Katie Clare.
Kent Arnold
12
Winner Army West Point ARMY WES 9-2, 4-0
8
Yale YALE 9-2, 3-0
Winner
Army West Point ARMY WES
9-2, 4-0
12
Final
8
Yale YALE
9-2, 3-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Army West Point ARMY WES 5 4 2 1 12
Yale YALE 2 2 2 2 8

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | | Sam Rubin

No. 17 Army West Point Holds Off No. 5 Yale, 12-8

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – An early deficit proved to be too much for the No. 5 Yale women's lacrosse team to overcome Tuesday afternoon against Army West Point at Reese Stadium. The Black Knights jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first 12:06, then withstood a Yale comeback attempt and held on for a 12-8 victory. The Army West Point win snaps a streak of 11 straight home wins for Yale.
 
Army West Point's dynamic duo of midfielders Brigid Duffy (4-3-7) and Allison Reilly (2-3-5) combined for 12 points Tuesday, including four goals as part of that 5-0 start. Yale answered with a four-goal run that included a pair of goals from senior attacker Ashley Newman to get within 5-4, but Army West Point followed with a 6-0 run to establish control of the game.
 
Yale falls to 9-2 (3-0 Ivy League) on the season while Army improves to 9-2 (4-0 Patriot League).
 
STATISTICAL LEADERS
  • Senior attacker Ashley Newman led Yale with three goals.
  • Junior attacker Ashley Kiernan led Yale with two assists.
  • Kiernan, Newman and sophomore attacker Kelly Holmes tied for the team lead with three points each.
  • Senior defender Emmy Pascal had a game-high four ground balls and a game-high two caused turnovers.
  • Sophomore goalkeeper Niamh Pfaff and junior goalkeeper Laura O'Connor made three saves each.
 
TURNING POINT
  • After Yale scored four straight goals to get within 5-4 at 8:12 of the second, a turnover on Yale's next possession enabled Army West Point to score and start a six-goal run that got the lead to 11-4 by the 9:07 mark of the third.
 
KEY STAT
  • Yale shot .267, its second-lowest shooting percentage of the season. In each of Yale's nine wins, the Bulldogs have shot .370 or better.
 
NOTES
  • When Army West Point got the lead to 4-0, it represented the largest deficit Yale has faced in a game this season. The Bulldogs had trailed by three at then-No. 9 Syracuse Mar. 17.
  • Yale's last home loss prior to Tuesday was Mar. 29, 2025 (13-11 to then-No. 9 Princeton). The Bulldogs won the final five home games of the 2025 season and the first six home games of this season. 
  • This was Army West Point's third-lowest goal total of the season. Only then-No. 11 Colorado (who beat the Black Knights 13-6) and then-No. 2 Northwestern (who beat the Black Knights 18-7) have held Army West Point to fewer goals.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
  • Yale visits RV Dartmouth Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. game.
 
 
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