EASTON, Pa. – Four Raiders tallied double-digit kills as the Colgate volleyball team used a strong team effort to pick up a 3-1 Patriot League win at Lafayette Friday night.
 
Junior Katie Stansbury (13 kills, 18 digs) and senior Lauren Sanderson (49 assists, 10 digs) registered double-doubles to lead the way. First-year Alli Lowe led the squad with 14 kills, while Stansbury (13) and sophomores Taylor Flaherty (12) and Jessica Lathan (11) also finished in double-digits.
 
Neither team could take more than a three-point lead early on in the first set until the Raiders broke a 14-14 tie with a 4-0 run to pull ahead 18-14 and force a Lafayette timeout. The Leopards immediately battled back to knot the score at 18. Two kills from Flaherty helped the Raiders break a 20-20 tie with a 5-1 run to end the set and secure the 25-21 victory.
 
The Raiders raced out to a quick 7-2 lead in the second stanza behind two kills from both Stansbury and Flaherty. A spike from Lathan put Colgate's lead at six at 21-15, but the Leopards closed the term on a 10-1 run to even the match at 1-1 thanks to the 25-22 set-two victory.
 
The third set began in a 3-3 tie, but this time it was Colgate with the large run as the Raiders rattled off 15 of the next 17 points to take a dominant 18-5 lead. The Leopards didn't have much more in them as a kill from Flaherty put away the 25-10 set-three win to give the Raiders a 2-1 match advantage.
 
Colgate picked up where it left off in the fourth set as the Raiders jutted out to a big 18-7 lead. The Raiders continued to roll before back-to-back kills from Lowe ended the set at 25-14 and secured the 3-1 Colgate victory.
 

RAIDERS WIN! Colgate earns second-straight league win. Stansbury (13 kills, 18 digs) and Sanderson (49 assists, 10 digs) with double-doubles pic.twitter.com/AnaZZNsqm5

— Colgate Volleyball (@ColgateVB) October 14, 2017

 
BOTTOM LINE

• Colgate 3, Lafayette 1 (25-21, 22-25, 25-10, 25-14)

 
WON-LOST RECORDS

• The Raiders improve to 11-8 on the season and 2-5 in league play.
• Lafayette falls to 5-16 overall and 2-6 in the Patriot League.

 
KEY RAIDER INFO

• Colgate earned its 21st-straight win over the Leopards. The Raiders haven't lost to Lafayette since the 2006 season.
• Stansbury's double-double was her sixth of the season, while Sanderson's was her seventh.
• Lathan tallied her second-straight double-digit kill match. Her 11 spikes were accompanied by a blistering .455 hitting percentage.
• Stansbury (.323) and Lowe (.306) also finished with hitting percentages over .300.
• Senior Claudia Pena put together a strong performance, registering six kills and a .417 attack percentage.
• First-year Bridget Kolsky and junior Peighton McRobie finished with double-digit digs, registering 16 and 13, respectively.

 
FACTS & FIGURES

• The Raiders finished the match with a .336 team hitting percentage.
• Colgate held Lafayette to a clip of .114.
• The Raiders held a 9-3 team block advantage. Pena and Lathan led the squad with four total blocks apiece.

 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Ryan Baker

• "I am proud of how we continue to respond. It's about one match at a time."
• "Our offense had a nice rhythm due to some strong setting. After the break, our block and defense picked up which was something we discussed between sets. Overall, this was a total team win."

 
UP NEXT

• The Raiders return home Saturday to host a big battle against four-time defending Patriot League Champion American at Cotterell Court.
• First serve is set for 4 p.m.