No. 18 Orange Steps out of BIG EAST Play at Yale
10/13/2007 9:49:01 AM | Field Hockey
The 18th-ranked Syracuse Orange (11-4, 3-2 BIG EAST) stepts out of BIG EAST Conference play with a contest at Yale on Sunday at Yale (7-5, 2-2 Ivy League) at 1 p.m. on Johnson Field on the campus of Yale University. Live stats are available here.
Freshman midfielder Maggie Befort and senior back Brittany Angellella both registered late goals, but the Orange was unable to come back from an early 3-0 deficit at Providence on Friday night. Befort's 31 points on the season ranks seventh all-time on SU's single-season records chart. Leigh Fawcett recorded her 12th assist of the year, putting her alone in fifth on SU's single-season list.
The Yale Bulldogs defeated Harvard, 2-1, in their last outing October 13. The victory extended the Bulldogs' six games, the team’s longest streak within a season since 2003. Yale has also defeated Holy Cross (2-1), Dartmouth (1-0 OT), Sacred Heart (5-2), Quinnipiac (1-0) and Fairfield (7-0) during the steak. Ashley McCauley leads the Bulldogs with 26 points and 11 goals and Harriet Thayer has a team-best six assists. Charlotte Goins has played ever minute in cage and has recorded a 1.51 goals-against-average and a .858 saves percentage.
Sunday’s game will be the first between the Orange the Bulldogs.
