PHILADELPHIA – Chiara Picciafuoco's goal at 67:10 in overtime at Buckley Field Sunday afternoon earned a 2-1 win over Drexel for the Yale Field hockey team. The Bulldogs, who won the season opener at Lehigh 6-1 Friday, are now 2-0 for the first time in six years. Drexel falls to 2-2.
 
Summary

• Drexel struck first, taking a 1-0 lead at 16:26 on a goal by Anna Castaldo.
• Ellie Barlow tied the game on a penalty corner just before halftime, scoring off an assist by Hettie Whittington at 29:56.
• Three saves in the third quarter by Alexa Pitts helped keep the game tied.
• Pitts made three more saves in the fourth quarter, including one on a corner with seven minutes to play, to help send the game to overtime.
• Pitts made a pair of saves in the opening minute of overtime to keep the game tied.
• Chiara Picciafuoco scored off a Barlow assist at 67:10 to win the game for Yale, 2-1.

 
Notes

• Pitts finished with a career-high seven saves, all of them coming after halftime.
• Drexel had a 10-6 shot advantage.
• Penalty corners were even, 7-7.
• Barlow finished the weekend with two goals and two assists. She had the game-winning goal Friday.
• Picciafuoco and Julia Freedman each played 67 minutes.
• The last time Yale started the season with at least two straight wins was 2018, when the Bulldogs went 3-0 before suffering their first defeat.

 
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Yale visits Fairfield next Friday at 4:00 p.m.