Box Score Alozie Scores For Bulldogs
It was a formula that had been quite successful for Yale this fall. When scoring first, the Bulldogs were 8-0 heading into Saturday's game at Penn. So when Michelle Alozie broke a scoreless tie with a goal early in the second half, Yale had to feel good about its chances. The Quakers, though, had other ideas. They scored three times in a 16-minute stretch to knock off the Bulldogs 3-1 on an unusually mild fall afternoon in Philadelphia.
The loss drops Yale to 2-2-1 in Ivy play, while Penn is 3-1-1.
The Bulldogs (9-4-2 overall) outshot the Quakers 8-4 in the first half, but there was no score until Alozie tallied her team-leading eighth goal of the season. Brittany Simpson got the play started when she sent a ball to the top of box. Alozie made a move and then fired a shot past Penn goalkeeper Kitty Qu at 54:47.
The Quakers, though, got the equalizer less than 10 minutes later when Allie Trzaska fired a shot from 25 yards out that deflected off the crossbar and in at 63:35.
Penn's Sasha Stephens then took over, scoring a pair of goals. The first came when she slid to deflect a Kristen Miller cross at 68:01.
Stephens struck again at 79:02 when she settled a long Erica Higa pass, took a touch and blasted a shot into the top corner.
The Bulldogs, who had their four-game unbeaten streak snapped, outshot the Quakers 16-11 in the game.
Yale nearly grabbed the lead late in the first half but an Aerial Chavarin header off a free kick banged off the post.
The Bulldogs are back in action next Saturday when they play at Columbia at 4 p.m.
Report filed by Tim Bennett (timothy.bennett@yale.edu), Yale Sports Publicity
