Senior captain Sophia Merrifield ’10 wanted to go out on a high note. And the women’s soccer team made that happen Saturday, edging Brown (5–9–1, 2–5 Ivy) 1–0 to win Yale’s final Ivy competition of the season on Senior Night at Reese Stadium.
It all comes down to tomorrow. The Yale women’s soccer team will have one last chance to earn a share of the Ivy League title when it takes on Brown on Saturday — a shot that also depends on Harvard’s performance against Columbia the same day.
After beating Penn last week in Philadelphia while Harvard simultaneously fell to Princeton, the Yale women’s soccer team is back on top. Now the Bulldogs just have to stay there.
Everything fell into place at once. At least, that’s what seemed to happen Saturday afternoon, when the Yale women’s soccer team defeated Penn (8-4–2, 2–3 Ivy) 2–1 on a rain-soaked pitch in Philadelphia and Princeton simultaneously grabbed a late-game 1–0 win over Harvard on the Crimson’s home turf.
There is no more room for error. After falling to Ivy rival Harvard, who now sit in first place, on Tuesday and dropping to second place in the conference standings, the Bulldogs (8–5, 3–1 Ivy) will need to be on top of their game when they travel to Penn this Saturday.
In most ball sports, if you get absolutely dominated in shots, time of possession and turnovers, you lose the game.
The coach said “let there be offense,” and behold, there was offense.
After a couple of overtime heartbreakers in the Bulldogs’ first three games, this weekend’s Yale Classic will provide a tough physical and mental test.
W. soccer Captain Emma Whitfield ’09 leads a quartet of seniors pursuing a return to former glory
John’s in front of a home crowd yesterday. The Elis (1-1, 0-0 Ivy) lost an overtime thriller against UConn (3-3) by a score of 2-1 but defeated St. John’s (3-1) with a second-half goal two days later.
After just missing the cut for the NCAA tournament last season, the women’s soccer team is ready to take on the new season with vengeance.
The women’s soccer team rode a four-game end-of-season winning streak to a second-place finish in the Ivy League. And it may not be over yet.
