Emma Mueller.
Sam Rubin
Shown here: Emma Mueller celebrates her first career goal.
4
Winner Yale YALE (12-2, 4-2)
1
Quinnipiac QUINNIPI (10-5, 6-1)
Winner
Yale YALE
(12-2, 4-2)
4
Final
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Quinnipiac QUINNIPI
(10-5, 6-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Yale YALE 0 0 0 4 4
Quinnipiac QUINNIPI 0 0 0 1 1

Game Recap: Field Hockey | | Sam Rubin

Four-Goal Fourth Lifts Yale to Seventh Straight Win, 4-1 at QU

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale field hockey team broke open a scoreless game with four fourth-quarter goals in a span of 6:47 Sunday at Quinnipiac, finishing off its seventh straight win by downing the Bobcats 4-1. 
 
Yale improves to 12-2 overall (4-2 Ivy League), while Quinnipiac falls to 10-5 (6-1 NEC).
 
Summary
  • Yale outshot Quinnipiac 11-2 over the first three quarters, but thanks in part to four saves by Quinnipiac goalie Meike van Schoot the game was scoreless heading into the fourth.
  • At 48:07, Yale struck for its first goal. After a Bulldog shot was deflected by first-year forward Maddie Leathem and ricocheted off the crossbar, sophomore forward Emma Mueller reached up and knocked it in.
  • Junior forward/midfielder Chiara Picciafuoco extended the lead to 2-0 with a goal at 49:28.
  • The Bulldogs scored on a penalty corner at 51:19. Junior midfielder Victoria Collee scored her second goal of the weekend, assisted by sophomore back/midfielder Carys Isherwood and Picciafuoco.
  • The Bulldogs scored again at 54:54. Isherwood broke up a Quinnipiac pass out of the Bobcats' zone, then got the ball over to junior forward/midfielder/back Gigi Caldero and headed toward the cage. Isherwood got the ball back and used a spin move to free herself up for a shot past van Schoot.
  • Quinnipiac broke up the shutout with a goal by Rozemarijn van Keulen at 59:42.
 
Notes

 
  • The Bulldogs were 18 seconds away from their second shutout in a row. The last time Yale had back-to-back shutouts was Oct. 30, 2011 (8-0 vs. Holy Cross) and Nov. 5, 2011 (7-0 vs. Brown).
  • Picciafuoco is tied for the Ivy League lead in goals (10).
  • Yale is 12-2 for the second time in school history. The other time was last year. The 1998 team that set the school record for wins (15) was 10-4 after 14 games.
  • For the weekend, Yale had five different players score goals.
  • That was the first career goal for Isherwood and Mueller.
  • This was Yale's fourth straight win in the series. The Bulldogs have won six of the last seven.
  • Sophomore goalkeeper Amelie Schwarzkopf has allowed one goal or fewer in 12 of 14 games this season. 
  • Yale had a 16-4 shot advantage. This was the fourth time this season Yale has held its opponent to four or fewer shots.
 
Around the Ivy League
  • Columbia 6, Rider 1
  • Cornell 6, New Hampshire 1
  • Dartmouth 2, Bryant 1
  • No. 5 Harvard 3, Monmouth 1
  • Lafayette 2, Brown 1
  • No. 8 Princeton 2, Saint Joseph's 1
 
Up Next
  • Yale visits Harvard Saturday at 1:00 p.m. for the regular season finale.
 
 
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