
With 6:20 left in the first period, Rebecca Vanstone ’23 increased the Bulldogs’ lead to 3–0. “Oh it feels great,” DeCorby told the News about scoring the team’s first goal in her first collegiate game. Within the first 10 minutes of play, Emma DeCorby ’25 and Anja Trummer ’25 each received a pass from Olivia Muhn ’25 and slotted the puck into the net. Anselm, Yale first-years proved they were ready for collegiate level competition by opening the scoring. While this also marked the Bulldogs’ first game of regular season play, the game took place in the Hawks’ fourth weekend of competition.

“Having that returning leadership and on-ice experience will be crucial to our success.”įriday’s game was Yale’s first contest with St. “We have a good number of experienced players at every position who know what it takes to win, and that’s what you need to compete in this conference,” Bolding told Yale Athletics. Head coach Mark Bolding believes senior leadership will show the newcomers the ropes. These games were the Bulldogs’ first competitions since the ECAC conference playoffs against Harvard in March 2020.Īfter the cancellation of the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, almost half of the roster - 13 of 30 players - now consists of rookies. Preparations continued with a scrimmage against Brown the next day. The Bulldogs dominated the professional women’s squad 8–3, including a hat trick from Charlotte Welch ’23 and a shorthanded goal from Elle Hartje ’24. Last weekend, Yale took on the Connecticut Whale - one of six teams in the Premier Hockey Federation - in an exhibition game.

Anselm and an assured 7–0 win at Sacred Heart. The Bulldogs made a promising start to the season with a safe 8–0 victory against St.

Anselm (1–5–0, 0–0–0 NEWHA) on Friday night before traveling to Fairfield on Saturday to take on Sacred Heart (2–5–0, 0–2–0 NEWHA). In its opening weekend, Yale (2–0–0, 0–0–0 ECAC) hosted St.
