PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania field hockey team hosts its annual Pink Game on Saturday, taking on Yale at Ellen Vagelos Field with a noon start.
 
GAME DAY 12: Penn vs Yale
Saturday, Oct. 23 | 12 p.m.
Video Stream (ESPN+) | Live Stats | Spectator COVID Attestation (starts on 10/23)
 
Travel Notice For Parking
Exit 346B from University Avenue traveling I76 Eastbound will be closed this weekend for repair. Access to Riverfields Drive will be off of University Avenue using the Westbound Exit 346B.

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The Series with Yale
The Quakers have won the past three meetings against the Bulldogs, with two of those being at Vagelos Field. In the past nine matchups, Penn has taken eight of the decisions, only falling in 2016 in Connecticut, 3-2. Dating back to 1973, the Quakers own a 29-13-2 series record.

Last Time We Met
In October 2019, the two teams battled in Philadelphia with the Quakers earning the 4-2 victory. The Bulldogs took the early 1-0 lead in the second minute, but Lily Clarkson and Elita van Staden responded to give Penn a 2-1 advantage by the 42nd minute. Although Yale responded in the third quarter, finishes by Laura Shelton and van Staden in the closing 10 minutes gave the Quakers their third Ivy victory of the season.
 
About Yale
The Bulldogs enter Saturday's game with a 6-7 record, 2-2 in the Ivy League. They are coming off back-to-back wins, defeating Columbia on the road, 4-2, before topping Sacred Heart this past Wednesday, 4-2. Beyond Yale's win against Columbia, it earned a one-goal victory over Brown in late September, 2-1, a team that Quakers' defeated last weekend, 3-2.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*In their last matchup at Brown, Penn saw scoring from three different players including Meghan Ward, Julia Russo and Courtney Kenah. It was Ward's second-straight game with a goal and Kenah's first collegiate finish.

*Ward finished the game with a goal and an assist, placing her atop the team in points with seven. Ward and Russo lead the team in goals with three each.

*Lis Zandbergen registered her second-straight game with an assist, connecting with Ward on the first goal of the game. With her first assist of the season, it was to Ward in an overtime game-winner against Cornell.

*Penn sports a 5-6 record heading into its Saturday tilt with all six losses coming to top-20 opponents: No. 1 North Carolina, No. 5 Louisville, No. 9 Saint Joseph's, No. 12 Syracuse, No. 12 Harvard, and No. 17 Princeton.

*Sabien Paumen has started in the cage all 11 games this season, making 57 saves for five victories and two shutouts. She currently ranks third in the league in saves and saves per game (5.18).