Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:35 p.m.

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FIELD HOCKEY: Elis remain in second

Contributing Reporter
Published Monday, October 26, 2009

PHILADELPHIA — The Yale women’s field hockey team gutted out another tough Ivy League win Sunday, overcoming an unorthodox playing surface and questionable officiating to steal a 3–2 overtime win from Penn at Franklin Field.
Things got off to a shaky start for the Bulldogs when Penn’s Kelsey Tahan scored just 30 seconds into the game to give the Quakers a 1–0 lead. The game quickly got worse for the Elis when Tahan struck again just 10 minutes later, leaving the Elis facing a two-goal deficit.
Making the climb back into the game all the more difficult was the fact that Penn plays...

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