NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- UMass broke open a 2-2 game with the Yale women's lacrosse team by scoring nine straight goals Saturday afternoon at Garber Field, eventually finishing with a 13-3 win that kept the Minutewomen unbeaten in 2016. Attacker Nicole Troost led UMass with four goals, while Yale got goals from sophomore attacker Kiwi Comizio, sophomore midfielder Lily Smith and freshman midfielder Addie Zinsner. Senior attacker Nicole Daniggelis had six draw controls, breaking the Ivy League career draw controls record in the process.

After falling behind 2-0 in the first six minutes, Yale (1-2, 0-0 Ivy League) evened things up on goals by Zinsner and Comizio --both assisted by junior attacker Hope Hanley. At that point the Bulldogs had scored on two of three shots, but they were about to hit a dry spell. As UMass began pulling away with a 7-0 run to end the half -- including three goals by Troost -- Yale missed its final five shots.

"UMass came out with a strong game plan and executed really well," said Erica LaGrow, Yale's Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Women's Lacrosse. "I'm proud of our team in that we came out and played hard, but we hit a lull in the middle of the game. Today was one of those days where our shots just weren't falling."

UMass (4-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10) scored again less than five minutes into the second half to go ahead 10-2, but the Bulldogs still had plenty of opportunities to get back in the game. In one stretch of four minutes early in the second they had three free position shots, but UMass goalie Aileen Kelly -- who came on in relief of Sam Walters to start the second -- made two saves, and the third shot was blocked.

That stretch was part of a second half in which Yale wound up outshooting UMass 10-9. The Bulldogs also limited the Minutewomen to a 7-for-11 performance on clears in the second half, after UMass had gone 9-for-10 in the first.

"In the second half we came back with a lot of energy and worked hard," said LaGrow. "We always emphasize the ride. Everyone on the field can have an impact there, and on the clear. We fought back in the second half and that's not an easy thing to do when you're down 9-2.  It was good to see that we had the grit and the fire to do that."

UMass extended its lead to 11-2 on a goal by Troost before Smith ended Yale's scoring drought by notching her second goal of the season. The Bulldogs still trailed by eight, though, with only 11:27 remaining. The Minutewomen scored twice in the final 94 seconds to make the final 13-3.

Daniggelis got the final draw control of the game to finish with 230 career draw controls, one more than the previous Ivy League record (229 by Brown's Grace Healy from 2011-2014).

"We are proud of Nicole," said LaGrow. "She is one of those players who goes out and puts in the extra work to refine her craft. That record is a product of her hard work. She certainly gave us a lot of opportunities today."

Sophomore goalkeeper Sydney Marks finished with seven saves, helping hold UMass below its season goals-per-game average. The Minutewomen had averaged nearly 15 goals in their first three games.

Yale returns to action on Wednesday vs. Marist at Reese Stadium.

Report by Sam Rubin '95 (sam.rubin@yale.edu), Yale Sports Publicity