Bulldogs Advancing in ECAC Playo s Bulldogs take down Cornell ahead of final game

Jarvis did most of his damage in the paint, toasting Cornell defenders with a variety of nifty post moves and athletic finishes, but he also showed his ability to score from the perimeter, knocking down three of his four three-point attempts. On the season, Jarvis is now shooting 43.3 percent from deep.

Jarvis wasn’t the only Bulldog to record a milestone on Saturday night. With the win, Jones became just the second head coach in Ivy League history to reach 200 conference wins, the first being Princeton’s Pete Carril.

Jones, though, emphasized the importance of staying focused on the season rather than accolades.

“To be honest, not really,” Jones said when asked if the achievement meant anything to him. “I heard them say something about coach Jones on the speaker. I thought maybe I left my car running or something, and then I looked up and saw it was my 200th win. So I hadn’t really thought about it.

What’s more special is sharing it with this guy [Jarvis].”

With the victory, the Elis kept themselves even atop the Ivy League standings at 9–4 alongside the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton, who also won on Saturday. Yale has already clinched a berth in the Ivy League tournament, but still has a lot to play for this Saturday against Brown University in their final regular-season game on the schedule. With a win, the Bulldogs would earn the number one seed in the four-team tournament, meaning they would play the number four seed in the first round.

Penn (17–11,9–4) and Princeton (18–8, 9–4) have also clinched tournament appearances, and the fourth seed will go to either Cornell or Brown (14–12, 7–6). If Brown defeats Yale next week, they will be guaranteed the fourth seed. The game will be played at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday in Brown’s Pizzitola Sports Center.

Contact BEN RAAB at ben.raab@yale.edu .

game-winning goal in the third period of game one when she buried a rebound from the front of the goal.

However, Lee wasn’t finished with the Crimson, as she once again scored the game-winning goal in game two and then added a third goal of the weekend for good measure as she and the Bulldogs ended Harvard’s season.

Lee, who played her first year with the Bulldogs during the 2019 season, stands with her fellow veteran players as those that have seen the transformation of the program in recent years.

“My class, along with Coach Bolding (who was hired before the start of our sophomore year), has been working hard to build YWIH into a program that is a perennial contender,” senior defenseman Emma Seitz ’23 told the News earlier this season. “We take a lot of pride in that journey and are excited to hopefully take the program to new heights.

The second player who stood out for the Bulldogs was goaltender Pia Dukaric ’25, who stymied the Crimson all weekend and posted her program record eighth shutout of the season in Game Two.

The Crimson only managed to put a combined 41 shots on goal in the two games while the Bulldogs peppered the opposite net with 45 shots in game one and 54 in game two. While the goalie was not called on to do much, Dukaric made some big saves in crucial moments to help her team to victory.

Despite it being the sophomore’s first playo experience starting in goal, Dukaric has been praised by her teammates and coaches all year for her veteran approach to the game.

“Pia’s a veteran already, she’s a little bit older, she knows what’s at stake and she prepares well so that’s a load off our shoulders,” head coach Mark Bolding said. “She will already be mentally ready. I think we’re gonna work on some basics, playo s are gonna have a lot of dirty goals, traffic, screens, so we’ll work on some of those things but she prepares really really well so it’s a blessing.”

The Bulldogs now get to rest up and scout their opponents, as they’ll face off with the fourth-seeded Clarkson Knights next weekend. As the top seed in the ECAC Playoffs, Yale will also get the advantage of hosting both the semifinals and finals at Ingalls Rink.

The results of this weekend set the Yale program record for wins in a season, as the team currently sits at 28 wins so far this year.

Contact SPENCER KING at spencer.king@yale.edu .