team bonding

Yale and El Pacto women's basketball players pose for a photo. They are interspersed in two rows, and the players in the front row are holding a black flag that says "El Pacto" on it in white capital letters.

How a foreign tour might have solved one of Yale’s top challenges from last season

By Jenn Hatfield / September 3, 2025

As the Bulldogs toured Spain and France this summer, they built chemistry earlier than they otherwise could’ve

Brown players, coaches, staff and family members smile for a photo on a plaza in Portugal. A statue of someone riding a horse is visible behind them.

‘No dillydally, just goals’: How Brown used its foreign tour to jumpstart its 2024-25 season

By Jenn Hatfield / October 3, 2024

The Bears started their season in Portugal and Spain. They hope it ends in the Ivy League Tournament — or beyond

Washington Mystics wings DiDi Richards and Karlie Samuelson face each other. They smile and shimmy, and Richards sticks her tongue out.

How DiDi Richards has put her stamp on Washington Mystics’ starting lineup introductions

By Jenn Hatfield / June 19, 2024

Karlie Samuelson: ‘You can rely on DiDi for anything fun’

Washington Mystics point guard Rui Machida laughs on the bench during a game against the Atlanta Dream at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C., on June 28, 2022. (Photo credit: Domenic Allegra)

‘A phenomenal, phenomenal human being’: How the Mystics celebrate Rui Machida

By Jenn Hatfield / July 19, 2022

‘When she comes into the game, it’s energy’

Fordham women’s basketball’s tragic year has made the team closer than ever

By Natalie Heavren / August 28, 2021

Leaning on each other has helped the Fordham women’s basketball team not only get through the solitude of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also cope with physical losses