BOX SCORE

HAMILTON, N.Y. (10/9/10) – Sophomores Lauren Dittman (Irwin, Pa.) and Adriana Libutti (South Windsor, Conn.) scored two goals each to lead the Colgate field hockey team to a 5-1 win over Lehigh in Patriot League action on Saturday afternoon.

Colgate (4-9, 1-1 PL) also got a goal from senior captain Allison Waugh (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.) on her first of the season. Senior Laura Denenga (Harare, Zimbabwe) posted two assists in the win as well. Senior captain Kirsten Lalli got the win with seven saves, while rookie Caitlin Zolet (Potomac, Md.) got in the game and pushed aside three shots.

Lehigh (4-10) saw Caitlin Donnelly scored the lone goal coming unassisted. Goalkeeper Jessica Miller made seven saves in the loss.

Donnelly got the scoring started 5:51 into the contest with an assisted goal to make it 1-0. Dittman tied it up at the 20:48 mark for her first of the game and second of the season. Denenga assisted on the play for one of her two on the day to help tie the game at 1-1. Waugh gave the Raiders their first lead at 2-1 with her first of the year, coming just over three minutes later on a penalty stroke. Libutti closed out the half with her second of the season coming on a pass from rookie Olivia Nabhan (Rye, N.Y.) to push the led up to 3-1.

Libutti also opened the second half with her second of the day just under 10 minutes into the half with Denenga collecting her second helper of the game as well. With the lead up to 4-1, Dittman added her second to close the game at 5-1, coming unassisted with 8:40 left in the game.

The Mountain Hawks had the advantage in penalty corners at 11-9, while Colgate outshot Lehigh 10-7.

The Raiders return to action next weekend as they host American at 1:00 p.m. at Tyler's Field.