Yale Bulldogs
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The Yale Bulldogs are the athletic teams of the Yale University
. The school sponsors 35 varsity sports. The school has won two NCAA
national championships in women's fencing
, four in men's swimming and diving
, and twenty one in men's golf
.
(Oakland A's) and catcher Ryan Lavarnway
(Boston Red Sox), among others, played baseball for the Bulldogs. Lavarnway led the NCAA in batting average
(.467) and slugging percentage (.873) in 2007, set the Ivy League hitting-streak record (25), and through 2010 held the Ivy League record in career home run
s (33).
team has competed since 1872. They have won nineteen national championships
when the school competed in what is now known as the FBS. They are perhaps best known for their rivalry with Harvard
, known as "The Game". Twenty one former players have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
.
hockey program, having played its first game in 1896 against Johns Hopkins (a 2-2 tie). The team competes in the ECAC Hockey League (ECACHL); in addition the Ivy League
also crowns a champion for its members that field varsity ice hockey.
(IAFL) — from 1911 to 1926 — and then the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association
(ISFA), from 1927 to 1958. From 1911 to 1958, Yale won four national championships.
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. The school sponsors 35 varsity sports. The school has won two NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
national championships in women's fencing
NCAA Fencing team championship
NCAA fencing championship results, combined men and women , men's and women's .-Combined:Note: Team scoring in 1990 was based on weapon team events standings. From 1991 to 1994, point values increased due to fencers not qualifying as part of a team being able to contribute points from individual...
, four in men's swimming and diving
NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
The NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships are college championship events in the USA. The event is held annually, and the NCAA hosts Swimming & Diving Championships in each of its three Divisions ....
, and twenty one in men's golf
NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships
The NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, played in late May or early June, is the top annual competition in U.S. men's collegiate golf. It is a stroke play team competition, starting in 2009 the competition changed to a stroke play/match play competition with the top 8 teams after 54 holes of...
.
Men's baseball
Major leaguers pitcher Craig BreslowCraig Breslow
Craig Andrew Breslow is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. He throws left-handed, and is considered a lefty specialist....
(Oakland A's) and catcher Ryan Lavarnway
Ryan Lavarnway
Ryan Cole Lavarnway is an American professional baseball catcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball....
(Boston Red Sox), among others, played baseball for the Bulldogs. Lavarnway led the NCAA in batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
(.467) and slugging percentage (.873) in 2007, set the Ivy League hitting-streak record (25), and through 2010 held the Ivy League record in career home run
Home run
In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...
s (33).
Men's crew
Football
The footballAmerican football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team has competed since 1872. They have won nineteen national championships
NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship
A college football national championship in the highest level of collegiate play in the United States, currently the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , is a designation awarded annually by various third-party organizations to their selection of the best...
when the school competed in what is now known as the FBS. They are perhaps best known for their rivalry with Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, known as "The Game". Twenty one former players have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
.
Men's ice hockey
The Yale Men's Ice Hockey team is the oldest existing intercollegiateCollege athletics
College athletics refers primarily to sports and athletic competition organized and funded by institutions of tertiary education . In the United States, college athletics is a two-tiered system. The first tier includes the sports that are sanctioned by one of the collegiate sport governing bodies...
hockey program, having played its first game in 1896 against Johns Hopkins (a 2-2 tie). The team competes in the ECAC Hockey League (ECACHL); in addition the Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
also crowns a champion for its members that field varsity ice hockey.
Men's soccer
Before the NCAA began its tournament in 1959, the annual national champion was declared by the Intercollegiate Association Football LeagueIntercollegiate Soccer Football Association
The NCAA held its first men's National Collegiate Soccer Championship in 1959, with eight teams selected for the tournament. Before 1959, unofficial champions were declared by the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association . These were the result of polls and the subjective opinion of the ISFA...
(IAFL) — from 1911 to 1926 — and then the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association
Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association
The NCAA held its first men's National Collegiate Soccer Championship in 1959, with eight teams selected for the tournament. Before 1959, unofficial champions were declared by the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association . These were the result of polls and the subjective opinion of the ISFA...
(ISFA), from 1927 to 1958. From 1911 to 1958, Yale won four national championships.
External links
- Yale Bulldogs. Yale University Athletics official website. Retrieved 2010-03-03.