PHILADELPHIA - The No. 14 University of Pennsylvania women's lacrosse team battled past fourth-seeded Harvard on Friday night, advancing to Sunday's Ivy League Tournament title game against second-seeded Yale. Start time is set for noon at Dunning-Cohen Champions Field in Penn Park.
 
GAME 17: PENN (12-4, 7-0 Ivy League) vs. YALE (11-5, 4-3 Ivy League)
Sunday, May 7 | 12:00 p.m.
Philadelphia, Pa. | Dunning-Cohen Champions Field
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HOW WE GOT HERE
*Penn earned the top seed and hosting honors after going a perfect 7-0 in conference play during the regular season.
 
*The Quakers punched their ticket to the final on Friday night, toppling the Crimson, 16-8. It'll be Penn's ninth appearance in the championship game in 11 Ivy League Tournaments.
 
*Yale posted a 4-3 record during the regular season, forcing tiebreakers due to a three-way tie with Princeton and Harvard.
 
*The Bulldogs overcame a three-goal deficit in the fourth quarter against Princeton during the semifinal matchup, putting together a 4-0 final frame to edge out the Tigers, 11-10. It is Yale's second appearance in the title game after falling last year to Princeton, 19-9, in the championship.
 
SERIES AGAINST YALE
*This will be the 47th time in program history the two squads have clashed. Penn holds the 26-19-1 lead in the all-time series.
 
*The Quakers are 14-8 against the Bulldogs at home and have won the last nine meetings in Philadelphia.
 
*Penn has won nine of the last 10 overall meetings.
 
*Through 46 games, Penn has scored 395 goals, 8.59 per game.
 
LAST TIME WE MET
*Back on April 8, Penn tamed the Bulldogs at Franklin Field, 16-6, to remain the only unblemished record in Ivy League play.
 
*Junior Maria Themelis and sophomore Gracie Smith led the offense with four goals each, while sophomore Anna Brandt added a hat trick and an assist for four points.
 
*The Penn defense had a stellar performance, holding the then-league-leading offense and then-top scorer in the Ivy League in check for the day. Yale was held to just six goals when its offense averaged 13.25 per game at that point in the season.
 
*A big part of that success was senior Izzy Rohr, causing a career- and game-high five turnovers to go with a tied game-high four ground balls with senior Kennon Moon.
 
*The Quakers forced the Bulldogs into 18 turnovers for the day, 11 which were caused. Senior Grace Fujinaga and sophomore Natasha Gorriaran joined Rohr in that category with two each.
 
*Senior Kelly Van Hoesen continued her successful season in the net, tending for the full 60 minutes for seven saves.
 
ABOUT THE BULLDOGS
*Yale is making its second appearance in the Ivy League Tournament finals on Sunday, falling last year to Princeton, 19-9.
 
*After starting the league season 3-0, the Bulldogs slipped in their next three to Penn (16-6), Harvard (10-9), and Cornell (14-12). In a must-win season finale at Columbia, they rebounded with a 19-5 victory to seal up the second seed in the tournament.
 
*The Bulldogs secured six All-Ivy honors last week. Jenna Collignon, Olivia Penoyer, and Fallon Vaughn all earned first team, Payton Vaughn made second team, and Sky Carrasquillo and Taylor Lane made their way on honorable mention.
 
*Collignon ranks second in the league in goals per game (3.06) and third in points per game (3.75).
 
*Penoyer ranks second in the league in assists per game (2.13).
 
*Payton Vaughn ranks second in the league in ground balls per game (2.25), while Carrasquillo sits third in caused turnovers per game (1.31).
 
*Goalkeeper Cami Donadio leads the league in goals-against average (9.73), although only playing half the season in net (462 minutes).
 
PENN'S LAST TIME OUT
*The Quakers' semifinal victory over Harvard on Friday night marked the 13th win all-time in the Ivy League Tournament, only one win away from tying the all-time leader, Princeton, who has 13.
 
*Friday night's matchup was the fourth time in Ivy Tournament history that Penn and Harvard clashed, as the Quakers have won all four in the semifinals.
 
*Penn never trailed in the game on Friday night, opening the game on a 6-0 stretch.
 
*Sophomores Erika Chung and Anna Brandt commanded the offense with a combined 11 points. Chung registered a game-high six points on five assists and a goal, while Brandt added five goals of her own.
 
*Senior Niki Miles kept her scoring streak alive, now at 17 straight games, finding the back of the net twice while adding an assist for three points.
 
*Sophomore Paige Lipman registered her first career hat trick.
 
*Eight different Quakers scored in the game.
 
*Penn commanded the draw, going 20-for-28, led by Miles with nine. Junior Aly Feeley added six.
 
*The backline was stout for yet another game, causing six turnovers by six different Quakers.
 
*Back in net, senior Kelly Van Hoesen secured her 12th win of the season, making seven saves through 60 minutes of work. She added two ground balls and a cause turnover.
 
NOTES
*Penn is a 14-time Ivy League champion, seven of which are outright titles.
 
*The Quakers have been in 10 of the 11 total Ivy League Tournaments, only missing last year's. They have a 12-6 all-time record in the tournament with an Ivy-record nine appearances in the championship game.
 
*Penn won the Ivy League Tournament in 2010 (inaugural tournament), 2013, and 2014.
 
*On Wednesday, the Quakers nearly swept the Ivy League postseason major awards, taking four out of the five, the second time in Ivy history a program secured four and the first time a program took all three field positions. Miles was named Attacker of the Year, Brandt was named Midfielder of the Year, Rohr was named Defender of the Year, and Lois S. Leitner head coach Karin Corbett was named Coach of the Year.
 
*Penn secured 10 spots on All-Ivy teams as well. Miles, Brandt, and Rohr were all unanimous selections to first team. Fujinaga, Van Hoesen, Kaitlyn Cumiskey, Chung, and Maria Themelis made their way onto second team. Aly Feeley and Natasha Gorriaran each landed on honorable mention.
 
*Miles has burst onto the offensive scene this year, leading the league in scoring and points with 54 and 66, respectively. Her 66 points currently ranks eighth in program history, while her 54 goals rank third. She is just four goals shy of the program record set by two former Quakers at 58 (Tory Benson 2015, Julie Heller 1981). She is the only Quaker to score in every game this season and is riding a 17-game scoring streak that wraps into last year.
 
*Brandt ranks second on the team and third in the league in scoring with 47 goals, and fifth in the league in points with 51. Her success at the free-position has her ranked 23rd in the country, averaging 0.87 free-position goals per game. She also leads the team in draw controls, pulling in 51 to land eighth in the Ivy League.
 
*Rohr has started in all 16 games to lead the league in caused turnovers (23) and rank fifth in ground balls (33). Rohr had five games this season with multiple caused turnovers including a career day against then-No. 13 Yale with five caused turnovers and four ground balls.
 
*Chung leads the team and ranks atop the Ivy League with 36 assists. She currently sits fourth in program history for a single season. Chung has recorded 50 points for the year, adding 14 goals on a .667 shooting percentage.
 
*Penn is ranked first in the Ivy League for goals per game (14.56), points per game (20.63), and assists per game (6.06). Defensively, the Quakers rank second in caused turnovers per game (8.63), ground balls per game (18.56), and goals-against average (9.98).
 
*Corbett is in her 24th season at the helm, owning 252 of the program's 405 wins.