NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Harvard women's soccer reached the ten-win mark for the fourth season in a row tonight after defeating the Yale Bulldogs in its regular season finale, 5-2. The Crimson (10-3-2, 5-1-1 Ivy), who already punched its ticket to the Ivy League Tournament next weekend, had five different players score goals, ending its regular season on a high note against its Ivy rival.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Taylor Fasnacht got the Crimson on the board just two minutes into the contest, finding the net for the fist time in 2023.
? Yale fought back in the 22nd minute, scoring its first goal of the night to tie the game.
? The score would remain the same after 45 minutes as the teams went into the break knotted at one goal a side.
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Gabby DelPico broke through in the 48th minute to score her fifth goal of the season and put the Crimson back on top, 2-1.
? Yale would answer just over two minutes later, tying the game up at 2-2 with a goal in the 51st minute.
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Jasmine Leshnick put the Crimson back on top with her strike in the 55th minute.
? Olof Kristindottir scored her team-high seventh goal of the season to increase the Harvard lead in the 70th minute of play.
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Megan Mackey also recorded her first goal of the season to cap off the scoring for Harvard late in the contest.
? Harvard cruised to a 5-2 win in New Haven, recording its tenth win of the season.
HARVARD HIGHLIGHTS
- Five different goal scorers led the way as Harvard matched its season high goal total.
- Harvard reached ten wins for the fourth year in a row.
- Taylor Fasnacht and Megan Mackey scored the first and last goals for Harvard, which were also the first of their seasons.
- Ólöf Kristinsdóttir scored her team high seventh goal in the contest.
- Gabby DelPico (5) and Jasmine Leshnick (4) both added tallies to their season goals total.
- Susie Long, Hannah Bebar and DelPico all had assists in the matchup.
- Harvard outshot Yale 11-4.
- Anna Karpenko made two saves in net to backstop the effort.
- August Hunter and Amy Konig anchored the Harvard backline that allowed only six shot attempts to the Bulldogs.
- Harvard secured the two seed in the Ivy League tournament with the reuslt.
UP NEXT
Harvard will head to Providence next weekend for the first ever Ivy League women's soccer tournament. The Crimson - the tournament's two seed - will compete in the four-team tournament looking to secure the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Harvard is slated to take on Princeton in the first round of the tournament next Friday (Nov. 3) at 2:00 PM.