NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 16 Yale women's lacrosse team is 8-0 for the first time since starting the 2001 season 8-0. The Bulldogs are 2-0 in Ivy League play and host Brown Saturday (1:00 p.m.,
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Last Game
Yale (8-0, 2-0 Ivy League)
beat Dartmouth 15-5 in Hanover last Sunday. Yale held Dartmouth scoreless from the 5:11 mark of the second quarter to the 0:04 mark of the third quarter, turning a 6-4 Yale lead into a 13-4 Yale lead during that span of 20:07. This was Yale's largest margin of victory against the Big Green in school history. The game had been originally been scheduled for Saturday but was moved to Sunday due to a snowstorm in New Hampshire.
RPI and the Ivy League
Here are the Ivy League teams in the latest RPI rankings from the NCAA:
1. Penn
10. Yale
17. Princeton
21. Brown
23. Dartmouth
32. Harvard
34. Cornell
85. Columbia
The ACC and the Ivy League are the only conferences with five or more teams ranked in the top 23 of the RPI.
Undefeated
With previously unbeaten No. 7 Loyola's 16-13 loss at No. 5 Syracuse Wednesday night, Yale is now one of two unbeaten NCAA Division I women's lacrosse teams left in the nation this season:
- No. 2 Michigan 11-0
- This week: vs. No. 1 Maryland Saturday
- No. 16 Yale 8-0
- This week: vs. No. 23 Brown Saturday
Winning Streaks
Yale is one of four teams nationally with a winning streak of eight or more games:
- No. 2 Michigan 11 in a row
- No. 11 Florida 10 in a row
- No. 25 Fairfield 8 in a row
- No. 16 Yale 8 in a row
The Bulldogs' eight-game winning streak is the team's longest since 2007, when the team won the final nine regular seasons games in a row (Mar. 21, 2007 to Apr. 21, 2007) en route to earning an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Running the Gauntlet
Yale's next six opponents are either ranked or receiving votes in the ILWomen/IWLCA Poll:
- Mar. 30: No. 23 Brown
- Apr. 3: No. 4 Boston College
- Apr. 7: No. 14 Penn
- Apr. 13: No. 24 Harvard
- Apr. 20: RV Cornell
- Apr. 22: No. 12 Denver
So far this season, the Bulldogs are 3-0 against teams that were ranked or receiving votes in the poll. Last year Yale was 3-4 against teams that were ranked or receiving votes in the poll. The highest-ranked team that the Bulldogs have beaten in the last two seasons was then-No. 14 Army Apr. 4, 2023.
Defense Tied for Second in the Nation
Yale ranks tied for second nationally in scoring defense (7.00 goals allowed per game). Michigan (5.73 goals allowed per game) leads the nation. Individually, Yale first-year goalkeeper
Laura O'Connor (Greenwich, Conn.) ranks third nationally in goals-against average (7.62). Michigan's Erin O'Grady is the NCAA leader at 5.26.
Bulldogs Impose Scoring Droughts
In each game this season Yale's defense has held its opponent scoreless for a stretch of at least 12:43. Here are the longest scoreless stretches for Yale's opponents in each game so far:
- Stanford: 14:16
- Quinnipiac: 12:43
- at Temple: 38:44
- at Princeton: 29:14
- UConn: 24:24
- CCSU: 29:26
- at Rutgers: 18:13
- at Dartmouth: 20:07
Collignon a Midseason All-American Again
Junior attacker
Jenna Collignon (Hinsdale, Ill.) was named
named honorable mention ILWomen Midseason All-America Thursday. This is her second season in a row earning that honor. Collignon leads the Bulldogs in goals and points (22-2-24) and is second on the team in draw controls with 31. She is on the Women's Watch List for the Tewaaraton Award, given annually to the best collegiate lacrosse player in the nation.
Pascal Honored
Sophomore defender
Emmy Pascal (Lorton, Va.) was
named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. Pascal led the Yale defense with a game-high four caused turnovers in Sunday's 15-5 win at Dartmouth. She has started all 25 games of her Yale career.
Ivy League Saturday Schedule
- 12:00 RV Cornell at Jacksonville
- 1:00 No. 23 Brown at No. 16 Yale
- 4:00 Dartmouth at No. 24 Harvard
Scouting Brown
Brown (8-2, 1-1 Ivy League) is coming off setting a school record for points in Monday's 24-5 win at Stetson. With 16 assists on 24 goals, the Bears totaled 40 points – besting the previous mark of 36 set in 1986 and equaled in 2011. Brown, in its first season under head coach Katrina Dowd, is third nationally in goals per game (17.50) and fourth in assists per game (9.10) and draw controls per game (18.00).
Saturday Weather Forecast for New Haven
From the
National Weather Service: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. West wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
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