PHILADELPHIA – The No. 14 Yale field hockey team extended its winning streak to six games in dramatic fashion Friday afternoon at Penn's Vagelos Field. After the Quakers tied the game 1-1 late in regulation, the game went to overtime – the third time this season the Bulldogs have gone to OT. After two critical saves by first-year goalkeeper
Amelie Schwarzkopf within the first minute of the extra session, Yale earned a penalty corner and then a penalty stroke. Junior back
Hettie Whittington delivered the game-winner on the stroke for a 2-1 win that moves Yale into third place in the Ivy League standings with one league game remaining in the regular season. The top four teams make the Ivy League Tournament.
Yale improves to 12-2 overall (4-2 Ivy League), while Penn falls to 7-6 (2-4 Ivy League).
Summary
- Schwarzkopf had the biggest play of the first quarter, coming out to deny a shot by Livia Loozen on a breakaway at 12:14.
- The two teams had just two shots each in the scoreless first half.
- Yale went ahead 1-0 in the third quarter at 42:51. Junior back Hettie Whittington sent the ball into the circle from up top and senior forward Poppy Beales got her stick on it to deflect it past Penn goalkeeper Ruby de Frees.
- Penn pulled its goalie with 4:01 left, and the Quakers' Honor Roberts scored 41 seconds later to tie the game 1-1.
- Within the first minute of overtime, first-year goalkeeper Amelie Schwarzkopf was tested twice. She made a diving kick save on a shot by Maxi Aranowitz, then got back up and used her blocker to deflect away a follow-up attempt by Julia Ryan.
- Yale earned a penalty corner with 4:01 left in overtime, and after a violation by the Quakers on the first attempt Penn was left with just two players and a goalkeeper to defend the next attempt. Whittington's shot looked headed for the net but deflected wide off a Penn player's foot.
- Awarded a penalty stroke, Whittington sent the ball just over the outstretched left leg of de Frees, who got a piece of it but not enough to keep it from going in for the game-winner.
Notes
- The last four games in this series have been decided by one goal, and three have gone to overtime. Yale is 3-1, with all three wins coming in OT.
- Yale is 5-1 this season in games that have been decided by one goal (including one win in a shootout after two scoreless overtime periods).
- Yale finished with a 12-7 shot advantage. The Bulldogs are 12-0 when they outshoot their opponent, 0-2 when they do not.
- Beales leads the Ivy League with a career-high 12 goals, two more than any other Ivy player this year.
- Whittington has tied her career high with seven assists. She has a career-high eight goals and 23 points this year.
- Schwarzkopf finished with four saves. She has allowed just four goals in her last six games.
- With 12 wins, the Bulldogs are tied (with the 2002, 2003 and 2009 teams) for the third-most wins in a season in school history. Only the 1998 squad (15 wins) and the 1995 squad (13 wins) had more.
- With the win, and No. 19 Brown's loss to No. 5 Princeton, Yale moves into sole possession of third place in the Ivy League standings. No. 4 Harvard is 6-0, Princeton is 5-1 and Yale is 4-2. No. 19 Brown and Cornell are tied for fourth at 3–3. The top four teams make the Ivy League Tournament, which is hosted by the top seed Nov. 7-9. The Tournament tiebreakers are listed here.
- This is Yale's longest winning streak since the 2011 team won its final seven games en route to earning a share of the Ivy League title.
Around the Ivy League
- No. 5 Princeton 2, No. 19 Brown 1
- Cornell 5, Dartmouth 1
- No. 4 Harvard 2, Columbia 0
Up Next
- Yale plays at Temple Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
