Yale women's lacrosse
David Schamis
Sky Carrasquillo (5) had a hat trick.
7
Johns Hopkins JHU 12-8, 2-4 Big Ten
9
Winner Yale Bulldogs YALE 17-2, 7-0 Ivy League
Johns Hopkins JHU
12-8, 2-4 Big Ten
7
Final
9
Yale Bulldogs YALE
17-2, 7-0 Ivy League
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Johns Hopkins JHU 1 2 3 1 7
Yale Bulldogs YALE 1 3 3 2 9

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | | Sam Rubin

On to the Quarterfinals! Defense Leads No. 6 Bulldogs Past No. 11 JHU 9-7 in NCAA Second Round

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The NCAA Tournament Second Round game between No. 6 Yale and No. 11 Johns Hopkins Sunday afternoon at Reese Stadium turned into a defensive struggle – and that was just fine with the Bulldogs. As has been the case throughout the season, Yale's zone held tight and gave the team a chance to win. After JHU went ahead 6-5 with 3:20 left in the third quarter, the Bulldogs allowed only one more Blue Jay goal. The offense took care of the rest, scoring four times to deliver a 9-7 win.  
 
The first quarter saw each team score only one goal, making it clear that this would not be a high-scoring affair. Yale entered the day ranked third nationally in scoring defense (7.83 goals allowed per game), so the Bulldogs were certainly ready for this type of battle. They eventually took a 3-1 lead in the second quarter and, after JHU tied it 3-3, re-took the lead 4-3 on a goal by junior midfielder Jenna Collignon 38 seconds before halftime. 
 
A three-goal run by Johns Hopkins gave the Blue Jays a 6-5 lead with 3:20 left in the third, but the Bulldogs answered to tie the game on a goal by junior midfielder Fallon Vaughn less than a minute later. Collignon's goal in the final minute of the third gave Yale the lead for good, 7-6.
 
Yale improves to 17-2 overall, while Johns Hopkins ends its season 12-8. 
 
STATISTICAL LEADERS
  • Junior attacker Jenna Collignon scored a game-best four goals, her fifth straight game with at least three goals. Junior midfielder Sky Carrasquillo added a hat trick.
  • Junior midfielder Taylor Lane led Yale with two assists and three draw controls, including a big one after JHU scored to get within 8-7 with 13:21 to play. The Bulldogs eventually scored their ninth and final goal with 9:45 left.
  • Junior defender Marymegan Wright had a game-best four ground balls, and she also led the Bulldogs with a pair of caused turnovers.
  • Junior goalkeeper Cami Donadio, making her third start in a row, made 10 saves. That tied the season high for saves in a game by a Yale goalie, matching the total by first-year goalkeeper Laura O'Connor at then-No. 4 Boston College Apr. 3.
 
TURNING POINT
  • Yale went on a 3-0 run after JHU took the lead 6-5 with 3:20 left in the third. Junior midfielder Fallon Vaughn tied the game off an assist by first-year midfielder Ashley Kiernan at 2:33 of the third. After a save by junior goalkeeper Cami Donadio, Vaughn set up Collignon for a low shot that gave the Bulldogs the lead, 7-6, with 53 seconds left in the third. Yale never relinquished that lead.
 
KEY STAT
  • Yale scored on four of its final five shots of the game.
 
NOTES
  • Seven goals was a season-low for Johns Hopkins. The Blue Jays' previous season low was eight goals in a 13-8 loss to then-No. 4 Maryland Apr. 10.
  • Collignon ended the day with 64 goals for the season, one shy of the tying for second on Yale's single-season record list. Lauren Taylor '08 scored 65 goals in 2007, and Tracy Ball '81 scored 65 in 1980. The Yale single-season record for goals is 72, set by Ball in 1979.
  • Collignon has 25 goals in the last five games, shooting .657 (25-for-38).
  • Yale had advanced to the second round by beating Binghamton 17-4 Friday in the first round at Reese.
  • This was Yale's third win all-time in the NCAA Tournament. In addition to the wins Friday and Sunday the Bulldogs also won in 2003, 12-7 over Syracuse at Johnson Field.
  • This was Yale's 17th win this season, extending the school record in that category. Prior to this season the school record was 14 wins, achieved five times.
  • Yale's game was the last of the day in the NCAA Tournament, so by the end of the game the Bulldogs knew where they were headed next – No. 3 Syracuse beat No. 14 Stony Brook 15-10 in Syracuse, so the Orange will host the quarterfinal game against Yale.
 
QUOTABLE
  • Erica Bamford, Yale's Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Women's Lacrosse: "Hopkins came out with a phenomenal game plan. They've got some great athletes on their team. I'm really proud of how our team competed today, and executed."
  • Junior defender Molly McGuckin: "This was my first time in this big of a game. We went out there with all that we had."
  • Junior goalkeeper Cami Donadio: "We're really proud of the work that we put in to be able to get here. We still have really big goals to accomplish. Our team is really big on the 'next game' mentality, so we look forward to putting in the work this week for another good game." 
  • Donadio: "It's the best job in the world to play goalie for a team with such a strong, committed defense."
  • Bamford: "Our defense did an absolutely phenomenal job today. They prepare every single day. They study film on their own; they watch games from two months ago on teams just to understand their tendencies. They put a lot of preparation and work into this. I'm just so proud of them."
  • Bamford: "The women who have come before us, and those women who have laid the foundation for this program – we want to make Yale proud. I think we've done that this season based on our preparation and our level of compete."  
 
WHAT'S NEXT
  • Yale will play at No. 3 Syracuse in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday at 2:30 p.m.  The game will be on ESPNU. The winner advances to the semifinals May 24 in Cary, N.C.
 
 

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