NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Following almost two hours of delays due to lightning, the Bulldogs had two lightning strikes of their own to down UConn 2-1 on Friday night at Reese Stadium.
Eric Lagos netted both goals to pace the offense, while
Chris Edwards played a career-best game in goal to propel Yale to its first victory of the season.
With the win the Bulldogs improve to 1-2-0, while the Huskies fall to 2-2-0.
How It Happened
- 6' | Edwards smothers a shot to stop the first scoring threat of the contest.
- 8' | Consecutive shots from Lagos and Max Rogers are saved by UConn keeper Jayden Hibbert at close range
- 29' | Edwards makes a fantastic foot save to keep the Huskies off the scoreboard.
- 48' | From inside the 18, Diego Zaffanella fires just high of the crossbar.
- 50' | GOAL! Following a cross from Quanah Brayboy, Lagos scores the team's first goal of the season with his right foot.
- 52' | GOAL! Less than two minutes later, Lagos does it again, this time with a header, after a beautiful cross into the box from Kai Moos.
- 70' | Edwards makes an incredible diving save towards the right post.
- 89' | UConn gets on the board with less than 90 seconds to go on a header by Lucas Almeida.
Game Notes
- The start of the game was delayed 35 minutes due to inclement weather and delayed for over an hour at the 38' mark because of lightning.
- Yale recorded a season-high 13 shots during the victory.
- Lagos broke the Bulldogs' two-game scoreless streak with his first goal in the second half.
- Lagos registered a multi-goal game for the second time in his career previously accomplishing the feat against Fairfield in 2021.
- Edwards doubled his previous career-high in saves, stopping eight shots.
- Moos recorded his first career-assist on Lagos' second goal.
- Yale improves to 2-1 against UConn over the past four seasons.
Up Next
The Bulldogs travel to Dallas to take on No. 22 Southern Methodist University on Monday, Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. CDT).
