HAMILTON – Two Colgate men's soccer players said farewell to Beyer-Small '76 Field Saturday afternoon on senior day.
Seniors
Tanner Schilling and
Chris Campbell have posted an overall record of 26-35-16 and a Patriot League mark of 12-11-7 thus far in their four years. These two men have also helped Colgate reach three Patriot League Tournaments from 2011-2013, while making significant contributions to Raider Soccer in capturing the 2011 Patriot League Tournament Title and an appearance in the 2011 NCAA Tournament.
The Raiders, unfortunately, fell in Saturday's game 3-1 to Lehigh but did see junior
Nick Rizzo net his first goal of the season.
Rizzo's marker in the 75th minute came after
Ethan Kutler chipped him the ball over the Mountain Hawks defensive line. He collected the pass on his chest and volleyed it into the left corner of the net.
Colgate outshot the Mountain Hawks as well, 9-4, but was unable to close the two-goal deficit.
The Raiders are back in action Saturday at American for their regular season finale. The game is set for a noon start.
Bottom Line• Lehigh 3, Colgate 1
Won-Lost Records• Lehigh improves to 9-7-1 overall and 4-3-1 in Patriot League play.
• Colgate falls to 6-9-2 and 2-5-1.
Key Raider Info• Rizzo tallied the Raiders' lone goal 74:15 into the game.
• Shots favored the Raiders 9-4, while Colgate also held the edge on corners at 2-0.
• Lehigh committed 14 fouls to Colgate's 13.
• Colgate was issued three yellow cards, while the Mountain Hawks were awarded one.
• Lehigh's goals came 26:25, 31:39 and 58:46 into the contest.
The Difference• The game-winner came from the foot of Lehigh's Austin Decker.
- The Mountain Hawks used a give-and-go between Jamie Luchini and Decker to find the back of the net from six-yards out.
From the Sources•
Colgate head coach Erik Ronning : (On the game) "Even after being three goals down, our guys never gave in. That's something that at the end of the game we can walk off the field, despite the score and be proud of. I'm extremely proud at the fact that no one ever gave in and they all still believed by pushing for goals."
"Tonight wasn't a soccer thing or a tactical thing. We have to bring that sort of urgency every game. Championship teams bring that urgency the full 90 minutes. It's something we have to learn to do. We have a lot of really talented players and sometimes when you have that youth it's hard to maintain a certain level throughout the course of a game and season."
Up Next• Colgate wraps up its regular season schedule Saturday at American.
• The Eagles are coming off a 0-0 tie with Boston U. on Saturday and host Princeton on Wednesday for a mid-week contest.
• Saturday's contest is set for 12 p.m.
• Live stats available at game time.
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