NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 19 Yale women's lacrosse team hosts Cornell Saturday afternoon (1:00 p.m.,
ESPN+,
International Stream,
Live Stats). It is Senior Day, and the Bulldogs have a chance to clinch a spot in the Ivy League Tournament.
Senior Day
Following Saturday's game, the Bulldogs will pay tribute to their senior class:
Last Game
Yale
lost at Harvard 10-9 last Saturday in a tightly contested game that was tied 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6, 7-7 and 8-8 before the Crimson went ahead for good. Sophomore attacker
Jenna Collignon (Hinsdale, Ill.) had three goals and nine draw controls for the Bulldogs.
Among Yale's Best
Yale's nine wins this season are tied for the second-most in a season by the team in 15 years (the 2022 squad had the most wins in that span, finishing with 11). The school record for wins in a season is 14 (1978, 1979, 1995, 1999, 2003).
Penoyer Leads in Assists
Senior attacker
Olivia Penoyer (Manlius, N.Y.) leads the Ivy League in assists with 27 and set the Yale career assists record with her 87th in the win at Brown Apr. 1. Here are Yale's top five in career assists:
Olivia Penoyer (93)
Laura Karmatz '95 (86)
Erin Porta '99 (78)
Sarah Queener '03 (66)
Nicole Piasecki '84 (66)
Penoyer had 37 assists last season, six shy of Karmatz' single-season school record (set in 1994).
Collignon Leads in Goals, Points
Sophomore attacker
Jenna Collignon (Hinsdale, Ill.) leads the Ivy League in goals with 42 and points with 51. Earlier this year she was
named to the Tewaaraton Award Women's Watch List and was an
Honorable Mention ILWomen Midseason All-American. She has a 20 game point-scoring streak dating back to last season. The last time she was held without a point was Mar. 13, 2022 at Boston College.
RPI and the Ivy League
Yale is the second-highest-ranked Ivy League team in the recently released
NCAA RPI rankings. Here is the full list:
t-21. Penn
23. Yale
31. Princeton
49. Cornell
52. Brown
54. Harvard
58. Dartmouth
107. Columbia
Last season every team that was ranked No. 22 or better in the RPI at the time of NCAA Tournament selections made the tournament. The lowest-ranked team to host first- and second-round NCAA Tournament games was Princeton, which was No. 12 in the RPI at the time of selections. NCAA Tournament selections for 2023 will be announced Sunday, May 7 at 9:00 p.m. ET on ESPNU.
Around the Ivy League
Penn (5-0) clinched at least a share of the Ivy League Championship, and the No. 1 seed in the Ivy League Tournament, with a 15-9 win vs. Princeton Wednesday at Franklin Field. Yale, Harvard and Princeton are tied for second at 3-2, one game ahead of the three teams tied for fifth at 2-3 – Brown, Cornell and Dartmouth.
Here is a look at the league slate for the weekend:
Saturday
- 12:00 p.m. No. 24 Princeton at Dartmouth
- 1:00 p.m. Cornell at No. 19 Yale
- 2:00 p.m. Columbia at Harvard
- 3:30 p.m. No. 15 Penn at Brown
The top four teams in the final standings make the Ivy League Tournament, with semifinals set for May 5 and the championship set for May 7. All games take place at the site of the No. 1 seed, Penn. They will be held at the Quakers' Penn Park.
A Yale win on Saturday combined with losses by Brown and Dartmouth would ensure the Bulldogs an Ivy League Tournament spot; there are also a variety of other scenarios in which the Bulldogs could clinch a berth.
Scouting Cornell
Cornell (6-7, 2-3 Ivy League) has lost five in a row, including four losses to top 20 teams. The Big Red has lost 24 straight games against ranked opponents. Yale beat the Big Red twice last season –
15-9 in Ithaca during the regular season and
16-6 in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals.
