Yale women's lacrosse.
Sam Rubin
Fallon Vaughn (shown here) finished with second-most points in a single game in Yale history.
14
Winner Yale Bulldogs YALE 11-3, 4-2
9
Harvard HARV 7-6, 2-4
Winner
Yale Bulldogs YALE
11-3, 4-2
14
Final
9
Harvard HARV
7-6, 2-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Yale Bulldogs YALE 2 8 2 2 14
Harvard HARV 1 3 4 1 9

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | | Sam Rubin

Vaughn’s 10 Point Day Fuels 14-9 Win at No. 22 Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Yale women's lacrosse senior midfielder Fallon Vaughn was chosen as a nominee for the Tewaaraton Award on Thursday; on Saturday at Jordan Field against No. 22 Harvard she reminded everyone why. Vaughn's career-high 10 point day – four goals, six assists – also included five draw controls and a pair of ground balls. She was one of three Bulldogs to score four goals. Combined with another sterling effort from the Bulldog defense, it all added up to a 14-9 win.
 
No. 6 Yale (11-3, 4-2 Ivy League) saw an early 2-0 lead slip away, but after Harvard tied the game 2-2 in the second quarter the Bulldogs seized control. A 6-0 Yale run included four goals from senior midfielder Sky Carrasquillo and two from senior midfielder Taylor Lane. Harvard (7-6, 2-4 Ivy League) never got closer than within four goals the rest of the way.
 
GOALS-ASSISTS-POINTS   
OTHER STATISTICAL LEADERS
  • Carrasquillo had a game-best 13 draw controls and a team-best three ground balls.
  • First year goalkeeper Niamh Pfaff made seven saves on 16 shots (.438). Five of her saves came in the fourth quarter.
 
TURNING POINT
  • After Harvard tied the game 2-2 at 13:01 of the second, Yale held the Crimson scoreless for 8:50 while running up an 8-2 lead. 
 
KEY STAT
  • Yale had a 23-3 advantage in draw controls. The was the Bulldogs' most draw controls in a game since getting 25 at Princeton Apr. 30, 2022.
 
NOTES
  • This was Yale's first road win against Harvard since a 17-8 victory Mar. 31, 2007.
  • Yale has now won three straight in the series against Harvard for the first time since winning 11 in a row from 1995 through 2005.
  • Vaughn is the first Yale player to scored 10 points in a game since Hope Hanley '17 scored a school record 11 (3-8-11) in a 15-12 win vs. then-No. 19 Stanford Apr. 1, 2017.
  • Vaughn's six assists doubled her previous career high.
  • Yale's game vs. Cornell next Saturday will determine who gets the fourth and final spot in the Ivy League Tournament. No. 17 Brown, No. 18 Penn and No. 5 Princeton have all clinched spots. Whoever wins the Yale-Cornell game clinches a spot in the tournament; whoever loses is eliminated from tournament contention.
  • Additionally, a win by Yale and a loss by No. 5 Princeton at Dartmouth would earn the Bulldogs a share of the Ivy League title.
 
AROUND THE IVY LEAGUE
  • Dartmouth 13, Columbia 6
  • No. 5 Princeton 15, No. 17 Brown 13
  • No. 18 Penn 18, Cornell 10
 
WHAT'S NEXT
  • Yale hosts Cornell next Saturday at noon.
 
 
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