YALE CUP 2003 DETAILS

Yale Cup 2003 will be held in New Haven, CT on Saturday, April 5th and Sunday, April 6th. Both the open and the women's divisions will host 20 teams.

The open pools and schedule are as follows:

The tournament fee is $250. The format is four pools of five, with the top three teams from each pool feeding into a 12-team championship bracket on Sunday. The bottom two from each pool go to an 8-team consolation bracket. The first round on Saturday begins at 9am with an 8:30am captain's meeting; on Sunday, because we're losing half our fields at noon for grad school IMs (go figure), the first round begins at 8:30.

All teams are guaranteed two games on Sunday EXCEPT for Saturday's pool winners. Those teams get a bye into the quarterfinals, and should they lose in the quarters, there is no consolation game afterwards.

Saturday Times & Rules:

• All pool play games are to 13.
• Soft cap goes on after 80 minutes - after the current point is over, add 2 to the leading score and play to that.
• Hard cap goes on after 95 minutes - game over after the current point ends, unless the game is tied, in which case play out double game point.
• Each team gets one timeout per half, plus a floater. NO TIMEOUTS AFTER EITHER CAP.
• 10th Edition Rules are in effect. Each pool will have at least one observer, so at least half the Saturday games will be observed. Teams may request observers only before the beginning of a round.

Directions:

From CAMPUS:

Find and go west on Chapel Street (from campus that probably means you'll be taking a right). Continue on Chapel Street until the left lane branches off (after St. Raphael Hospital); take the left branch. Go straight until you see Central Ave. (you'll go through one major intersection), and turn right. Go up a half a block-- you will see stables on your left, and the fields are right beyond them. Park anywhere along Central Ave.

From the NORTH (and NORTHWEST):

FROM MERRITT PARKWAY (either direction): Take exit 57 or 58-- regardless, you want Route 34 going east toward New Haven. You'll be on Derby Ave, which you take for about five miles. You'll then hit a hill with a group of businesses, including a car dealership and the Tremont Motel. At the bottom of the hill (with a cemetary on your right), make a left at the light. This will be Central Ave. Go up a half a block-- you will see stables on your left, and the fields are right beyond them. Park anywhere along Central Ave.

FROM I-91 SOUTH: Go to the end (in downtown New Haven)-- take exit 1 onto the downtown connector. Then follow the directions from I-95.

From EAST, WEST and SOUTH:

FROM I-95 (either direction): Take exit 47, the connector into downtown New Haven. Once on the connector, follow the signs for N. Frontage Rd. Keep going on N. Frontage for ~2 miles through some lovely urban wasteland. At the end, you'll hit E.T. Grasso Blvd-- take a right, and then your first left on Derby Ave. Once on Derby, make a right at the second light, Central Ave. (you'll pass Yale Field on your left) The fields are to the left off Central Ave, right past the stables.

From due SOUTH:

Swim.