Yale Athletics

The Bulldogs (4–2, 2–2 ECAC) traveled to upstate New York over the weekend to face the Cornell Big Red (7–0, 4–0 ECAC) and the Colgate Raiders (4–5–1, 1–2–1 ECAC). Yale fell to Cornell in a 0-3 loss on Friday but bounced back with a 5-4 overtime win over Colgate on Saturday.

“Overall, coming home against two ranked opponents with a 1-1 record is never a bad thing,”  forward Gracie Gilkyson ’26 wrote to the News. “We had a great come-from-behind win against Colgate Saturday which was a result of not giving up on the game despite being down 3-0 after the first.”

In the first period against Colgate, the Raiders jumped out to an early lead with three unanswered goals in the first period. The Elis were able to flip the game’s momentum when Naomi Boucher ’26 scored a shorthanded goal in the second period. Yale went into the locker room at the second intermission, trailing Colgate 2-4.

In the third period, the Bulldogs notched two more goals — including the first collegiate goal for Molly Boyle ’29. Yale goalie Anna Phillips ’27 stood firm in net, sending the game into overtime. In the extra period, Boucher sealed the win for Yale.

“It was by no means a ‘pretty win’ but in this conference, we’ll take a win any way we can, and that was just a hardworking and gritty one,” Gilkyson said.

Yale’s Saturday win over Colgate helped boost their ranking in the latest poll by United States College Hockey Online — or USCHO — moving up from 14th to 12th, while Colgate dropped from 11th to 13th.

Cornell remains at the No. 4 spot in the poll. Although they defeated Yale on home ice in Ithaca, the Bulldogs walked away from that game feeling confident. The Bulldogs had many positive takeaways from their performance against a strong team.

“The Cornell loss on Friday was tough because the score certainly didn’t reflect the game,”  Gilkyson said. “We outshot our opponent 2:1 and had so many grade A opportunities, we just couldn’t put the puck in the net.”

Over the three periods, the Bulldogs tallied 39 shots on goal while the Big Red only pulled off 21. Gilkyson and Sylvia Bojarski ’26 led the team with six shots each on goal, all of which were stopped by Cornell’s goaltender.

Cornell scored twice in the first period and once more in the second, but Yale put up a fight on both the offensive and defensive ends all night long. The game was scoreless in the third.

“Besides the first 5-10 minutes of the first period, I think we dominated most of the game and there was a belief in the room after that we knew we could have won,” Gilkyson said. “That belief carried into our game on Saturday, which I think helped us come back from the 3-0 deficit and get the overtime win.”

Yale will travel to New Hampshire to face off against Saint Anselm College on Tuesday.