Yale celebrates Ellie Barlow's game-winning goal.
Sam Rubin

Field Hockey Sam Rubin

Bulldogs Look to Continue Winning Ways Saturday at Dartmouth

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale field hockey team faces two games on the road to end the 2022 season, starting this Saturday at Dartmouth at noon (ESPN+, International Stream, Live Stats). Wins in the final two games would give the Bulldogs double-digit wins for the first time since the 2018 season.
 
LAST GAME
Yale (8-7, 2-3 Ivy League) enjoyed a memorable Senior Day last Saturday, edging then-No. 24 Penn 3-2 in overtime on a goal by sophomore forward Ellie Barlow (Dunmow, Essex, England). Senior midfielder  Alissa Wong (West Vancouver, B.C.), Yale's captain, scored her first goal of the season. She and her classmates – midfielder Théodora Dillman (Lancaster, Pa.), back Laine Garber (Downingtown, Pa.), midfielder April Kim (Fredericksburg, Va.) and back Katie Pieterse (Ridgefield, Conn.) – were honored before the game. All five started.
 
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Yale's 3-2 OT win over then-No. 24 Penn last Saturday came five years to the day since the Bulldogs' last win vs. a ranked opponent – a 1-0 win at then-No. 23 UMass Oct. 22, 2017.
 
ELITE EIGHT
Eight Bulldogs have started all 15 games this season:  
HOME COOKING
The win this past Saturday gave Yale a winning record at home (5-3). The Bulldogs have not had a losing record at home since 2015. In the six seasons since then they are 34-20 (.630) at Johnson Field.
 
SHOTS FIRED
Yale has taken 11 or more shots in four straight games. In the first 11 games of the season, Yale took 11 or more shots in a game a total of four times.
 
BARLOW ACHIEVES NEW HIGHS
With four goals and four assists for 12 points, sophomore forward Ellie Barlow (Dunmow, Essex, England) has doubled her point total from last season (3-0-6) while also improving her goal and assist totals. She has done so despite the fact that she has taken two fewer shots this year (18 this year; 20 last year). She also has three game-winning goals this season, more than any other Bulldog.
 
DILLMAN AMONG IVY LEADERS
Senior midfielder Théodora Dillman (Lancaster, Pa.) is tied for sixth in the Ivy League with six goals and tied for 13th in the Ivy League with 13 points. She is a three-time All-Ivy honoree, having earned second team All-Ivy League twice and honorable mention All-Ivy League once. Last season she was fifth in the league in points (24, a career high) and tied for fifth in goals (nine, a career high).
 
SCOUTING DARTMOUTH
Dartmouth (3-12, 0-5 Ivy League) has lost nine in a row since beating Merrimack 2-1 Sept. 18. Yale has won five in a row in the series, outscoring the Big Green 26-9 in that span. The Bulldogs have registered two straight shutouts against Dartmouth, including last year's 4-0 win in the rain at Johnson Field in which junior goalkeeper Luanna Summer (St. Louis, Mo.) made six saves.
 
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