NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 6 Yale women's lacrosse team could end the regular season as Ivy League Co-Champions… or not even make the Ivy League Tournament. Such is the variety of outcomes that are possible as the Bulldogs host Cornell Saturday at 12:00 p.m. (ESPN+, International Stream, Live Stats). Yale is in a three-way tie with No. 18 Brown and No. 15 Penn for second place in the Ivy League, a game behind first-place No. 5 Princeton. Thus an Ivy League Championship (determined by the regular season standings) is still in reach, but would require some help in the form of a Dartmouth win against 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. Based on the league's tiebreakers, Brown, Penn and Princeton have already clinched spots in the tournament – so the winner of Yale-Cornell is in, while the loser is out.
 
The Last Game

• Yale (11-3, 4-2 Ivy League) won 14-9 at then-No. 22 Harvard last Saturday. Senior midfielder Fallon Vaughn (Concord, Mass.) had 10 points (4-6-10), finishing one point shy of the school single-game record.
• That was Yale's first road win vs. Harvard since 2007.

 
The Bulldogs

• Yale is third in the nation in scoring defense (7.86) and fewest turnovers per game (11.07). The Bulldogs are 10th in the nation in draw control percentage (.599). 
• Yale is 23-2 in its last 25 home games.
• Ten Bulldogs have started all 14 games this season.
• Vaughn was named one of 25 nominees for the Tewaaraton Award earlier this month.
• Senior attacker Taylor Everson (Montclair, N.J.) recently earned the Yale Athletics Department's Amanda D. Walton Award.The award is given to a student-athlete who has excelled on the field of play and who has shown spirit and courage in transcending unforeseen challenges. 
• The Bulldogs' longest active individual streaks are:
  • Consecutive games with at least one goal, consecutive games with at least one point: senior attacker Jenna Collignon (Hinsdale, Ill.), 32
  • Consecutive games with at least one assist: senior midfielder Taylor Lane (Norwalk, Conn.), 7
  • Consecutive games played, consecutive starts: Lane and Vaughn, 68

 
The Seniors

• Yale will honor its Senior Class at Saturday's game. The members of the senior class have been a part of four memorable seasons, and have led the program to several notable accomplishments. That includes a pair of wins in the NCAA Tournament last season, helping the Bulldogs advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the first time since 2003. This group also led Yale to an Ivy League Championship last season, the program's first since 2003, and the school's first-ever Ivy League Tournament championship. The team has been ranked as high as number one in the RPI and number four in the national polls during their careers. The Bulldogs had a nine-game winning streak last season – tied for the fourth-longest winning streak in school history – and they had a seven-game winning streak this season. In each of their first three seasons, this group helped Yale earn a spot in the Ivy League Tournament. The Bulldogs have advanced to the Ivy League Tournament Championship game in each of those seasons. The seniors are:
  • Goalkeeper Caitlin Brown (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
  • Midfielder Caroline Burt (Newtown Square, Pa.)
  • Attacker Charlotte Callahan (Hinsdale, Ill.)
  • Midfielder Sky Carrasquillo (Alpharetta, Ga.)
  • Attacker Jenna Collignon (Hinsdale, Ill.)
  • Attacker Shannon Dahlquist (Darien, Conn.)
  • Goalkeeper Cami Donadio (Winter Park, Fla.)
  • Attacker Taylor Everson (Montclair, N.J.)
  • Defender Becca Gill (Weston, Mass.)
  • Midfielder Alex Hopkins (Garden City, N.Y.)
  • Midfielder Taylor Lane (Norwalk, Conn.)
  • Attacker Meghan McCarthy (Potomac, Md.)
  • Defender Molly McGuckin (Alexandria, Va.)
  • Midfielder Sophie Straka (Chatham, N.J.)
  • Defender Lyssa Tyler (Longmeadow, Mass.)
  • Midfielder Fallon Vaughn (Concord, Mass.)

 
The Series

• Yale has won three of the last four in the series vs. Cornell. That included a 21-8 win last year in Ithaca that clinched at least a share of the Ivy League title for Yale.
• Yale is 22-23 all-time against Cornell.

 
The Big Red

• Cornell (9-5, 3-3 Ivy League) has gone 2-3 in its last five games, allowing 12 or more goals four times in that span.
• The Big Red is shooting a league-best .446 in Ivy League games.

 
The RPI Picture

• Seven of the eight teams in the Ivy League are in the top 28 in the NCAA RPI rankings as of Apr. 24. Last year, every team with an RPI rank of 21 or better on Selection Sunday made the NCAA Tournament field. The eight host sites for first- and second-round NCAA Tournament games were all ranked No. 11 or better.
  
  The Ivy RPI rankings:
  4. Princeton
  10. Yale
  12. Penn
  20. Dartmouth
  22. Brown
  23. Harvard
  28. Cornell
  74. Columbia

 
The Ivy League this Saturday

• 12:00 p.m. No. 5 Princeton at Dartmouth
• 12:00 p.m. Cornell at No. 6 Yale
• 1:00 p.m. No. 15 Penn at No. 18 Brown
• 1:00 p.m. Columbia at No. 24 Harvard

 
The Ivy League Tournament Possibilities

• Three of the four games on Saturday have implications for Ivy League Tournament seeding. Here are all the possibilities:

1.  If Dartmouth, Yale and Brown win, the seeds are:

1.  Princeton
2. Brown
3. Yale
4. Penn

2. If Princeton, Yale and Brown win, the seeds are:

1.  Princeton
2. Brown
3. Yale
4. Penn

3. If Dartmouth, Cornell and Brown win, the seeds are:

1. Princeton
2. Brown
3. Penn
4. Cornell

4. If Princeton, Cornell and Brown win, the seeds are:

1. Princeton
2. Brown
3. Penn
4. Cornell

5. If Dartmouth, Yale and Penn win, the seeds are:

1. Penn
2. Princeton
3. Yale
4. Brown

6.  If Princeton, Yale and Penn win, the seeds are:

1. Princeton
2. Yale
3. Penn
4. Brown

7. If Dartmouth, Cornell and Penn win, the seeds are:

1. Penn
2. Princeton
3. Cornell
4. Brown

8. If Princeton, Cornell and Penn win, the seeds are:

1. Princeton
2. Penn
3. Cornell
4. Brown

 

??SAVE!??

Niamh Pfaff keeps the lead 13-9 in the fourth!

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— Yale Women's Lacrosse (@YaleWLacrosse) April 19, 2025