NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 5 Yale women's lacrosse team had no letdown after this past Saturday's thrilling 12-6 win against No. 4 Michigan. On a sunny but frigid afternoon, the Bulldogs made the short trip up I-91 to play at Quinnipiac Tuesday. They raced out to an 11-1 lead in the game's first 24:18 en route to earning a 16-6 win.
Yale (2-0, 0-0 Ivy League) had nine different goal scorers, and 31 different Bulldogs got into the game. Quinnipiac (2-1, 0-0 MAAC) was led by three goals from attacker Cate Bendowski.
STATISTICAL LEADERS
TURNING POINT
- Yale led just 2-1 after a Quinnipiac goal at 9:56 of the first, but the Bulldogs scored the next nine goals – holding the Bobcats scoreless for 16:57 – and never looked back.
KEY STAT
- Yale outshot Quinnipiac 17-3 in the first quarter.
NOTES
- Senior midfielder Taylor Lane added two goals.
- Sophomore attacker Lily Spinner scored her first career goal. Yale also got one goal each from senior attacker Charlotte Callahan, sophomore attacker Karina Herrera, sophomore attacker Ashley Kiernan and sophomore midfielder Paris Panagopoulos.
- Collignon now has a streak of nine straight games with at least three goals.
- Yale is 11-0 all-time against Quinnipiac.
- The following players made their Yale debuts:
WHAT'S NEXT
- Yale plays UMass Lowell Saturday.
