NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's lacrosse team plays its first road game of the season Saturday night, taking on Albany (6:00 p.m.,
Live Stats).
Last Game
Yale (1-0, 0-0 Ivy League) got the 2022 season off to a memorable start with a
15-4 win vs. Sacred Heart in the snow at Reese Stadium last Saturday. Eleven different players had points, and the Bulldogs got hat tricks from sophomore midfielder
Bri Carrasquillo (Alpharetta, Ga.) (3-0-3) and first-year midfielder
Fallon Vaughn (Concord, Mass.) (3-1-4). First-year goalkeeper
Cami Donadio (Winter Park, Fla.) made five saves on nine shots in her Yale debut.
Welcome to Yale
Seven of the 11 players who had points for Yale in the season opener were making their debuts for the Bulldogs. The list included:
Have to Shoot to Score
Yale's 44 shots vs. Sacred Heart are the most by any Ivy League team in a game so far this season. No other Ivy team has taken more than 37 shots in a game.
Drawing Up a Win
Yale enjoyed a 15-7 advantage in draw controls in the win vs. Sacred Heart. First-year midfielder
Sky Carrasquillo (Alpharetta, Ga.) had seven draws and first-year midfielder
Fallon Vaughn (Concord, Mass.) had four.
Penoyer Makes Her Presence Felt
Junior attacker
Olivia Penoyer (Manlius, N.Y.), one of just eight players in the league this season with All-Ivy credentials, had a busy day in the season opener. She led the team in points (1-4-5) and also had a pair of ground balls and a caused turnover. Penoyer was an honorable mention All-Ivy League honoree in 2019.
Close Calls
The last four games in the Yale-Albany series have all been decided by three or fewer goals.
Scouting Albany
Albany (1-1, 0-0 America East) bounced back from a 15-14 loss to No. 13 Stanford in the opener by beating Colgate 19-2 last Saturday. Attacker Hailey Carroll leads the team in goals with nine.
