HANOVER, N.H. – A winter storm that dumped a foot and a half of snow in Hanover, N.H., Saturday forced the postponement of the women's lacrosse game between No. 16 Yale and Dartmouth to Sunday. But that did little to disrupt Yale's defense, which entered the day ranked fourth in the nation in fewest goals allowed per game. With the game played under sunny skies on Sunday afternoon at Scully-Fahey Field, the Bulldogs limited Dartmouth to 10 shots en route to a convincing 15-5 win. This was Yale's largest margin of victory against the Big Green in school history.
Dartmouth (5-3, 0-2 Ivy League) scored the game's first two goals and hung with the Bulldogs throughout the first half, trailing 7-4 at halftime. But Yale (8-0, 2-0 Ivy League) outscored the Big Green 6-1 in the third quarter and never looked back.
With the win Yale keeps pace atop the Ivy League standings with No. 15 Penn. The Quakers moved to 2-0 with an 18-8 win vs. No. 21 Harvard Sunday.
STATISTICAL LEADERS
- Four Bulldogs had a game-best four points: junior midfielder Sky Carrasquillo (1-3-4), senior attacker Chloe Conaghan (0-4-4), junior attacker Taylor Everson (3-1-4) and first-year midfielder Ashley Kiernan (3-1-4). That was Kiernan's first career hat trick.
- Junior midfielder Taylor Lane had a hat trick and a game-best five ground balls.
- Junior attacker Jenna Collignon had a hat trick and a team-best four draw controls.
- Sophomore defender Emmy Pascal had a game-best four caused turnovers.
- First-year goalkeeper Laura O'Connor made two saves.
TURNING POINT
- Yale held Dartmouth scoreless from the 5:11 mark of the second quarter to the 0:04 mark of the third quarter, turning a 6-4 Yale lead into a 13-4 Yale lead during that span of 20:07.
KEY STAT
- Yale outshot Dartmouth 33-10, allowing the Big Green only one shot in the second half.
NOTES
- Yale tied its season highs with 22 ground balls and 10 assists.
- Collignon's goal at 10:04 of the third was the 100th of her career.
- Yale was a perfect 22-for-22 on clears, the third time this season Yale has been perfect on clears. Dartmouth was just 14-for-20 on clears.
- This was the fewest goals scored in a game for Dartmouth since an 18-5 loss to Boston College Mar. 29, 2023.
- The Bulldogs had a season-high 16 caused turnovers, their most since also getting 16 CTs Feb. 18, 2023 vs. Vermont. Dartmouth's 26 turnovers were the most by the Big Green in a game this season. Their previous high was 18.
- Yale's previous largest margin of victory vs. Dartmouth was seven goals, achieved twice (12-5 in 2014 and 12-5 in 1979).
- Yale is 8-0 for the first time since starting the 2001 season 8-0.
- The Bulldogs have won eight in a row for the first time since they had a nine-game winning streak to end the regular season in 2007.
- The Bulldogs remain one of three unbeaten teams in NCAA Division I women's lacrosse, along with No. 8 Loyola (7-0) and No. 3 Michigan (11-0).
WHAT'S NEXT
- The Bulldogs host No. 22 Brown Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
