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Sam Rubin
4
Winner YALE YALE (9-4 (3-2 Ivy League))
0
Dartmouth DART (3-9 (0-5 Ivy League))
Winner
YALE YALE
(9-4 (3-2 Ivy League))
4
Final
0
Dartmouth DART
(3-9 (0-5 Ivy League))
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YALE YALE 1 2 0 1 4
Dartmouth DART 0 0 0 0 0

Game Recap: Field Hockey | | Sam Rubin

Bulldogs Register Third Shutout of Season, Top Dartmouth 4-0

HANOVER, N.H. – The Yale field hockey team continued its dominant defensive play Friday afternoon at Chase Field, blanking Dartmouth 4-0. This was Yale's third shutout of the season, and the Bulldogs have allowed only one goal in their last three games.
 
Yale improves to 9-4 overall (3-2 in the Ivy League), while Dartmouth falls to 3-9 overall (0-5 in the Ivy League). 
 
Summary
  • A lopsided first quarter saw Yale outshoot Dartmouth 7-0. The Bulldogs went ahead 1-0 at 8:22 when Chiara Picciafuoco drove in along the baseline from the right side and fired in her fifth goal of the year.
  • The Bulldogs scored on their only two shots of the second quarter. One came when Lauren Venter deflected in a pass from Picciafuoco at 22:08. The other came when Ymre Massee snuck a shot past Dartmouth goalkeeper Ava Carlson at 26:50. 
  • Picciafuoco put the game out of reach with a goal at 49:06 of the fourth. She drove into the circle and squared up to drive her second goal of the game past Carlson.
  • Carlson finished with nine saves, and the Big Green also got a defensive save from Ella Bowman.
 
Notes
  • The last time Yale had three shutouts in a season was 2021.
  • This was the first time since Sept. 9, 2022 (a 1-0 win vs. Sacred Heart) that Yale went an entire game without allowing a shot on goal.
  • The 21-1 shot advantage marked the fourth time this season Yale has outshot an opponent by 12 or more. It was the Bulldogs' largest shot advantage since outshooting Sacred Heart 29-3 in a 5-1 win Sept. 20.
  • Yale has now won the last eight in the series with Dartmouth. This was the Bulldogs' largest margin of victory against the Big Green since a 4-0 win in 2021.
  • Yale is now 5-3 in road games. If the Bulldogs reach the six-win mark in road games, that would be the first time they have accomplished that since 1998.
  • Picciafuoco's big day has created a logjam at the top of Yale's goal leaderboard, where she, Venter and Poppy Beales all have six.
  • The Bulldogs are now one win away from reaching double digit wins for the season. The last time they accomplished that was 2018 (10-7). The school record for wins is 15, set in 1998.
  • The Bulldogs are tied for third in the Ivy League standings with Brown, as both teams are 3-2 in league play. Penn, which hosts Cornell Saturday, is in fifth place at 2-2. 
 
Up Next
  • Yale hosts Columbia Friday Oct. 25 at 6:00 p.m.
 
 
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