NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 6 Yale women's lacrosse team got goals from 10 different players Wednesday afternoon at Reese Stadium en route to a 22-4 win over in-state rivals Central Connecticut State. Three Bulldogs had hat tricks, including two who scored four goals: first-year midfielder Meg Bohan and junior defender Lauren McCartin. Junior attacker Ashley Kiernan scored three goals for her fourth hat trick of the season.
 
Yale improves to 5-0 (0-0 Ivy League) on the season while CCSU falls to 0-4 (0-0 NEC).
 
STATISTICAL LEADERS

• First-year midfielder Meg Bohan and junior defender Lauren McCartin had a game-high four goals each.
• Sophomore attacker Kelly Holmes had a game-high four assists and six points.
• Sophomore midfielder Olivia Weston had a game-high five draw controls.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Niamh Pfaff made three saves allowed just one goal in 17:00.

 
TURNING POINT

• After Central Connecticut scored to tie the game 1-1 at 12:22 of the first, the Bulldogs went on a 19-0 run over the next 41:22.

 
KEY STAT

• Yale allowed only seven shots on goal.

 
NOTES

• Bohan had a hat trick before the first quarter was even eight minutes old.
• Senior midfielder Jordan Messina and sophomore midfielder Olivia Weston scored their first career goals.
• Six Bulldogs scored their first goals of the season: McCartin, Messina, Weston, sophomore attacker Chloe Gwaku, senior attacker Megan Kitagawa and junior attacker Paris Panagopoulos.  
• Sophomore midfielder Skylar Cohen, first-year defender Avery Saviano and first-year goalkeeper Olivia Smit made their Yale debuts.

 
WHAT'S NEXT

• Yale opens Ivy League play, hosting Columbia Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

 
 

??? Olivia Weston's first career goal! #ThisIsYale pic.twitter.com/mTn06q3KKX

— Yale Women's Lacrosse (@YaleWLacrosse) March 5, 2026