NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 16 Yale women's lacrosse team hosts state rival Central Connecticut State Tuesday at Reese Stadium (1:00 p.m.,
ESPN+,
International Stream,
Live Stats). The Bulldogs then head to Rutgers Sunday (12:00 p.m.,
B1G+,
Live Stats). The Scarlet Knights are among the teams receiving votes in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Poll.
Last Game
Yale (5-0, 1-0 Ivy League)
beat UConn 17-6 this past Saturday at Reese Stadium. The Bulldogs outscored the Huskies 12-1 over the game's final 34:53, including a span of 24:24 in which the Bulldogs held UConn scoreless at the end of the game. Yale outscored UConn 10-1 in the second half and enjoyed a 46-19 shot advantage for the game.
Undefeated
Yale is one of six unbeaten NCAA Division I women's lacrosse teams left in the nation this season:
- Michigan 8-0
- UMass Lowell 8-0
- Loyola Maryland 6-0
- Penn 5-0
- Yale 5-0
- Harvard 4-0
Strength of Schedule Trending Up
Starting Sunday, seven of Yale's next eight opponents are either ranked or receiving votes in the ILWomen/IWLCA Poll:
- No. 2 Boston College (Apr. 3)
- No. 14 Denver (Apr. 22)
- No. 15 Penn (Apr. 7)
- No. 22 Harvard (Apr. 13)
- No. 23 Brown (Mar. 30)
- RV Cornell (Apr. 20)
- RV Rutgers (Mar. 17)
Historically Hot Start
Yale is 5-0 for the first time since 2014. The last time the Bulldogs started a season with more than five wins in a row was 2001, when they started 8-0.
Winning Streaks
Yale is currently on a five-game winning streak. The Bulldogs have had two six-game win streaks since 2008, both spanning multiple seasons:
- Mar. 7, 2020 to Mar. 5, 2022
- Apr. 27, 2013 to Mar. 7, 2014
The last time Yale won more than six games in a row, and more than five straight games within one season, was when the 2007 team won nine in a row (Mar. 21, 2007 to Apr. 21, 2007) en route to earning an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Point-Scoring Streaks
Junior attacker
Taylor Everson (Montclair, N.J.) has a 22 game point-scoring streak dating back to Mar. 5, 2022. Two other Bulldogs have point-scoring streaks that have reached double digits dating back to last year: junior midfielders
Sky Carrasquillo (Alpharetta, Ga.) and
Fallon Vaughn (Concord, Mass.) are at 10 games each.
Clearly Good
Yale ranks ninth nationally in clearing percentage (.934). The Bulldogs have been perfect on clears in each of their last two games (21-for-21 vs. UConn and 14-for-14 at then-No. 23 Princeton).
Scouting CCSU
CCSU (1-3, 1-0 NEC) is coming off its first win of the season, 14-4 vs. Howard last Wednesday. The Blue Devils are in their sixth season under head coach Betsy Vendel, a 2014 CCSU graduate who is the program's all-time leader in assists (99), points (219) and draw controls (180) and ranks second in goals (120). Attacker Lauren Valluzzi leads the team in points (4-9-13).
Scouting Rutgers
Rutgers (5-2, 0-1 Big Ten), which hosts Michigan Thursday, lost to Yale's Ivy League rival Princeton 13-10 Feb. 28. The Scarlet Knights enter the week ranked 15th nationally in ground balls per game (19.57). Midfielder Cassidy Spilis, the program's all-time leader in goals (223), is fifth nationally in goals per game (4.43).
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