Dartmouth Falls to No. 16 Yale in Ivy Home Opener

Sunday, March 24

Hanover, N.H.

12:00 PM

Dartmouth College

5-3, 0-2Ivy

Yale

8-0, 2-0Ivy

Yale

Dartmouth

Photo by: Kyle Relf

Dartmouth Falls to No. 16 Yale in Ivy Home Opener

3/24/2024 4:40:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

The Big Green fall behind in the third quarter

By: McKenzie Yi

HANOVER, N.H. – Catherine Erb registered two goals today, but No. 16 Yale claimed the 15-5 victory over the Big Green on the snow-surrounded field at Scully-Fahey Field on Sunday afternoon.

Annie O'Keeffe and Katie Elders both tallied a goal. Teammate Lucy Murray collected a goal and assist while Katina Christensen chipped in two assists.

Defensively, Maja Desmond collected four groundballs along with three caused turnovers. Maya Kendall collected four draw controls in the contest along with teammates Mia Puccio and Ellie Burdick collecting three.

With the loss, Dartmouth falls to 5-3 overall and a 0-2 mark in league play. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs improve to 8-0 overall and 2-0 in the league.

The Big Green started with a 2-0 lead when Murray found Erb to score the first goal. Shortly after, a great pass by Christensen led to Murray putting one past the keeper at the 6:40 mark. In response, Yale tied the contest with back-to-back goals to end the first quarter, 2-2.

Yale opened the second quarter with two straight goals. In response, Annie O'Keeffe scored an amazing goal off sister, Fiona O'Keeffe to bring Dartmouth within one, 4-3. Yale extended the lead with two more goals but was interrupted when Erb scored her 21st goal of the season, 6-4. With one more goal by the Bulldogs, the Big Green fell behind 7-4 going into halftime.

WHAT A GOAL!

Sisters connect and it's a beauty as Annie O'Keeffe scores on the backhand shovel shot, assisted by Fiona.@ESPNPlus | #SCTop10 | https://t.co/o4OJLYrZLu pic.twitter.com/IwmV2e3HDv
— Dartmouth W Lacrosse (@DartmouthWLax) March 24, 2024

In the second half, Yale scored six straight goals. With four seconds left of the third quarter, Christensen found Elders to score her first of the game, 13-5. In the last frame, the Bulldogs put two more goals past the keeper to seal the 15-5 win.

The Big Green held a 15-9 advantage in draw controls over the Bulldogs.

Dartmouth hits the road on Wednesday, March 27 to take on New Hampshire at 2 p.m.