NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 16 Yale field hockey team beat Dartmouth 3-1 on Friday at Johnson Field. With two Ivy League games remaining, the win moves Yale into a tie for third in the Ivy League standings with No. 20 Brown. The top four teams in the standings make the Ivy League Tournament.
Yale improves to 10-2 overall (3-2 Ivy League), while Dartmouth falls to 3-9 (0-5 Ivy League).
Summary
- Yale outshot Dartmouth 6-1 in the scoreless first quarter. Dartmouth goalkeeper Ava Carlson made four saves en route to finishing with nine for the night.
- Shots were 2-2 in the scoreless second quarter.
- On a penalty corner, senior forward Poppy Beales gave Yale the lead at 32:47 when she scored on a rebound of a shot by sophomore forward/back/midfielder Ymre Massée.
- Dartmouth's Olivia Galiotos scored on a penalty corner 76 seconds later to tie the game 1-1.
- First-year goalkeeper Amelie Schwarzkopf made her biggest save of the night 30 seconds into the fourth quarter, coming out to deny Georgia Thornton on a breakaway.
- Yale earned a penalty stroke with 11:25 left in regulation when Beales was pushed to the ground on a crossing pass with Yale on the attack. Junior back/midfielder Hettie Whittington scored on the stroke to give Yale a 2-1 lead.
- Yale withstood a five-minute yellow card with 6:27 left.
- Beales scored again on a penalty corner at 54:04 to get the lead to 3-1. Senior back/midfielder CC Wolf inserted and got the assist.
- Dartmouth came up empty on three penalty corners in the final 90 seconds.
Notes
- Yale finished with a 16-8 shot advantage.
- Seniors from both teams were honored prior to the game, and all four of Yale's seniors started. Yale's senior class includes:
- Wolf earned her first career start and got her first career assist.
- Schwarzkopf finished with three saves.
- Yale has now won nine in a row in the series vs. Dartmouth.
- The Bulldogs improve to 6-1 at home this season.
- With 10 goals for the season, Beales has established a new career high.
Around the Ivy League
- Penn 2, Columbia 1
- No. 6 Princeton 4, Cornell 0
- No. 4 Harvard 3, No. 20 Brown 1
Up Next
- Yale plays at UAlbany Sunday at 12:00 p.m.