Bulldogs welcome Yale on Thursday

Thursday, March 12

Fresno, CA

2:00 PM PT

Fresno State

Yale

Photo by: Keith Kountz

Bulldogs welcome Yale on Thursday

3/11/2020 3:00:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Game Notes (PDF)

By: Savannah Stoeckle / Communications Assistant

Fresno State (2-5) vs. Yale (3-2)
Thursday, Mar. 12 • 2:00 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif.
LIVE: Stats • Live updates on Twitter • Watch: MW Network
Series History: First meeting

GAME PROMOTIONS - Thursday is Staff & Faculty Appreciation Day at the Soccer & Lacrosse Stadium. Parking and admission are always free.

QUICK LOOK - Fresno State is coming off of a four-game road streak and returns home for the first time since Feb. 22. The Bulldogs dropped all four games on the road, with losses to Marquette, Arizona State, No. 14 Denver and Oregon. The 'Dogs look to bounce back on Thursday against Yale. Fresno State is 1-0 at home this season.

SEEING DOUBLE - Fresno State has three people scoring in double digits this season as Sydney Skalstad leads the way with 25 goals. Kayla Galet has 17 and Megan Walaitis has 10. Tiffiny Wallace and Lauren Kiszely are assisting in double digits with 14 and 15 assists each, respectively. Five Bulldogs have scooped double digit ground balls on the season as Laurel Maunder leads with 23. Freshman Hennessey Evans is next on the team with 20, and Jordyn Pandolfo (15), Marina Mayo (14) and Hannah Krats (12) follow nearby.

SCORING SKALSTAD - Skalstad leads the scoring with 25 goals for the Bulldogs, just eight goals short of her season-high from last year. Skalstad has had a hat trick or better in five of seven games on the year. In her career, Skalstad has 11 hat tricks to rank tied for fifth in career hat trick numbers.

JOIN THE 100 CLUB - Senior Kayla Galet fired her 100th career goal at Oregon on Sunday, becoming just the second person in program history to do so. Galet sits at 102 career goals with 17 this season. She joins fellow classmate Tiffiny Wallace in the select circle.

ASSISTING QUEEN - Lauren Kiszely leads the team with 15 assists, a new single-season best for the junior. She has had at least one assist in all but two games this season and set a program record with six in Fresno State's win against Stetson (Feb. 22). Last time out, Kiszely dished a pair of assists to keep her streak alive. She is No. 15 in the NCAA in assists and No. 26 in assists per game, averaging 2.14.

KISZELY/SKALSTAD CONNECTION - Kiszely leads the team in assists. Skalstad leads the team in goals. What is unique about the offensive duo is the amount of Skalstad goals that Kiszely has been credited the assist for. Of Kiszely's 15 assists this season, nine of them have been fed to Skalstad. The duo represented five assist and goal combos in the Bulldogs' win against Stetson, and have had at least one connecting pass for a goal in all but three games this year.

HENNESSEY THE MIDDY - Freshman Hennessey Evans continues to earn her spot on the Bulldogs' active roster, having come off the bench in each game this season and contributing solid minutes for the Bulldogs. The freshman has done everything from goal scoring to caused turnovers as her stat line reads four goals, one assist, 18 shots, 20 ground balls, eight caused turnovers and nine draw controls. Evans leads all freshmen in the NCAA with 20 ground balls, and is tied for 23rd in all of Division I lacrosse. She ranks No. 45 in ground balls per game, averaging 2.86 a game.

A FIRST FOR EVERYTHING - Fresno State has a powerful freshman class of 10 athletes, six of which have seen action in their first collegiate games this season. Evans leads the way in the stats categories, but Portia Card, Taylor Anders, Bailey Truex, Emerson Johnson and Katelyn Trainor have seen significant minutes for the Bulldogs.

Redshirt freshman Jaimi Pollack has also made her first career appearances as a Bulldog. Pollack scored her first collegiate goal against Marquette, and added another at Arizona State.

BULLDOGS IN THE MPSF - Despite the slow start to the season, Fresno State individuals still rank in the top of the MPSF standings in points, goals, assists, ground balls, draw controls, caused turnovers and shots. The Bulldogs have the top-ranked player in the conference in six of the above stat categories.

Skalstad (25) and Wallace (21) are No. 1 and 2 in points, respectively. Skalstad (25) and Galet (17) are No. 1 and 2 in goals, respectively. Kiszely (15) and Wallace (14) take the top two spots in assists this season.

Maunder (23) and Evans (20) check in at No. 2 and 3 in ground balls. Skalstad (29) and Jordyn Pandolfo (25) are No. 1 and 3 in draw controls, respectively. Pandolfo (9) and Evans (8) are No. 1 and 3 in caused turnovers, and Skalstad (50) and Galet (29) are No. 1 and 3 in shots.

LAUREL IN THE CAGE - Fresno State senior goalkeeper Laurel Maunder has 62 saves in 382 minutes this season. Maunder now has 516 career saves in her time as a Bulldog and leads the program in saves. With her two saves at Oregon, Maunder broke her way into the top five in the MPSF with the fifth-most saves all-time.

SCOUTING YALE

Yale is 3-2 (1-1 Ivy) this season. Yale has played four games at home this season with its farthest road trip being in Connecticut.
Yale hasn't scored more than 17 goals this season.
Yale's largest margin of victory was a 6-goal win at Hartford (Feb. 25).
Yale is No. 2 in the NCAA in clearing percentage (0.941) and No. 11 in free position percentage (0.545).
Alternately, Yale leads the country with 10 turnovers per game.
Yale is led by Olivia Markert with 14 goals.
Goalkeeper Clare Boone has started all four games and has 39 saves.

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