NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A top 10 Ivy League matchup came down to the wire Saturday at Reese Stadium, as No. 9 Princeton used a late three-goal run to take down No. 10 Yale 13-11.
Both teams had a senior attacker score five goals:
Jenna Collignon for Yale, McKenzie Blake for Princeton. It was a pair of goals by Collignon that tied the game 10-10 in the fourth quarter – the sixth tie of the game. But Blake had one of the three goals in the ensuing 3-0 Princeton run that proved decisive.
Yale (7-3, 1-2 Ivy League) led early, 4-2, and briefly took a 6-5 lead in the third. But Princeton (8-1, 2-0 Ivy League) had three different runs of three or more goals, and the last one proved to be the difference maker.
GOALS-ASSISTS-POINTS
OTHER STATISTICAL LEADERS
- Collignon had a team-best seven draw controls.
- Sophomore midfielder Katie Clare led Yale with a pair of caused turnovers
- Senior goalkeeper Cami Donadio led Yale with five ground balls. She made six saves.
TURNING POINT
- After Yale rallied to tie the game 10-10 with 7:23 left in the fourth quarter, Princeton got the draw control and scored. The Tigers then got each of the next two draw controls as they expanded their lead, going ahead 13-10 with 13 seconds to play and putting the game out of reach.
KEY STAT
- Princeton limited Yale to a season-low 27 shots.
NOTES
- Yale had won three in a row in the series vs. Princeton.
- Collignon reached the 200 career point mark.
- Yale celebrated 50 years of women's lacrosse at this game. The Bulldogs were a club team in 1975 and became a varsity team in 1976. Dozens of alums returned for the game and were honored on the field at halftime.
WHAT'S NEXT
- Yale hosts No. 7 Syracuse Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.
