FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Peter Moynihan completed his first career hat trick just 44 seconds into overtime to put the Yale men's lacrosse team back in the win column with a 15-14 victory over Fairfield on Saturday afternoon at Rafferty Stadium.
 
Moynihan led a Yale attack that saw 10 players find the back of the net in the victory. Sean Grogan also picked up a hat trick for the Bulldogs.
 
With the victory, Yale improves to 3-2, and Fairfield drops to 3-2.
 
Notable Performances

• Moynihan recorded a hat trick.
• Grogan led the offense with a six-point performance, tallying three goals and three assists while adding four ground balls.
• Connor Gately posted four points with two goals and two assists.
• Luke Pascal contributed a goal and an assist.
• Cole Cashion, David Anderson, William Sheehan, Cole Jackson, and Nicolas Boudreau each scored a goal.
• Dylan Blekicki had a two-point performance with a goal and an assist.
• Luke Michalik collected a team-high seven ground balls and caused three turnovers.
• Patrick Pisano added six ground balls and two caused turnovers.
• Ben Friedman made 14 saves in goal.

 
Scoring Summary

• Q1 | After falling behind 2–0, Boudreau put the Bulldogs on the board with a goal at the 10:07 mark. Fairfield quickly responded with a goal of their own to restore the two-goal advantage. Yale then surged with three straight goals, capped by Moynihan's first of the day at 1:40 to give the Bulldogs their first lead, 4–3. The Stags answered with just nine seconds remaining in the quarter, sending the game into the second tied. 4-4
• Q2 | The Bulldogs' offense surged in the quarter, scoring four straight goals — capped by Grogan's finish — to extend the lead to 8–4 with 5:39 remaining. The Stags answered with back-to-back goals, but Grogan and Cashion responded to restore the Bulldogs' four-goal cushion heading into halftime. 10-6 YALE
• Q3 | Fairfield rattled off three straight goals to cut Yale's lead to one, 10–9, at the 8:17 mark. Gately and Grogan struck back-to-back before the Stags added another to pull within two, 12–10. Blekicki responded late for the Bulldogs, restoring a three-goal cushion heading into the final frame. 13-10 YALE
• Q4 | The Stags opened the quarter with a goal, but Moynihan responded with his second of the game, maintaining a three-goal lead at 14-11. However, the Stags rallied, scoring three straight goals to force the game into overtime. 14-14
• OT | Just 44 seconds into overtime, a Gately pass to the middle in front of the goal found Moynihan, who buried it for the game-winner. 15-14 YALE

 
Bulldog Notes

• Anderson has found the back of the net in three consecutive games.
• Grogan recorded his first hat trick of the season and has scored in every game for Yale so far.
• Moynihan notched the first hat trick of his career.
• Cashion and Sheehan have each scored in back-to-back contests.
• Pascal has scored in every game for the Bulldogs this season.
• Michalik's seven ground balls set a new career high.
• Gately has registered at least one point in all of Yale's games.
• Boudreau's goal marked his second of the season.
• Yale's overtime win over the Stags marked the first OT finish in the series since Ben Reeves scored the game-winning goal in double overtime against Fairfield on March 11, 2017.
• The win also marked Yale's first overtime victory since a 17-16 win over Harvard on April 30, 2022.

 
Up Next
The Bulldogs will host Princeton on Saturday, Mar. 14 at 12 p.m.

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— Yale Men's Lacrosse (@YaleLacrosse) March 7, 2026