Megan Kitagawa.
David Schamis
6
Columbia COLUMBIA 4-2, 0-1
16
Winner Yale YALE 6-0, 1-0
Columbia COLUMBIA
4-2, 0-1
6
Final
16
Yale YALE
6-0, 1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Columbia COLUMBIA 1 3 1 1 6
Yale YALE 6 5 4 1 16

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | | Sam Rubin

No. 6 Yale Opens Ivy Play With 16-6 Win Over Columbia

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 6 Yale women's lacrosse team cruised past Columbia 16-6 in the Ivy League opener Saturday on a cloudy afternoon at Reese Stadium. The Bulldogs got hat tricks from three different players – first-year midfielder Meg Bohan, first-year midfielder Whitney Froeb and sophomore attacker Kelly Holmes. That was the first career hat trick for Froeb.
 
After Columbia scored to close within 2-1 at 11:03 of the first, the Bulldogs outscored the Lions 4-0 for the rest of the quarter. Those goals came from four different players – Bohan, Holmes, first-year midfielder Nell Ducey and senior attacker Ashley Newman. 
 
The Lions scored three times in the second quarter but the Bulldogs still came out of it with a sizable lead, 11-4. Yale then held Columbia scoreless until there were just 14 seconds left in the third quarter, and by then the Bulldogs had built a 15-4 lead. Each team scored once in the fourth. 
 
Yale improves to 6-0 (1-0 Ivy League) on the season while Columbia falls to 4-2 (0-1 Ivy League).
 
 
STATISTICAL LEADERS
  • First-year midfielder Meg Bohan had a game-high five goals.
  • Four Bulldogs had one assist each.
  • First-year midfielder Kate Gould had a game-high 11 draw controls.
  • Senior defender Emmy Pascal had a game-high four ground balls.
  • Sophomore goalkeeper Niamh Pfaff made a pair of saves.
 
TURNING POINT
  • Yale went on a 5-0 run after Columbia closed within 10-4 at 3:36 of the second quarter.
 
KEY STAT
  • Yale outshot Columbia 39-17. 
 
NOTES
  • Bohan scored nine goals in Yale's two games this week. Saturday marked her third hat trick of the season.
  • Holmes has four hat tricks this season.
  • Yale had a 17-7 advantage in draw controls. The Bulldogs have won the draw control battle in five of six games this season.
  • Yale limited Columbia to an 0-for-4 performance on free position shots.
  • Columbia had scored 14 or more goals in every other game this season.
  • This was the third time this season Yale had outshot its opponent by at least 20.
  • Yale has now won six straight in the series vs. Columbia, including five in a row by 10 or more goals.
  • Yale has not trailed since the 3:33 mark of the second game of the season. 
 
ELSEWHERE IN THE IVY LEAGUE SATURDAY
  • Brown 10, No. 25 Cornell 6
  • RV Penn 14, RV Dartmouth 10
  • No. 20 Princeton 19, Harvard 13

WHAT'S NEXT
  • Yale hosts UConn next Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
 
 
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