Penalty strokes are awarded for breaches of the rules that prevent sure goals. On both infractions, the Yale defenders took away goals from Pell, who despite her stellar play on the day, still remains scoreless for her career.

"Turck and Scottie definitely [deserved] those [goals]; they were awesome strokes," Pell said. "I just happened to be there at the right time. Hopefully, it'll come soon, I haven't had one yet."

Fourteen minutes in the second half, freshman Kate McDavitt passed off to Pell, who found herself with space just inside the left-center edge of the circle. Facing impending defensive pressure, she backed up and scooped the ball high towards the net.

The perfectly placed shot by Pell could not be legally stopped. It flew high over the head of Yale keeper Krissy Nesburg and descended towards the upper-right corner of the goal. An Eli defender raised her stick above her head to prevent the score, forcing the first penalty stroke of the game.

Then with under a minute left in the game, senior forward Kate Nagle rushed towards the net unobstructed, with Pell alongside her. Nesburg fell down far outside of the net to stop Nagle, but Pell gained control of the loose ball, skirted around Nesburg and pushed the ball straight at the empty net. A Yale defender managed to stop Pell's shot with her feet, forcing the game's second penalty stroke.

Although Nesburg gave up three goals on the day for the Bulldogs, she kept Yale in the game until Park finally beat her nine minutes into the second half.

"[Nesburg] was having a good day," Park said. "She seemed to be there for all of our shots, but we had a lot of shots and penalty corners, and we knew if we kept going at her, we'd finally get one in."