NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 21 Yale women's lacrosse team jumped out to an 8-2 lead on visiting Quinnipiac after one quarter Wednesday afternoon at Reese Stadium, enabling the Bulldogs to rest their starters for much of the rest of the game. Yale's depth was on display throughout the afternoon as the Bobcats never got closer than within five goals after the 9:48 mark of the second quarter. The Bulldogs eventually finished off a 20-8 win.
Yale (2-0, 0-0 Ivy League) got goals from 11 different players. A total of 12 players had points.
The Bobcats were playing their season opener.
STATISTICAL LEADERS
First-year midfielder
Katie Clare led Yale in goals with four, while junior midfielder
Fallon Vaughn (two goals, two assists) tied her for the team lead in points with four.
First-year midfielder
Ashley Kiernan had a team-best three ground balls in her Yale debut. She added two assists.
First-year midfielder
Karina Herrera had a team-best four draw controls in her Yale debut. She added two goals.
Quinnipiac was led by four goals from Angelina Sparacio.
TURNING POINT
After Quinnipiac got within 8-3 on a goal at 10:41 of the second, Yale reeled off four straight goals in a span of 4:32 and never looked back.
KEY STATS
Yale outshot Quinnipiac 37-22 and had a 21-13 advantage in ground balls. A total of 31 players made appearances for the Bulldogs, including all three goalies: junior
Cami Donadio, first year
Laura O'Connor and junior
Caitlin Brown.
NOTES
- Yale now has five hat tricks this season: three this past Saturday in the 13-12 win vs. Stanford, and two on Wednesday.
- In addition to Herrera, first-year midfielder Paris Panagopoulos scored her first career goals – she had two. Panagopoulos added two draw controls.
- Yale is 7-1 in its last eight games at Reese Stadium.
- Yale is 10-0 all-time against Quinnipiac, and Wednesday's 12 goal margin tied for the Bulldogs' second-largest margin of victory against the Bobcats. It trailed only a 21-3 win from 2017.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Bulldogs play at Temple on Saturday at noon.
