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O'Boyle, Defense Help Tigers to 11-5 Win at Yale in Women's Lacrosse
April 09, 2005 | Women's Lacrosse
April 9, 2005
Box Score
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Colleen O'Boyle found out she was going to play against Yale from head coach Chris Sailer on Princeton's bus ride up to New Haven. Neither O'Boyle, nor the rest of the Tigers, disappointed the head coach Saturday against the Bulldogs.
O'Boyle, who had played just 35 minutes in Princeton's first nine games, had eight second-half saves for Princeton, including three on free-position opportunities, and the Tigers got just enough offense to pull away on the way to an 11-5 win over the Bulldogs on a sunny day at Johnson Field.
"I was actually a little disappointed I let the last one in," said O'Boyle, who had saves on eight of Yale's 11 second-half shots. "I kind of wanted to keep them totally off the scoreboard, but I was happy with the way I played."
Yale (5-5, 1-3 Ivy) didn't score from the 13:21 mark of the first half, when Marya Myers' goal tied the game at 4-4, until 1:49 remained in the game and Lara Melniker finally broke a 41-minute scoreless streak.
"Colleen was fantastic," said Sailer. "She's been playing really well at practice. We all know that Sarah (Kolodner) is a four-year starter and a great goalie, but Colleen's been playing so well and you saw today what she could do."
Princeton (8-2, 3-0 Ivy), which got three goals from Lindsey Biles and two apiece from Ingrid Goldberg, Elizabeth Pillion and Mary Minshall, broke open a tight game with a three-goal run late in the first half, then made it a big margin with two goals early in the second half. Goldberg and Minshall had goals 14 seconds apart around the 11-minute mark to make it 6-4 Princeton, and Biles' unassisted goal with 2:24 left gave the Tigers a 7-4 halftime lead. Kathleen Miller and Pillion then scored early in the second half to give Princeton a five-goal lead, and Biles then had two quick goals in a 1:17 span midway through the half to turn it into an 11-4 rout.
"I thought it was a really good, solid team effort," Sailer said. "We really came out hard and kept our intensity throughout the whole game. We played well both offensively and defensively and got a big Ivy League win."
The game was a seesaw one early on with Yale taking a 2-1 lead seven minutes in and Princeton regaining the lead at the 20-minute mark on a Katie Lewis-Lamonica goal. Yale's Myers tied the score at 4-4 with 13 minutes on the clock, but the Bulldogs wouldn't score again until the game's final two minutes.
Princeton's win was its 14th straight in Ivy League play. The Tigers' last Ivy League loss came on the same field two seasons ago.
Myers had two goals to lead Yale, which had 15 turnovers, many caused by the Tigers in the midfield. Princeton won 11 of the game's 18 draw controls.