WEST HARTFORD, Conn. —Junior Kaitlyn D'Andrea and freshman Tiana Vazquez each netted their first career hat tricks, but despite a tightly contested second half, the Hartford women's lacrosse team dropped a 17-10 decision to visiting Yale. Olivia Markert scored a game-high five goals for the Bulldogs, who improve to 2-1. 
 
Junior Lauren Wehner also enjoyed a multi-goal outing for the Hawks, who dip to 0-4 on the season.
 
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YALE 17, HARTFORD 10
Yale came storming out of the gates by delivering five goals within the first eight minutes of action. Vazquez and Wehner would bookend a JoJo Gum goal with a pair of scores 80 seconds apart, but the Bulldogs answered by scoring three of the next four to go up, 9-3, at intermission.
 
The second half was tightly contested, with the Bulldogs holding a slight 8-7 edge during the 30-minute spurt. Vazquez scored on a pair of free-position goals to complete the hat trick, while D'Andrea, who scored all three of her goals in the second half, also capitalized on a pair of free-position opportunities. 
 
INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES

• The Hawks netted a season-high 10 goals in the setback
• Montes extended her goal-scoring streak to a team-high four by delivering one strike in the second half
• Privitera's 19 saves were three off her career high of 22, set last season
• Hartford went 17-of-29 in draw controls, led by eight from freshman Shannon Tuozzo and four from classmate Jillian Westerby
• Vazquez went 2-of-2 on free-position shots and Wehner turned in a 2-of-3 effort as the Hawks finished 5-of-9 as a team
• Yale held advantages in shots (52-26), shots on goal (40-20) and ground balls (45-18)

 
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford hits the road for its next two, beginning with a Saturday date at Holy Cross. The Hawks and Crusaders are slated for a 1 p.m. first draw from Worcester, Mass.

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