NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Ivy League play starts Saturday for the Yale field hockey team, as the Bulldogs host No. 16 Harvard (12:00, ESPN+). Yale then travels to Hofstra Sunday (1:00, Pride Productions).

OFFENSE ERUPTS FOR 6-0 WIN AT WAGNER
Yale (2-3, 0-0 Ivy League) enjoyed its best offensive day in nearly two years last time out, winning 6-0 at Wagner Sept. 20. That was the most goals in a game for the Bulldogs since winning 7-1 at Lehigh Oct. 1, 2017.

Senior forward Camille Scheyer (Glencoe, Ill.) had two goals, senior midfielder Bridget Condie (St. Louis, Mo.) had a goal and two assists, junior forward/midfielder Olivia Levieux (Johannesburg, South Africa) had a goal and an assist, and junior midfielder Iliana Cabral (Camarillo, Calif.) and junior forward/midfielder Imogen Davies (Kilmacolm, Scotland) had one goal each.

First year goalkeeper Luanna Summer (St. Louis, Mo.) mad two saves in her Yale debut, and senior back Holly Jackson (Glastonbury, England) made a defensive save to help preserve the shutout.

BULLDOGS AMONG NATION'S LEADERS IN DEFENSIVE SAVES
With four defensive saves in the first five games, Yale is tied for fifth in the nation in that category. Sophomore midfielder Théodora Dillman (Lancaster, Pa.) and senior back Holly Jackson (Glastonbury, England) have two defensive saves each. Ball State and Sacred Heart are tied for the NCAA lead with eight defensive saves each.

DAVIES OFF TO HOT START
With a team-best eight points (3-2-8) in the first five games, junior forward/midfielder Imogen Davies (Kilmacolm, Scotland) is already nearly halfway to her career high in points (6-6-18 in 2017). She is second in the Ivy League in points per game (1.60), trailing only Princeton's Hannah Davey (1.83).

TERROSO IN THE TOP 20
Junior goalkeeper Sydney Terroso (York, Pa.) leads the Ivy League and ranks 20^th in the nation in save percentage (.771). She is second in the league in saves (37).

SCOUTING HARVARD
Harvard (3-2, 0-0 Ivy League) has faced three nationally ranked teams this season, beating No. 22 Albany to open the season before falling to No. 4 UConn and No. 18 Stanford. The Crimson has won 32 straight games against unranked opponents. Harvard's last loss to an unranked team was on Sept. 18, 2016, a 3-1 loss at UMass.

The Crimson has won the Ivy League Championship twice in the last three seasons, following a 25 year drought. Midfielder Bente van Vlijmen -- one of three Harvard players from The Netherlands, birthplace of Crimson head coach Tjerk van Herwaarden -- is a three-time All-American and was the Ivy League Co-Offensive Player of the Year last season.

SCOUTING HOFSTRA
Hofstra (3-5, 0-0 CAA) is coming off a 3-0 loss to another Ivy League team, Brown. Prior to that the Pride had won three games in a row. Hofstra started the season 0-4, scoring just one goal in four games.

Yale has beaten the Pride in each of the last three seasons, including a 3-1 win last year in which junior forward/midfielder Imogen Davies (Kilmacolm, Scotland) scored a pair of goals.