Bobcats Top Yale, 4-2, for First Win at Quinnipiac Field Hockey Field

Friday, September 8

Hamden, Conn.

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

(1-4)

Yale

(1-1)

Team	1	2	Final F
Yale	0	2	2
Quinnipiac	2	2	4

Bobcats Top Yale, 4-2, for First Win at Quinnipiac Field Hockey Field

9/8/2017 5:35:00 PM | Field Hockey

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By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac University field hockey team defeated Yale, 4-2, for its first win of the season as well as its first win, all-time, at the Quinnipiac Field Hockey Field. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 1-4 on the season while Yale drops to 1-1.

Quinnipiac senior Dayna Barlow (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) scored twice while senior Lauren Belskie (Hillsborough, New Jersey) added two assists. Ines Ruiz Martinez (Madrid, Spain) scored her first goal of the year while also recording a defensive save while Amanda Blum (Langhorne, Pennsylvania) picked up her first career point with an assist. Livy Golini (York, Maine) stopped four shots in goal for her first victory of the season.

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: @QU_FH picked up their first-ever win at their new turf complex this afternoon. See the excitement for yourself: pic.twitter.com/VvzQ3AjkHr
— Quinnipiac Athletics (@QUAthletics) September 9, 2017

Quinnipiac 4 | Yale 2

LOCATION
Quinnipiac Field Hockey Turf Complex | Hamden, Conn.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (1-4, 0-0 BIG EAST) / Yale (1-1, 0-0 Ivy League)

NOTES

Selina Reichert (Lower Hutt, New Zealand) scored her first goal of the season to give Quinnipiac a 1-0 lead when she tipped a shot by Belskie past the Yale goalkeeper.
Barlow scored twice for her first two goals of the season. She now has 16 goals and 41 points for her career.
Barlow's two-goal game was the second of her career after she scored twice against Fairfield in a 5-4 overtime win on Nov. 1, 2015.
Blum assisted Barlow on her second goal of the game for her first career point.
Michelle Federico (Cheshire, Connecticut) picked up her second assist in her last three games.
Belskie assisted on two goals, both coming on corners, to double her point total to four (one goal, two assists) for the year.
Ruiz Martinez scored her first goal of the season, and also recorded a defensive save.
Golini picked up her first victory of the season after turning back four of Yale's six shots on goal. She has now held her opposition to three or fewer goals in four-straight games.
Quinnipiac scored the first three goals of the game, giving them their first 3-0 lead since Oct. 9, 2015 in a 4-0 win against Bryant.
It was also the Bobcats' first 2-0 halftime lead since Sept. 6, 2015, also against Yale.
The Bobcats' four goals against Yale are the most they've scored since Sept. 30, 2016 when they defeated Villanova, 5-2; a run that spanned 14 games.

QUINNIPIAC GAME LEADERS
Goals: Dayna Barlow (2), Selina Reichert, Ines Ruiz Martinez
Assists: Lauren Belskie (2), Amanda Blum, Michelle Federico
Saves: Livy Golini (4)

HOLY CROSS GAME LEADERS
Goals: Holly Jackson, Bridget Condie
Assists: N/A
Saves: Sydney Terroso (5)

UPCOMING GAMES
Quinnipiac returns to action on Saturday, Sept. 9 when it travels to Hofstra for a 3 p.m. non-conference match-up in Hempstead, New York.