Friday, 6:00 p.m. vs. Fairfield
Sunday, 12:00 p.m. vs. Sacred Heart
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale field hockey team hosts its first home games of 2023 this weekend, with a pair of local rivals coming to Johnson Field. Fairfield visits Friday (6:00 p.m.,
ESPN+,
International Stream,
Live Stats) and Sacred Heart comes to town Sunday (12:00 p.m.,
ESPN+,
International Stream,
Live Stats). It is Alum Weekend.
LAST WEEKEND
Yale (1-3, 0-0 Ivy League) fell to American 4-0 on Saturday and then-No. 4 Maryland 3-1 on Sunday at the Terrapin Invitational.
SHOOTING STARS
Yale had a season-high 13 shots in Sunday's game at Maryland. That was the most shots the Terrapins have allowed in a game this year, besting the 11 by then-No. 20 Duke Sept. 1. Dating back to last season, Maryland had gone nine straight games holding its opponents to 11 or fewer shots. The total was also the Bulldogs' most shots in a game since taking 13 in a 2-1 win at Dartmouth Oct. 29, 2022.
HOME AT LAST
Sept. 15 marks the latest first home game of the season for Yale since 2002, when the Bulldogs also opened the season on that day.
FIRST GOAL OF 2023 FOR BEALES
The goal on Sunday by sophomore forward
Poppy Beales (King's Lynn, Norfolk, England) was her first of the season. Beales ended last season on a roll, with three of her four goals for the year coming in her final eight games.
IRON WOMEN
Senior goalkeeper
Luanna Summer (St. Louis, Mo.) has extended her streak of consecutive games started to 40, dating back to the start of the 2021 season. Junior back
Keely Comizio (New Vernon, N.J.) has the longest starting streak on the team among field players. She has started 33 straight games, dating back to her first career start Sept. 25, 2021.
SUMMER IN TOP FIVE NATIONALLY
Senior goalkeeper
Luanna Summer (St. Louis, Mo.) is fourth nationally and first in the Ivy League in saves per game (8.75).
ALUM WEEKEND
The Bulldogs will host Alum Weekend this weekend, with alums invited back and recognized at both games. In addition to other events for alums, families and friends, the weekend will mark the debut of the Celebrating Yale Field Hockey at 50 Years video, produced by
Jan Seeley '82 and directed by videographer Amanda Baker.
SCOUTING FAIRFIELD
Fairfield (3-1, 0-0 NEC) has held three of its first four opponents to one goal or less – then-No. 7 Iowa has been the only team to exceed that mark, beating the Stags 3-0 Sept. 1. Goalkeeper Payton Rahn is 11th in the NCAA in goals-against average (1.01) and 13th in save percentage (.789).
SCOUTING SACRED HEART
Sacred Heart (1-4, 0-0 NEC) has increased its offensive production dramatically from last season, when the Pioneers averaged 1.06 goals per game. They have scored 10 goals in five games so far this year. Yale
blanked SHU 1-0 last year on a goal by junior midfielder/forward
Ellie Barlow (Dunmow, Essex, England), with senior goalkeeper
Luanna Summer (St. Louis, Mo.) earning the shutout. Yale outshot the Pioneers 17-2.
