Saturday, 12:00 p.m. at No. 13 Princeton
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale field hockey team (10-5, 3-3 Ivy League) heads to No. 13 Princeton Saturday (12:00 p.m.,
ESPN+,
International Stream,
Live Stats) for the regular season finale – a game with Ivy League Tournament implications. With a win, the Bulldogs would clinch a spot in the tournament. With a loss, based on other Ivy results this weekend, Yale could wind up on the outside looking in as the tournament gets underway Nov. 8.
LAST WEEK
Yale split a pair of games at Johnson Field last weekend,
falling to Columbia 3-2 on Friday and bouncing back with a
3-0 win vs. No. 19 Temple Sunday.
IVY LEAGUE STANDINGS
| Team |
Ivy League Wins |
Ivy League Losses |
| Princeton |
6 (Pe, Col, Cor, Br, Harv, Dart) |
0 |
| Harvard |
5 (Dart, Br, Y, Col, Pe) |
1 (Prin) |
| Brown |
3 (Y, Dart, Col) |
3 (Harv, Prin, Cor) |
| Cornell |
3 (Dart, Penn, Brown) |
3 (Col, Pr, Y) |
| Yale |
3 (Pe, Cor, Dart) |
3 (Br, Harv, Col) |
| Columbia |
2 (Cor, Y) |
4 (Pr, Pe, Harv, Brown) |
| Penn |
2 (Col, Dart) |
4 (Pr, Y, Cor, Harv) |
| Dartmouth |
0 |
6 (Harv, Cor, Br, Pe, Yale, Pr) |
REMAINING IVY LEAGUE GAMES
Saturday, November 2:
Cornell at Harvard 12:00 p.m.
Yale at Princeton 12:00 p.m.
Penn at Brown 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 3:
Dartmouth at Columbia 11:00 a.m.
IVY LEAGUE TOURNAMENT
The Ivy League Tournament takes place at the site of the No. 1 seed, Princeton, and includes the top four teams in the regular season standings. Semifinals take place Friday Nov. 8 and the tournament championship game is Sunday Nov. 10. The winner earns the league's automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Semifinal No. 1 will be No. 1 Princeton vs. the No. 4 seed at 11:30 a.m. and semifinal No. 2 will be No. 2 Harvard vs. the No. 3 seed. There will be a minimum of 45 minutes in between games.
CLINCHING SCENARIOS
Yale clinches a spot in the Ivy League Tournament with a win this weekend. The full Ivy League Tournament tiebreaker procedure is
here.
The Bulldogs would be the No. 3 seed in these scenarios:
- Yale beats Princeton, Cornell beats Harvard, Brown beats Penn
- Yale beats Princeton, Cornell beats Harvard, Penn beats Brown
- Yale beats Princeton, Harvard beats Cornell, Penn beats Brown
They would be the No. 4 seed in this scenario:
- Yale beats Princeton, Harvard beats Cornell, Brown beats Penn
Even with a loss, the Bulldogs could still make the tournament. Here are the possibilities:
- Princeton beats Yale, Harvard beats Cornell, Penn beats Brown by five goals or less, Columbia beats Dartmouth ? Yale is the No. 3 seed
- Princeton beats Yale, Harvard beats Cornell, Penn beats Brown by six goals or more, Columbia beats Dartmouth ? Yale is the No. 4 seed
- Princeton beats Yale, Harvard beats Cornell, Penn beats Brown, Dartmouth beats Columbia ? Yale is the No. 3 seed
- Princeton beats Yale, Harvard beats Cornell, Brown beats Penn, Dartmouth beats Columbia ? Yale is the No. 4 seed
- Princeton beats Yale, Cornell beats Harvard, Penn beats Brown, Dartmouth beats Columbia ? Yale is the No. 4 seed
SCOUTING No. 13 PRINCETON
Princeton (11-4, 6-0 Ivy League) has already clinched at least a share of its 28th Ivy League title and will host the Ivy League Tournament. A win on Saturday would give the Tigers their 18th 7-0 Ivy season.
