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Colgate University Athletics

Mara Cosentino
Nina Lindberg
1
Lafayette LAFAYETT (3-6-2, 1-3-1 PL)
4
Winner Colgate COLGATEW (7-4-1, 4-0-1 PL)
Lafayette LAFAYETT
(3-6-2, 1-3-1 PL)
1
Final
4
Colgate COLGATEW
(7-4-1, 4-0-1 PL)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Lafayette LAFAYETT 0 1 1
Colgate COLGATEW 3 1 4

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Chelsea Vielhauer

Cosentino’s Hat Trick Leads Colgate Past Lafayette, 4-1

Raiders Remain Unbeaten in Patriot League Play With Dominant Victory

HAMILTON – A seven-point performance from sophomore Mara Cosentino led the Colgate women's soccer team to a dominant 4-1 win over Lafayette Saturday evening at Beyer-Small '76 Field. The Raiders are unbeaten in their last seven games, including all five Patriot League contests that Colgate has played.
 
Cosentino netted her first-career hat trick and added an assist for a total of seven points. The Glastonbury, Conn. native had a hand in all four of Colgate's goals. Sophomore Abby Sotomayor dished out two assists, while classmate Lindsey Wiley added the Raiders' final goal of the evening.
 
Cosentino scored just 51 seconds into the game as she collected a ball that was being bobbled around the box and buried it into the lower left-hand corner of the net to put the Raiders up 1-0. Lafayette keeper Kelly O'Brien made two fantastic diving saves in the next four minutes to keep the Leopards' deficit at 1-0.
 



It didn't last long, however, as Cosentino struck again in the seventh minute. Sotomayor passed the ball to Cosentino at the top of the box before the sophomore ripped a missile over the head of O'Brien to increase the Colgate lead to 2-0.



 
Colgate continued to pressure the Leopards and Cosentino was able to complete her hat trick in the 22nd minute. Sotomayor sent another crisp pass to Cosentino who once again riffled the ball into the lower left-hand corner to work the Raider lead to 3-0.



 
Colgate finished the first half with a dominant 22-2 shot advantage as the Raiders took their 2-0 lead into halftime.
 
The Colgate pressure didn't cease in the second half as the Raiders continued to maintain possession. Wiley added another Colgate goal in the 57th minute when she collected a ball from Cosentino and slipped it right by O'Brien to work the Raider lead to 4-0.



 
The Leopards were able to get on the board in the 77th minute on a tally from Krista Kissell, but it wasn't nearly enough as Colgate walked away with the 4-1 win.
 
 
BOTTOM LINE
  • Colgate 4, Lafayette 1
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
  • The Raiders run their unbeaten streak to seven-straight games and improve to 7-4-1 on the season and 4-0-1 in the Patriot League.
  • Lafayette drops to 3-6-2 overall and 1-3-1 in league action.
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
  • Cosentino brings her season totals to a team-best six goals and two assists, good for 14 points.
  • Sotomayor's two assists were her first of the season. She is now tied for second on the team with eight points.
  • Wiley netted her third goal of the season.
  • Sophomore keeper Kelly Chiavaro wasn't forced to make any saves in goal, but picked up her fifth win of the season. 
  • The Raiders are now 29-1 all-time against the Leopards, with the sole loss coming in 2000.
 
FACTS & FIGURES
  • The Raiders finished the game with a dominant 33-4 shot advantage and 6-1 corner kick edge.
  • Colgate forced O'Brien to make eight saves in goal, while the Leopards were also credited with one team save after a defender knocked the ball off the goal line.
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Kathy Brawn
  • "We switched some things up at practice this week and I saw a lot of those things come into play tonight, which was great. I don't think we took care of the ball as well as we could have in the second half against a Lafayette team that was putting on added pressure. We'll work on fixing that up in training this week."
  • "What a great performance by Mara Cosentino. The people that went in the game did well for us. We saw some really good things tonight, but there's still things to work on and fix."
  • "The league doesn't get any easier as we get further into the schedule. It only becomes more apparent of which teams are where in the standings and what you need to do as the regular season dwindles down. We need to stay focused on the next opponent and not get too far ahead of ourselves.  We have to take care of what we need to do and come out ready for every game."
 
Sophomore Mara Cosentino
  • "Tonight was such a team effort. Everyone was really pumped up for this game. We had so much energy in warm-ups and we came out all together, which was such a great way to start the game."
  • "Being undefeated in the league is huge. We couldn't ask for a better start. Having this momentum going into these next few games is huge."
 
UP NEXT
  • The Raiders take a short break from Patriot League play when Colgate travels to Central New York foe Cornell for a Columbus Day showdown.
  • Kickoff against the Big Red is set for 7 p.m. Monday in Ithaca, N.Y.
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