Wednesday, 4:00 p.m. at Brown

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Saturday, 12:00 p.m. at No. 20 Cornell

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale field hockey team faces a pair of Ivy League road games this week. The Bulldogs visit Brown Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+, International Stream, Live Stats) and then head to No. 20 Cornell Saturday for a 12:00 p.m. game (ESPN+, International Stream, Live Stats).
 
LAST WEEKEND
Yale (3-7, 0-2 Ivy League) suffered a pair of one-goal losses to nationally ranked teams last weekend, falling to then-No. 14 Harvard 3-2 on Friday and at then-No. 17 UMass 2-1 on Sunday on a penalty shootout after the teams were tied 1-1 following the second overtime.
 
SHOOTING STARS
Yale had 23 shots and 15 shots on goal in Sunday's game at then-No. 17 UMass. That was the most shots and shots on goal the Minutewomen have allowed all season – topping the totals posted by Northwestern, currently ranked No. 2 in the NFHCA poll (19 shots and 12 shots on goal in a regulation time 3-0 win vs. UMass Sept. 9). The last time the Bulldogs had that many shots and shots on goal in a game was Oct. 30, 2021 in a 4-0 win vs. Dartmouth (30 shots, 19 shots on goal).
 
BUSY BULLDOGS
Saturday's game marks the end of a stretch of four games in nine days for the Bulldogs – including three against ranked teams and three on the road with a total of approximately 880 miles of travel. It is the busiest nine-day stretch of the season. After Saturday the Bulldogs have a stretch of 12 days in which they play only one game. For the remainder of the regular season after Saturday they have only one road game left, a relatively brief trip to Columbia Friday Oct. 20.
 
BEALES AND BARLOW PACE BULLDOGS
Sophomore forward Poppy Beales (King's Lynn, Norfolk, England) leads Yale in goals and points (5-0-10). Junior midfielder/forward Ellie Barlow (Dunmow, Essex, England) leads Yale in assists and is second in points (2-4-8).
 
ZAVALICK FAMILY MEMORIES
Wednesday marks a chance for Yale sophomore midfielder/back Maddy Zavalick (Newington, Conn.) to play against her sister's former team. Leah Zavalick played for Brown from 2013 through 2016, starting 31 games over her final two seasons. She had an assist in the final game of her career, a 4-3 Bears win over the Bulldogs Nov. 5, 2016. Maddy Zavalick has appeared in all 10 games and started nine this season for Yale. Her and Leah's brother, Zach, played lacrosse at Wesleyan, where he won an NCAA Championship in 2018 (he graduated in 2020).
 
RAMSEY FAMILY FEUD SATURDAY
Even with a scorecard it will be tough to tell who's who on Saturday at No. 20 Cornell, because there will be a total of four Ramseys involved in the game – two for Yale and two for the Big Red. Here is a guide:
 
Yale

• #10 Emma Ramsey (Summit, N.J./Oak Knoll): First-year forward for the Bulldogs… Has started all 10 games this season… Chosen for USA Field Hockey U-21 Junior Women's National Team Selection Camp…  Sister of Yale's Lily Ramsey and cousin of Cornell's Caroline and Julia Ramsey… Cousin, Nicholas, plays lacrosse at Yale…  Cousin Annie Thomas plays lacrosse at Cornell. 
• #25 Lily Ramsey (Summit, N.J./Oak Knoll): Junior forward for the Bulldogs…  Honorable mention All-Ivy League last season…  Has started 26 games in the last two seasons, including all 10 this year…  Second on team in shots (17)…  Sister of Yale's Emma Ramsey and cousin of Cornell's Caroline and Julia Ramsey… Cousin, Nicholas, plays lacrosse at Yale… Cousin Annie Thomas plays lacrosse at Cornell. 

 
Cornell

• #19 Caroline Ramsey (Morristown, N.J./Oak Knoll): Senior defender/midfielder for the Big Red… Third-team NFHCA All-American and first team All-Ivy League last season… Second in the nation in goals per game (1.56) and points per game (3.56) this season… Set Cornell career scoring record last Sunday; now has 101 career points… Also has Cornell career goals record (45)… Has started 57 games for her career, including every game since Nov. 3, 2019… Member of U.S. National Team… Sister of Cornell's Julia Ramsey and cousin of Yale's Emma and Lily Ramsey… Brother, Nicholas, plays lacrosse at Yale… Cousin Annie Thomas plays lacrosse at Cornell. 
• #20 Julia Ramsey (Morristown, N.J./Oak Knoll): Freshman defender for the Big Red… Leads the nation in assists per game (1.44)… Has started every game this season… Sister of Cornell's Caroline Ramsey and cousin of Yale's Emma and Lily Ramsey… Brother, Nicholas, plays lacrosse at Yale… Cousin Annie Thomas plays lacrosse at Cornell. 

 
IRON WOMEN 
Senior goalkeeper Luanna Summer (St. Louis, Mo.) has extended her streak of consecutive games started to 44, dating back to the start of the 2021 season. She ranks 13th in the nation in saves per game (5.90). Junior back Keely Comizio (New Vernon, N.J.) has the longest starting streak on the team among field players. She has started 39 straight games, dating back to her first career start Sept. 25, 2021.
 
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. 13 Harvard enters the week atop the Ivy League standings with a 3-0 mark, with Penn and Princeton at 2-0 (and set to face each other Wednesday afternoon). No. 20 Cornell rounds out the top four with a 2-1 mark. 
 
Here are the league games coming up this week:
 
Wednesday Oct. 4
4:00 p.m. Yale at Brown
4:00 p.m. Penn at Princeton
 
Friday, Oct. 6
3:00 p.m. Princeton at Brown
6:00 p.m. Columbia at Harvard
 
Saturday Oct. 7
12:00 p.m. Dartmouth at Penn
12:00 p.m. Yale at Cornell
 
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. 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+.
 
RPI AND THE IVY LEAGUE
The Ivy League joins the ACC and the Big Ten as the only conferences in the country to have all of their teams ranked among the top 56 in the latest NCAA RPI rankings. Here is where each Ivy League school ranks as of Oct. 2:
 
10. Harvard
13. Princeton
21. Cornell
25. Penn
43. Yale
48. Brown
55. Columbia
56. Dartmouth
 
SCOUTING BROWN
Brown (4-4, 0-2 Ivy League) has lost three games in a row, all by shutout. The Bears have not scored a goal since a 2-1 overtime win vs. Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 17. They are 15th in the nation and first in the Ivy League in goals-against average (1.23). Yale won last year's meeting between these two teams at Goldberger Family Field, 3-2 in overtime on a goal by Théodora Dillman '22.  
 
SCOUTING No. 20 CORNELL
No. 20 Cornell (6-3, 2-1 Ivy League), which hosts Colgate on Tuesday, is ranked in the top six nationally in:

• Assists per game (first, 4.00)
• Points per game (third, 10.89)
• Goals per game (fifth, 3.44)
• Scoring average (sixth, 3.13)

Individually, defender Julia Ramsey leads the nation in assists per game (1.44) and midfielder Claire Wolfe is second (1.11). Defender/midfielder Caroline Ramsey is second in the nation in goals per game (1.56) and points per game (3.56).