QU Women's Lacrosse Falls to Yale in Home Opener

Wednesday, February 21

Hamden, CT

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

0-2

Yale

2-0

Yale

Quinnipiac

2/21/2018 5:19:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. - The Quinnipiac women's lacrosse team fell in a hard-fought matchup with the Yale Bulldogs in the first-ever game for the women's lacrosse program at the brand-new Quinnipiac Lacrosse Stadium, 13-8, on Wednesday February 21 2018. With the loss, the Bobcats fall to 0-2 on the young season while the Bulldogs advance to 2-0 with the victory.

SCORE
Yale 13 / Quinnipiac 8

LOCATION
Quinnipiac Lacrosse Stadium / Hamden, Conn.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac University 0-2 / Yale University 2-0

GAME NOTES

Allison Kuhn (Kingsville, Maryland) struck for her first two goals of the season, with the first goal coming less-than two minutes into the opening half to give Quinnipiac the 1-0 lead. Her first goal was also the first goal at the Quinnipiac Lacrosse Stadium in women's lacrosse's program history. Her second came with 9:40 to play in the first half off an assist from Emily Byrne (Huntington, New York).

BOBCATS GOAL: The first one in the new digs! Allison Kuhn gets on the board and QU leads, 1-0. pic.twitter.com/ykDXHoBoTs
— QU Women's Lacrosse (@QU_WLAX) February 21, 2018
The Bobcats continued their strong start with another goal, this time by Victoria Bobinski (Kinnelon, New Jersey), her second of the season to give Quinnipiac a 2-0 lead early in the first half. Her sister, Ashley, picked up her first assist of the season on the play.
Yale responded with five unanswered goals to take a 5-2 lead before Quinnipiac answered with two more to pull within a goal, 5-4. Byrne scored her team-leading fourth goal of the year in the run.
After Yale went on another run to take a 9-4 lead, Kayla Moreau (Pearl River, New York) struck for a goal with 17:35 to play in the second half, cutting Yale's lead to 9-5.
Ashley Bobinkski scored twice in the second half for her second two-goal outings in as many games. Her first goal came with 12:03 to play in the second half to cut Yale's lead to 11-6, before following with another marker just 90 seconds later to cut Yale's lead to 11-7. The two goals were her third and fourth goals of the season after scoring twice against Brown in her last time out.
Jenna Henningsen (East Kingston, New Hampshire) scored her first goal of the season for Quinnipiac with 3:49 in the second half to cut Yale's lead to 12-8 . Henningsen's goal came off an assist from Avery Drouin (Derry, New Hampshire) for the freshman's first point of her Quinnipiac career.
Quinnipiac Kyle Larkin (Brightwaters, New York) posted a season-high 14 saves in goal for the Bobcats.

QUINNIPIAC STAT LEADERS
Goals: A. Bobinski, Kuhn (2);V.Bobinski, Moreau, Byrne, Henningsen (1),
Assists: A.Bobinski,Byrne Drouin (1)
Saves: Larkin (14)
Ground Balls: Kelly(5); Everding (3), O'Meally (2)
Draw Controls: Drouin (3);Kuhn (2); Kelly (1)

YALE STAT LEADERS
Goals: Carlson, Zinsner (4); Nixon (3);Duperrouzel (2)
Assists: Duperrouzel, Granger(2); Zinsner (1)
Saves: Marks (3)
Ground Balls: Stover (4); Yu, Schulte (2)
Draw Controls: Nixon(10); Duperrouzel,Gallagher (2)