Women's Lacrosse Falls To 15th Ranked Yale

The Central Connecticut women's lacrosse team dropped a 16-6 decision to 15^th ranked Yale, Monday evening in New Haven, CT.

Kya Risher made 14 saves in net for the Blue Devils, the third most in a single-game in the NEC this season. Olivia Gianakos tallied three goals for the Blue Devils

GAME INFORMATION

Score: Yale 16, CCSU 6

Records: CCSU (0-2), #15 Yale (4-1)

Location: Reese Stadium | New Haven, CT

Key Moments

• Yale opened the scoring 94 seconds into the game and built a 5-0 lead at the 8:13 mark of the first
• Lauren Valluzzi curled into the middle of the field, and drove, beating Yale's goalkeeper stick side low
• Alexa Efron scored her first tally of the season, netting a pass from Talie Richardson at the 4:02 mark, to cut the deficit to three
• Sophie Straka scored for Yale with 42 seconds left in the first to give the Bulldogs the 6-2 advantage
• Yale held CCSU scoreless in the second quarter, while netting five of their own to build an 11-2 advantage at halftime
• Olivia Poggi scored her first of the season, 3:14 into the second-half, on Richardson's second assist of the night
• Yale scored at 6:42 and 5:52 to push the advantage to 13-3
• Olivia Gianakos scored consecutive goals, 60 seconds apart, late in the third quarter, to bring CCSU within 13-5 to enter the final period
• The Bulldogs scored twice in the opening third of the final stanza, to make the lead 10, 15-5
• Gianakos completed the hat trick with an unassisted tally with 3:41 remaining

NOTES

• Risher has made 14 or more saves in 10 of her 16 career games
• The hat trick is the fourth of Gianakos' CCSU career, and she also had a team-best three ground balls
• Richardson now has three assists in the first two games of the season, after two on Monday night
• Vallazzi also had two points, with a goal and an assist, and a team-high three draw controls

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils travel to Delaware State on March 15 for a 1:00 pm non-conference game