Friday, 6:00 p.m. at Columbia
Sunday, 12:00 p.m. vs. Richmond
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale field hockey team heads to Columbia Friday night for a critical Ivy League game (6:00 p.m.,
ESPN+,
International Stream,
Live Stats). The Bulldogs enter the weekend fifth in the Ivy League standings, one game behind fourth-place Princeton, with two league games left. The top four teams will make the Ivy League Tournament.
The Bulldogs then host Richmond in their final non-league game of the season Sunday at 12:00 p.m. (
ESPN+,
International Stream,
Live Stats).
LAST GAME
Yale (5-8, 2-3 Ivy League)
beat Dartmouth 2-1 in overtime last Friday. Sophomore forward
Poppy Beales (King's Lynn, Norfolk, England) scored the game-winner off an assist by senior midfielder
Maddy Wong (West Vancouver, B.C.). It was Beales' second OT game-winner in 10 days, following the one she had in the
2-1 win at Brown Oct. 4.
WORKING OVERTIME
Three of Yale's last four games have gone to overtime, with one (at then-No. 17 UMass Oct. 1) going all the way to a shootout. The Bulldogs are 2-1 in those games.
CORNER ADVANTAGE
This past Friday marked the second time in three games that Yale held its opponent to zero penalty corners in a game. In the last four games, the Bulldogs have earned 34 corners while allowing only 17.
SHOOTING MORE
Yale outshot Dartmouth by nine in the last game, 14-5. That was Yale's second-biggest shot advantage of the season, trailing only the 11 shot advantage (20-9) that the Bulldogs enjoyed in their
3-1 win vs. Sacred Heart Sept. 17.
BEALES AND BARLOW AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS
Sophomore forward
Poppy Beales (King's Lynn, Norfolk, England) is fifth in the Ivy League in goals and sixth in points (7-0-14). All of her goals and points have come in the last 10 games. She needs three more goals to become the first Bulldog to reach double digit goals in a season since 2019 (
Bridget Condie '20, 11). Junior midfielder/forward
Ellie Barlow (Dunmow, Essex, England) is tied for eighth in the league with five assists.
REGULAR SEASON FINISHES WITH A FLURRY
After playing just once in 12 days prior to the game at Columbia this Friday, the Bulldogs will end the regular season with three games in eight days.
CELEBRATING YALE FIELD HOCKEY AT 50 YEARS
The Bulldogs hosted Alum Weekend last month, with alums invited back and recognized at both games Sept. 15-17. The weekend marked the debut of the Celebrating Yale Field Hockey at 50 Years video, produced by
Jan Seeley '82 and directed by videographer Amanda Baker. The video can be viewed
here.
AROUND THE IVY LEAGUE
No. 11 Harvard is the last remaining unbeaten team in the league (5-0), with Penn having lost at No. 17 Cornell last Friday. Those Big Red and the Quakers are now tied for second at 4-1, with Princeton (3-2) in fourth – one game ahead of fifth-place Yale (2-3).
Here are the league games coming up this week:
Friday Oct. 20
3:00 p.m. Cornell at Brown
6:00 p.m. Yale at Columbia
Saturday Oct. 21
11:00 a.m. Dartmouth at Princeton
12:00 p.m. Penn at Harvard
IVY LEAGUE TOURNAMENT
The Ivy League Tournament takes place at the site of the No. 1 seed and includes the top four teams in the regular season standings. Cornell, Harvard and Penn have clinched tournament berths. The semifinals take place Friday Nov. 3 (times TBD) and the tournament championship game is Sunday Nov. 5 at 1:00 p.m. Tournament games will be streamed on ESPN+.
SCOUTING COLUMBIA
Columbia (3-10, 0-5 Ivy League) has lost five in a row, scoring just two goals in that span. Goalkeeper Kate Wimmer is 11th in the NCAA in saves per game (6.08).
SCOUTING RICHMOND
Richmond (7-7, 2-3 Atlantic 10), which plays at No. 19 UMass Friday, has lost four of its last five games after starting the season 6-3. Forward Stevie Drum leads the team in goals and points (7-1-15).
