NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Yale field hockey team hosts a pair of games at Johnson Field this weekend as Brown (Saturday, 1:00 p.m., ESPN+) and Drexel (Sunday, 2:00 p.m., ESPN+) come to New Haven. The game vs. Brown is the Ivy League opener.
 
BULLDOGS SPLIT WEEKEND
Yale (2-3, 0-0 Ivy League) opened last weekend with a 2-0 win vs. Colgate at Johnson Field, outshooting the Raiders 29-10 and getting eight saves from sophomore goalkeeper Luanna Summer (St. Louis, Mo.) for the shutout. The Bulldogs led Wagner 2-0 Sunday in the second game of the weekend, but the Seahawks eventually rallied for a 3-2 win in double overtime. All three of Yale's losses this season have been by one goal, and two have been in overtime.
 
FRESH FACES
Sophomore midfielder Rachel Brown (West Hills, Calif.) made her first career start Sunday, becoming the seventh Bulldog to make their first career start this season:

• Sophomore forward Lena Ansari (Glenview, Ill.)
• First year forward Ellie Barlow (Dunmow, Essex, England)
• Sophomore midfielder Rachel Brown (West Hills, Calif.)
• Junior midfielder April Kim (Fredericksburg, Va.)
• Sophomore midfielder Ashley Kim (Fredericksburg, Va.)
• Sophomore goalkeeper Luanna Summer (St. Louis, Mo.)
• Sophomore midfielder Maddy Wong (West Vancouver, B.C.)

 
HOME COOKING
Since Nov. 4, 2017 -- a 4-0 win vs. Brown -- Yale has gone 14-9 (.609) at Johnson Field. 
 
STRONG NUMBERS FOR SUMMER 
Sophomore goalkeeper Luanna Summer (St. Louis, Mo.) enters the weekend with an .811 save percentage. The last time a Yale goalkeeper finished with a save percentage that high was 1998, when Courtney Lane '00 (.841 save percentage, 555 minutes) and Erica Waples '02 (.833 save percentage, 815 minutes) split time en route to leading the Bulldogs to a 15-4 record and an ECAC Championship.
 
SCOUTING BROWN
Brown (3-3, 0-0 Ivy League) is returning from a trip to California in which the Bears suffered a pair of one-goal losses -- to Cal and UC Davis. Yale has won eight of the last nine in this series, starting with a 7-0 win at Johnson Field during the Bulldogs' Ivy League Championship season of 2011.
 
SCOUTING DREXEL
Drexel (2-6, 0-0 CAA), which hosts Fairfield Friday night, has been outscored 30-16 in its first eight games. Forward Eline Di Leva was a first team all-region selection in 2020, leading the team in goals, assists and points (6-7-19). The Dragons edged the Bulldogs 2-1 the last time these two teams met, in 2019.