Box Score

HAMILTON – The Colgate field hockey team erased a 2-0 deficit in the opening half, but American scored with 1:21 remaining in the game to squeak by the Raiders by a 3-2 decision on Saturday afternoon.

Colgate (2-9, 0-3 PL) got goals from Olivia Nabhan and Whitney Jones. Both goals came off of rebounds in front of the net. Amanda DiDomizio made nine saves in net in the loss.

American (7-3, 3-0 PL) remained perfect in Patriot League play thanks to Victoria DeKepper, who tallied two goals, including the gamewinner late in the second half. Shelly Montgomery had the other score for the Eagles. Ashley Dalisera got the win in goal with four stops.

The Eagles wasted no time getting on the board as DeKepper scored the first of her two on the day just five minutes into the contest. She got a nice pass from Natalie Marsh along the goal line and she finished it for the 1-0 lead. Eight minutes later, American increased the lead to two goals with Montgomery putting home a rebound. The Eagles took a shot that was deflected by a Raider defender and Montgomery was there for the clean up at the side of the net.

Nabhan got one back and it only took 34 seconds after Montgomery's tally. Eliana Brown fired a shot off the post that deflected to the opposite post and Nabhan settled it down and beat Dalisera for her second goal of the season.

Colgate then tied the game with under two minutes to go in the first half as Jones scored her fourth goal in the last five games with a shot off of a rebound. Kelsey Jensen put a shot on net that was stopped, but Jones continued with the play and ended up finding a way around Dalisera.

American had the advantage in the second half with a 10-2 shot advantage and six penalty corners to Colgate's two, but the Raiders were hanging into the match.

Colgate hurt itself down the stretch with three yellow cards in the final 12 minutes, which allowed American to have a big advantage on the field. The Raiders were able to escape on the first two cards, but couldn't survive the third. DeKepper rushed to the top of the circle and made a move around a Colgate defender and hit a backhanded shot. DiDomizio went down with the pads, but it snuck by her and into the back of the net with 1:21 left to give American the 3-2 win.

Colgate is back in action on Oct. 8 with a visit to Cornell for a 4 p.m. start.