EVANSTON, Ill. – Whitney Jones (Sudbury, Massachusetts) tied her season-high with four shots on goal as the Colgate field hockey team fell to the Ball State Cardinals, 2-0, Saturday afternoon at Lakeside Field on the campus of Northwestern University.
 
The Raiders tallied six shots on goal as a team in the contest and recorded 12 shots overall against the Cardinals in the game.
 
Maria Krull (Leicester, Massachusetts) continued to shine in goal for the Raiders as she tallied five more saves in the loss to the Cardinals.
 
Colgate and Ball State were scoreless through most of the first half until Carley Shannon put the Cardinals on the board with 6:04 left in the first half. Ball State had a shot on goal that Krull turned away but Shannon picked up the rebound and lifted the ball into the cage for the goal.
 
Just 4:21 into the second half, the Cardinals put up their second goal of the game to claim a 2-0 lead. Lexi Kavanaugh netted her second goal of the season as she carried the ball to the top of the arc and fired a reverse stick shot past Krull.
 
Colgate's game was the first of the weekend at Lakeside Field as they will face the nationally ranked No. 17 Northwestern Wildcats in the final matchup of the weekend.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Ball State 2, Colgate 0
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Cardinals snapped a streak of two straight losses to improve to 4-2 on the 2016 season while the Raiders fall to 1-5 with the loss.
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Whitney Jones tied her season-high with four shots on goal
-Maria Krull turned away five shots
-Seven different players recorded a shot in the game and three different players recorded a shot on goal
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Ball State held the slight shots advantage over Colgate at 17-12 and the slim shot on goal advantage, 7-6
-Colgate won the battle for penalty corners, 6-5, including a 5-4 advantage in the first half

FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Cathy Foto
"We played a good game against a good team. We worked hard defensively from start to finish. We put pressure on them early and had a goal called back. We were able to generate attack all game long but could not knock a goal in despite a great effort. Kayla Robinson had a great game in the midfield along with Cady Kopsky. The back line was organized and efficient, and transition was the best it has been all season. Now to take it to another level we have to be able to score."
 
UP NEXT
The Raiders return to Lakeside Field Sunday afternoon at 12 p.m. CT where they face the nationally ranked No. 17 Northwestern Wildcats.