2025 Women's Lacrosse Roster

Sam Rubin

12 Taylor Lane

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Norwalk, Conn.
  • High School Greenwich Academy
  • Opendorse taylor-lane-profile

Biography

2025 (Senior):
  • Third team IWLCA All-America
  • Honorable mention ILWomen Media All-America
  • Honorable mention USA Lacrosse All-America
  • First team IWLCA All-Northeast Region
  • First team All-Ivy League
  • Earned Yale team's Bulldog Award, presented to player "who exemplifies consistent passion for the game, is fiercely competitive, and makes their teammates better"
  • Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player
  • Ivy League Tournament All-Tournament Team
  • Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week 4/7/25
  • Ninth in Ivy League in draw controls per game (3.85)
  • 10th in Ivy League in ground balls per game (1.75)
  • Led team in ground balls (35)
  • Second on team in assists (27, career high)
  • Second on team in draw controls (77, career high)
  • Third on team in points (39-27-66, career high)
  • Tied for third on team in caused turnovers (15)

2024 (Junior):
  • Second team All-Ivy League, the third all-Ivy honor of her career
  • Ivy League All-Tournament Team
  • Earned Yale team's Bulldog Award, presented to player "who exemplifies consistent passion for the game, is fiercely competitive, and makes their teammates better"
  • Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week 4/29/24
  • Eighth in Ivy League in draw controls per game (3.55)
  • 10th in Ivy League in ground balls per game (1.90)
  • Led team in ground balls with 38
  • Second on team in draw controls with career-high 71
  • Third on team in assists with career-high 21
  • Tied for third on team in caused turnovers with career-high 18
  • Career-high four caused turnovers in win vs. Harvard Apr. 13, tied for fourth-most in a game by an Ivy Leaguer in 2024
  • Extended streak of consecutive starts to 54 (every game of her career)
  • Hat trick and carer-high (tie) five ground balls in win at Dartmouth Mar. 24
  • Career-high three assists two times
  • Season-high eight draw controls in win at Princeton Mar. 2
  • Season-high four points four times
  • Totaled 17 goals
  • Shot .515, second-best on team
  • Scored game-winning goal in overtime of Ivy League Tournament Championship Game vs. Penn May 5 (final score 10-9), giving Yale its first Ivy Tournament title in school history

2023 (Sophomore):
  • Honorable mention All-Ivy League
  • Second on team in ground balls (28)
  • Fourth on team in goals (20) and draw controls (39)
  • Started all 17 games for second season in a row, extending streak of consecutive starts to 34
  • Season-high three goals and three points at Penn Apr. 8
  • Season-high six draw controls twice (vs. Vermont Feb. 18, vs. Princeton Mar. 4)
  • Career-high five (tie) ground balls at Harvard Apr. 15

2022 (First Year):
  • Unanimous first team All-Ivy League
  • Third on team in goals (28)
  • Fourth on team in points (35)
  • Started all 17 games
  • Career-high six goals and seven points vs. Stony Brook Apr. 25
  • Career-high nine draw controls twice (vs. Brown Apr. 2, at Cornell Apr. 16)
  • Had at least one point in 15 of 17 games
  • Nine-game goal scoring streak Mar. 20 through Apr. 25
  • First career start, and first career goal, came in season-opening 15-4 win vs.Sacred Heart

Greenwich Academy: Captained lacrosse team senior year...  Under Armour All-American 2017, 2018, 2019... NEPSAC Western New England All-Star 2019… Greenwich Academy Wyman Award 2019… Greenwich Academy Alan-Gilchrist Award 2018… Team was ranked as high as No. 25 in the nation by Inside Lacrosse… Overall record of 48-6 in her three years… Captained soccer team senior year… Fairchester Athletic Association soccer all-league 2019, 2020; honorable mention all-league 2018… Golden Boot Award 2020… Soccer team was Fairchester Athletic Association league and tournament champions 2017, 2018, 2019.

Notes: Youth lacrosse coach for Comet Lacrosse… Volunteer at local community food pantry... Can juggle… Mom, Lisa Taylor Lane, played lacrosse and soccer at Boston College… Dad, Peter Lane, was quarterback for UConn football team.

Why Yale? “I chose Yale because of the amazing educational and athletic opportunities it offers, as well as its welcoming people that have always made Yale feel like home.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021First Year

    Midfielder
    5'4"
  • 12

    2022First Year

    Midfielder
    5'4"
    12
  • 12

    2023Sophomore

    Midfielder
    5'4"
    12
  • 12

    2024Junior

    Midfielder
    5'4"
    12
  • 12

    2025Senior

    Midfielder
    5'4"
    12