April 15, 2000

DURHAM, N.C. — The Notre Dame women’s lacrosse team lost to 14-ranked Yale 17-3 on Saturday in Durham, N.C. Junior Kathryn Perrella, sophomore Natalie Loftus and freshmen Danielle Shearer scored for the Irish, who fall to 4-8 with the loss. The Bulldogs led 10-3 at halftime and held the Irish scoreless in the second half while scoring seven goals. Notre Dame returns to action at home against Columbia on Sat., April 22.

Amanda Walton scored eight goals and had two assists to lead Yale. Heather Bentley added three goal for the Bulldogs. Loftus and sophomore Alissa Moser also had assists for the Irish. Yale held a 33-17 advantage in shots, while Notre Dame had 38 groundballs to Yale’s 26. Junior goalkeeper Tara Durkin had three saves in the first half, while freshman Jen White made five saves in the second half. Yale’s Amanda Sisley recorded 14 saves.

Team Scoring

Notre Dame 3-0 3

Yale 10-7 17

Individual Scoring (goal-assist):

ND: Natalie Loftus 1-1, Kathryn Perrella 1-0, Danielle Shearer 1-0, Alissa Moser 0-1

Y: Amanda Walton 8-2, Heather Bentley 3-0, Clara Gillespie 2-1, Caroline Petrovick 0-2, Clarissa Clark 1-0, Sarah Queener 1-0, Katherine Myers 1-0

Team Stats:

ND: total shots – 17, free position shots – 1, shots on goal – 16, groundballs – 38, caused turnovers – 13, turnovers – 22, draw controls 11, saves – 8 (Tara Durkin 3, Jen White 5)

Y: total shots – 33, free position shots – 4, shots on goal – 29, groundballs – 26, caused turnovers – 10, turnovers – 13, draw controls 10, saves – 14 (Amanda Sisley)