NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 6 Yale women's lacrosse team plays at archrival No. 22 Harvard Saturday at 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+, International Stream, Live Stats). The Bulldogs are in a three-way tie with Cornell and No. 18 Penn for third place in the Ivy League, a game behind the two teams tied for first at 4-1: No. 17 Brown and No. 5 Princeton. The top four teams in the standings make the Ivy League Tournament, which takes place May 2 (semis) and 4 (championship) at the site of the highest seed.
 
Last Game

• Yale (10-3, 3-2 Ivy League) beat then-No. 16 Penn 10-9 in a double-overtime thriller last Saturday in Philadelphia.
• Senior attacker Jenna Collignon (Hinsdale, Ill.) scored the game-winning goal with 12 seconds left in the second half of the second overtime.
• That was Yale's first road win vs. Penn since 2003.

 
The Bulldogs

• Senior midfielder Fallon Vaughn (Concord, Mass.) was named one of 25 nominees for the Tewaaraton Award on Thursday.
• Yale clinches a spot in the Ivy League Tournament with a win over Harvard AND if Cornell beats No. 18 Penn AND if No. 17 Brown beats No. 5 Princeton Saturday.
• The Bulldogs' longest active individual streaks are:
  • Consecutive games with at least one goal, consecutive games with at least one point: Collignon, 31
  • Consecutive games with at least one assist: senior midfielder Taylor Lane (Norwalk, Conn.), 6
  • Consecutive games played, consecutive starts: Lane and Vaughn, 67

 
The Ivy League this Saturday

• No. 17 Brown at No. 5 Princeton, 12:00 p.m. 
• Dartmouth at Columbia, 12:00 p.m.
• Cornell at No. 18 Penn, 3:30 p.m.
• No. 6 Yale at No. 22 Harvard, 4:00 p.m.

 
The Series

• Yale has won three of the last four in the series vs. Harvard. That includes a pair of wins last year in New Haven: 16-8 in the regular season and 14-10 in the Ivy League Tournament Semifinals.
• Yale's last road win against Harvard was Mar. 31, 2007 (17-8). That was the year after Harvard ended an 11 game Yale winning streak in the series by beating the Bulldogs 11-8 in 2006.
• Yale is 23-27-1 all-time against Harvard.

 
The Crimson

• Harvard (7-5, 2-3 Ivy League) is 2-3 in its last five games, but all three losses have been by two or fewer goals.
• The Crimson is 4-0 at home this year.
• Saturday's game is part of a doubleheader – the Crimson men host Cornell beforehand.