Re: 2013-2014 D-I Scores and Results Updates Thread
If you look at their game log, it really looks like a combination of strong goaltending and good offense. More notably, they are scoring A LOT more goals.
Phoebe Staenz has 17 points in 13 games, 7 are goals. Jannelle Ferrera has 14 points in 17 games. Yale is also seeing a lot of contributions from players like Haddad, Yip-Chuck, Mock and Astrom, all of which are freshmen and sophomores. It seems like a lot of these forwards are having breakout seasons.
Also, d-men Martini, Tomimoto and Marchin are putting up good numbers offensively speaking.
Leonoff has 549 saves in 16 games, that's 35 saves per game! RPI outshout Yale 40-12, yet Yale won 2-1. Quinnipiac outshot them 44-27, resulting in a 0-0 tie. The shots Vs. Harvard were 29-31 in favor of Yale, but that is a 29 save shutout. Yale has been outshot badly in the majority of their games, yet they are winning big games.
Looks like good offense and opportune goaltending, at least from a statistical point of view.