NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 18 Yale women's lacrosse team hosts state rival UConn Saturday at Reese Stadium (1:00 p.m.,
ESPN+,
International Stream,
Live Stats). The Bulldogs are seeking their first 5-0 start since 2014.
Last Game
Yale (4-0, 1-0 Ivy League)
won 11-9 at then-No. 23 Princeton in the Ivy League opener Saturday. The Bulldogs were led by five goals from junior attacker
Jenna Collignon (Hinsdale, Ill.). This was Yale's first win at Princeton since Apr. 16, 1988 (a 10-9 Bulldog victory). Yale has now won three straight in the series vs. Princeton for the first time since winning three in a row from Apr. 9, 1983 to Apr. 6, 1985.
Undefeated
Yale is one of 10 unbeaten NCAA Division I women's lacrosse teams left in the nation this season.
Halftime Adjustments
Yale has allowed a total of just five goals in the third quarters of its games this season. The Bulldogs have outshot their opponents 32-17 in the third and outscored them 13-5.
Bulldogs Impose Scoring Droughts
In each game this season Yale's defense has held its opponent scoreless for a stretch of at least 12:43. Here are the longest scoreless stretches for Yale's opponents in each game so far:
- Stanford: 14:16
- Quinnipiac: 12:43
- at Temple: 38:44
- at Princeton: 29:14
Junior Class Provides Scoring Punch
Yale's top three goal scorers all come from the junior class: attacker
Jenna Collignon (Hinsdale, Ill.) (10 goals), midfielder
Sky Carrasquillo (Alpharetta, Ga.) (nine goals) and attacker
Taylor Everson (Montclair, N.J.) (seven goals). All told, the junior class has accounted for 63 percent of Yale's goals this season (36 of 57).
Goal-Scoring Streaks
Two Bulldogs have scored at least one goal in each game this season: junior midfielder
Sky Carrasquillo (Alpharetta, Ga.) and junior attacker
Taylor Everson (Montclair, N.J.). Dating back to last season, Carrasquillo's goal-scoring streak is at nine games. Dating back to the 2022 season, Everson's goal-scoring streak is at 16.
Scouting UConn
UConn (1-3, 0-0 Big East) is coming off its first win of the season, 17-5 at New Hampshire. Saturday's game at Yale wraps up a stretch of five straight road games to start the season for the Huskies. They have won two in a row in the series vs. the Bulldogs.
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