AMHERST, Mass. - Using a six-goal run bridging the first and second halves, No. 13 Yale defeated the UMass women's lacrosse team 10-3 on Wednesday afternoon at McGuirk Stadium. UMass scored the game's opening goal before Yale closed out the first half with a three goal run. Yale then started the second half with another three goals before the Minutewomen could score again. UMass will return to action on Sunday at No. 1 Northwestern in Evanston, Ill. The opening draw is set for 2:00 p.m.

The Minutewomen received each of its goals from three different players. Kaytlin McCormick scored her team-leading 13th goal of the season to start the game. Julie Pasquantonio added a goal mid-way through the second half and Jill Liposky tallied her first career goal to close out the game's scoring.

Yale was led by Kat Peetz, Lauren Taylor, and Meredith Callahan who each had four-point games with two goals and two assists. Ellen Cameron started in cage for the Bulldogs and made eight saves.

Both teams managed 17 shots in the game. Yale held the advantage in groundballs 14-to-8.

The Bulldogs took a 3-1 lead into intermission after a first half that saw each team hold the ball on long offensive possessions.

After a three-goal run to start the second half for Yale, Pasquantonio scored for UMass with 15:59 remaining to make the score 6-2.

A four-goal unanswered streak by Yale pushed the lead to 10-2 before Liposky closed the scoring with a free-position shot with 24 seconds remaining.

Taylor and Callahan scored both their goals in the second half giving the Bulldog offense a lift after a slow first half.

Colleen Speth made the start in net for UMass making four saves.

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AMHERST, Mass. -- Senior goalkeeper Ellen Cameron made eight saves as No. 13 Yale delivered a dominant defensive effort for a 10-3 win at UMass Wednesday afternoon. The Bulldogs had seven different players score goals, led by two each from senior attacker Meredith Callahan, senior midfielder Kat Peetz and senior midfielder Lauren Taylor. Senior defender Jess Champion added three ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers.

This was the first time that UMass had been held to that low a goal output since a 14-2 loss to Temple Apr. 21, 2002 -- a span of 94 games in which the Minutewomen scored four or more goals. It was also just the second time in the all-time series (21 games) that Yale held UMass under four goals.

The first half was a defensive struggle, as neither team scored in the opening 10 minutes. UMass' Kaytlin McCormick then gave her team a 1-0 lead that lasted for five minutes, when sophomore attacker Jessica Sturgill rifled a feed from behind the net by Taylor past UMass keeper Colleen Speth (four saves).

Five minutes later junior midfielder Jenn Warden converted a pass from sophomore attacker Jenna Block, and five minutes after that Peetz scored off a Callahan assist. That was all the scoring for the first half, as UMass controlled the ball for several minutes at the end but had its last-second scoring attempt disrupted by a caused turnover from senior defender Jess Champion.

Yale reeled off the first three goals of the second half to take control of the game, as Block, Taylor and Callahan all tallied. After a UMass timeout Julie Pasquantonio momentarily disrupted the Yale momentum by scoring with 15:59 left in the game. But Peetz chased down the draw control after that goal. She passed to junior midfielder Taylor Fragapane and Fragapane quickly worked it ahead to junior midfielder Linden Ellis for another Bulldog goal.

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