THIS WEEK
Sat., - March 27 – vs. Navy 3 p.m. (Colgate All-Access)   Game Notes

The Colgate University men's lacrosse team will host Navy on Saturday (March 27). The game is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m., at Andy Kerr Stadium and can be seen live on Colgate All-Access.

NAVY SERIES NOTES
The Raiders and Midshipmen are facing-off for the 13th time with Navy leading the all-time series 9-3. The teams split last season with Colgate winning at Navy 10-9, before losing 9-8 in triple overtime in the Patriot League Tournament.  

SCOUTING THE RAIDERS (1-6)
The Raiders fell to 1-6 on the season following a 10-8 loss to Fairfield on Saturday. Ben McCabe and Peter Baum lead Colgate up front. McCabe has 17 points off 14 goals and three assists, while Baum, the Patriot League Rookie of the Week, has 13 goals. Ian Murphy leads the team with six assists, while Michael Crown headlines the defense with three points, 25 groundballs and 11 forced turnovers. Jared Madison and Tim Harrington have split time between the pipes with Madison leading the way with a 9.04 GAA and .557 save percentage, while Harrington has a 9.81 GAA.
  
SCOUTING NAVY (4-4)
The Mids improved to 4-4 on the season, 3-1 in league play, after a 12-3 win over Holy Cross. Patrick Moran  leads Navy with 19 points off 14 goals and five assists, and is followed by Andy Warner with 18 and Brendan Connors 17 points, respectively. RJ Wickham, the Patriot League Goalie of the Week, leads between the pipes with a 7.64 GAA and .655 save percentage.
 
TOP BOSS
Colgate University head coach Jim Nagle is in his ninth season at the helm of the Colgate lacrosse program. He sports a 73-55 record and is 138-93 in his 14 seasons as a head coach. His 73 victories and .584 win percentage are the second most by a Colgate men's lacrosse coach. Harvey Potter has the most wins with 80 victories, while Michael Toop (1988-91) has the best win percentage at .708 (34-14). Nagle has guided Colgate to its first Patriot League Tournament Championship, its highest national ranking, and a 14-4 record in Patriot League play over the past three seasons. The Raiders posted three straight 11-win seasons for the first time in history under Nagle's watch.

BAUM NAMED PL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Freshman Peter Baum (Portland, Ore.) was named the Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Rookie of the Week for the week ending March 21. This is Baum's first career weekly award and the first for the Raiders this season.
Baum garnered the honor after scoring five goals last week. Baum scored three times against No. 14/11 Harvard on Tuesday, and then added two more goals against Fairfield on Saturday.
Baum now has 13 goals on the season, which is the most posted by a freshman since Brandon Corp '09 posted 19 in 2006.

MCCLELLAND NAMED TO TEAM CANADA FINAL ROSTER
Colgate men's lacrosse senior Ryan McClelland (Brampton, Ont.) was recently selected as one of the final 24 players to the Team Canada roster.
McClelland is one of two college players named to the final roster that will represent Canada at the World Championships in Manchester, England in July.

RAIDERS FACE MARYLAND AT LACROSSE DAY OF CHAMPIONS
The Colgate University men's Lacrosse team will join the Indians Rock Community Foundation for its third annual Lacrosse Day of Champions at Manhasset High School. The Day of Champions will feature two events spread out over four separate days.
The Raiders will headline the second event on May 8th as they take on Maryland at Manhasset High School. Defending New York state high-school champion Manhasset versus conference rival Cold Spring Harbor will follow the Colgate-Maryland game.
The Lacrosse Day of Champions events start on Friday, March 5 with youth tournaments for grades 4-9. Some slots are still available, and teams can register at www.irockfundhome.org. Each team will be guaranteed at least three games. Each roster player will receive complimentary tickets to both the March 6 Haverford-St. Lawrence game and the May 8 Maryland-Colgate game. Visit the web site for more details about the tournament and registration.
Tickets for the May 8th Colgate-Maryland game will be priced at $10 for adults and $5 for those 18 years and younger. Tickets will go on sale April 1st at the www.irockfundhome.org web site, and the game is expected to be a sell-out.
 
ALL-ACCESS
Fans unable to make it to Hamilton to catch the Colgate lacrosse games can watch them online through the Colgate All-Access package. Simply log on to www.GoColgateRaiders.com and click on the flash ad on the right-hand side to sign up. All of the Raiders' home games will be webcasted.

FOR ALL THINGS COLGATE
Keep up with the happenings of Colgate lacrosse by visiting the Colgate Athletics Web site at www.GoColgateRaiders.com. The site features stats, roster, schedules, game notes, game stories, and everything you need to keep updated on Colgate athletics.

UP NEXT
Colgate will travel to Army on Saturday (April 3). The game is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m.