Elis' future looks bright

The team lost only three seniors and has a number of solid freshman recruits. The Elis have been practicing three to four days a week to improve their fitness. "Even though we're a small team, we're fast and we've been working hard," Johnny Kwon, DC '01 said. "We expect to pose a challenge to quite a few teams this fall."

The rugby squad will compete against tough competition, including Williams, Fairfield, Trinity, Army, Brown, and Harvard. Army and Brown should pose the biggest challenges, but the match against Trinity on Parents' Weekend and the grudge match against Harvard also promise to be exciting.

Yale lost to Harvard last fall, but, after training in England last spring, the Elis feel prepared to trounce the Crimson. While competing against experienced players from schools such as Oxford and Cambridge, the Elis improved in skill and strategy, Justin Beal, CC '01, said.

Coming into last spring's Ivy League tournament ranked seventh, the Bulldogs upset sixth-ranked Pennsylvania and had close matches with second-ranked Brown and fourth-ranked Cornell. Yale hope to carry this momentum into another successful year.

--Kate Moran

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