NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 14 Yale women's lacrosse team hosts a pair of games at Reese Stadium this week, taking on local rival Quinnipiac Tuesday (2:30 p.m., ESPN+, International Stream, Live Stats) and BU Saturday (3:30 p.m., ESPN+, International Stream, Live Stats).
 
The Bulldogs

• Yale opened the season with a decisive 14-4 win at UMass Lowell Saturday.
  • First-year midfielder Kate Gould (Nyack, N.Y.), sophomore attacker Kelly Holmes (Darien, Conn.) and junior attacker Ashley Kiernan (Chatham, N.J.) tied for the game high with three goals each.
  • Gould had a game-high six draw controls.
  • Junior defender Katie Clare (Bayport, N.Y.) and senior defender Emmy Pascal (Lorton, Va.) tied for the game high with three caused turnovers each.
• Saturday's game vs. BU is part of a doubleheader, with the Yale men's lacrosse team hosting BU at noon.
• Yale is ranked in three national polls:
  • #14 in the ILWomen poll
  • #15 in the IWLCA poll
  • #16 in the USA Lacrosse poll
• Senior defender Emmy Pascal (Lorton, Va.), Yale's captain, has received multiple honors already:
  • Tewaaraton Award Watch List
  • ILWomen Preseason All-America (third team)
  • USA Lacrosse Preseason All-America (third team)

 
The Series vs. QU

• Yale beat Quinnipiac 16-6 last season in Hamden, improving to 11-0 all-time vs. the Bobcats. 
• Other than a one-goal win in 2022 (13-12), all of Yale's wins vs. Quinnipiac have been by five or more goals.

 
The Bobcats

• Quinnipiac (0-1, 0-0 MAAC) fell at home to Hofstra, 12-7, in the season opener this past Saturday.
• The Bobcats are coming off a 2025 season in which they went 10-8 (4-4 MAAC). 
• MAAC 2025 Rookie and Goalkeeper of the Year Shannon Alden and attacker Mia Delmond, the team's leading returning scorer, were both voted to the MAAC Preseason All-Conference team.
• Quinnipiac was picked sixth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.

 
The Series vs. BU

• Yale and BU have not played since 2015, when Yale snapped a four-game losing skid in the series by beating the Terriers 14-6 at Reese Stadium.

 
The Terriers

• BU (2-1, 0-0 Patriot), which hosts Marist Tuesday, racked up 37 goals in winning its first two games (16-7 vs. New Hampshire, 21-14 at Stonehill). The Terriers then fell 9-5 at Fairfield this past Saturday.
• Midfielder Tessa Geddes was named to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team. She had 25 goals and 34 points last year.
• BU was picked sixth in the Patriot League Preseason Coaches' Poll.

Social Media

• @YaleWLacrosse on Instagram
• @YaleWLacrosse on X

 

?? Whitney Froeb scores her first career goal, and we have reached running time with 7:18 left in the fourth! #ThisIsYale

Watch ?? https://t.co/f2gUKVuFnd pic.twitter.com/6kenwTotWt

— Yale Women's Lacrosse (@YaleWLacrosse) February 14, 2026