NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Elle Hartje tipped in the game-winning goal with 29 seconds remaining in overtime to help the Yale women's hockey team edge Penn State, 2-1. With the win, the Bulldogs improved to 6-0-0 overall, while the Nittany Lions fell to 10-7-1 overall.
 
Team Leaders
Goals: Jordan Ray, Elle Hartje
Assists: Vita Poniatovskaia (2), Pia Dukaric, Emma Seitz
Blocks: Gracie Gilkyson (3), Olivia Muhn (2)
Saves: Pia Dukaric (27)
 
How It Happened

• After a scoreless first period, Jordan Ray broke the deadlock on the powerplay at the 4:31 mark of the second period. Ray skated from the defensive zone, dodged a defender before lasering a shot past the Nittany Lions' netminder.
• With 2:25 to play in the third period, Penn State netted the equalizer, which eventually sent the game to overtime.
• Yale had a 5-on-3 advantage in the late stages of overtime. With 29 seconds remaining, the Bulldogs set up a play in the zone as Emma Seitz slid a pass over to Vita Poniatovskaia at the right faceoff dot. Poniatovskaia fired a shot on net that Elle Hartje tipped in to win it for Yale.
• Pia Dukaric was fantastic in goal as the sophomore pitched a 27-save performance en route to the Bulldogs' sixth-straight victory.

 
Notes

• Charlotte Welch skated in her 100th career game.
• Elle Hartje snagged her first goal of the season.
• Hartje also notched the fifth game-winning goal of her career.
• Vita Poniatovskaia has points in five-straight games.
• Jordan Ray has a point in all six games this season.
• This was the Bulldogs' first overtime game since Nov. 26, 2021 when Yale faced Quinnipiac.

 
Up Next
The Bulldogs are set to travel to Las Vegas, Nevada next week and will face Boston University on Friday, Nov. 25.