middle of the game.

The Protest

Student protestors jumped down from the stands and fl ooded the fi eld following a performance by the Penn marching band in a similar manner to the protest at Yale during the The Game in 2019.

Mostly members of the student group Fossil Free Penn, the protestors were advocating for divestment from fossil fuels as well as a number of social justice issues within the Penn community.

It took nearly an hour for police and security to clear the field for the second half to kickoff, with the final protestors being handcuffed before being removed from the field.

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Ami Gianchandani ’23 participated in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship this summer.