Women's lacrosse: A few more Ivy League hurdles

All team members saw playing time in last week's 17-8 defeat of Boston College. Carrying momentum from this victory into the first half of the Princeton game on Sat., Apr. 11, Yale jumped out to a 4-1 lead. This effort continued into the second half as Heather Bentley, SY '00, scored five goals and goalie Alison Cole, ES '99, had 20 saves. Unfortunately, Yale was unable to hold off the fourth-ranked Tigers' surge and lost 14-10.

The team regrouped on Wed., Apr. 15 with a 20-8 crushing of the Columbia Lions. The women are now preparing for contests against non-league Vanderbilt and New Hampshire as well as for two more Ivy League games. The Blue still has a slim chance to win the Ivy title, if it beats Brown and Cornell while Princeton and Dartmouth both lose their final two league games. With these prospects, the team looks forward to the post-season. "This weekend and the next week is really important. It's really exciting because we definitely have a really good shot at NCAAs," Alyssa Chen, TD '99, said.

--Deirdre Brill

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