NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 14 Yale women's lacrosse team got hat tricks from three players en route to topping local rivals Quinnipiac 15-9 Tuesday afternoon in the home opener at Reese Stadium. First-year midfielder
Kate Gould scored four goals, while first-year midfielder
Meg Bohan and junior attacker
Ashley Kiernan had three each.
Yale (2-0, 0-0 Ivy League) trailed 3-2 after Quinnipiac's Mia Delmond scored a pair of goals in a span of less than two minutes late in the first quarter. The Bulldogs then went on a three-goal run that included two tallies by Bohan and one by Gould. They never surrendered the lead after that.
Quinnipiac (0-2, 0-0 MAAC) got nine saves from goalkeeper Shannon Alden.
STATISTICAL LEADERS
- First-year midfielder Kate Gould had a game-high four goals (tie), five points and 15 draw controls.
- Junior defender Katie Clare tied for the game high with four ground balls.
- Senior defender Bella Saviano had a game-high three caused turnovers.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Niamh Pfaff made four saves.
TURNING POINT
- After Quinnipiac closed within 12-9 with 9:22 to go, the Bulldog defense held the Bobcats scoreless on their next two possessions – once with a blocked shot and once with a turnover. First-year midfielder Whitney Froeb then scored at 4:59 to start a three-goal run by Yale to close out the game.
KEY STAT
- Yale had a 19-7 advantage in draw controls.
NOTES
- Gould and Kiernan have hat tricks in each of the first two games of the season.
- Dating back to last season, Kiernan has six goals (on nine shots) in her last five games.
- Gould's 15 draw controls were the most in a game by a Yale player since Sky Carrasquillo '25 had 15 in the 24-14 win vs. Columbia Apr. 23, 2022.
- With four goals from Gould, three from Bohan and two from Froeb, Yale's first-year class produced nine of the team's 15 goals.
- Junior attacker Lily Spinner scored her first goal of the season.
- First-year midfielder Kaitlyn Roth got her first career assist.
WHAT'S NEXT
- Yale hosts BU Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
