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4
Winner Colgate COLGATE (7-10-1, 4-4-1 PL)
0
Boston University BOSTONU (7-8-3, 6-2-1 PL)
Winner
Colgate COLGATE
(7-10-1, 4-4-1 PL)
4
Final
0
Boston University BOSTONU
(7-8-3, 6-2-1 PL)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Colgate COLGATE 3 1 4
Boston University BOSTONU 0 0 0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Chelsea Vielhauer

Colgate Secures Postseason Berth With 4-0 Win At First-Place Boston U.

Offensive Outburst Leads Raiders to Dominant Win

*UPDATED 11/4/17 with Patriot League Tournament seeding results. 

BOSTON – Four different Colgate men's soccer players scored to lead the Raiders to a dominant 4-0 win at first-place Boston University Friday Night as Colgate locked up its spot in the upcoming Patriot League Tournament.
 
The Raiders controlled their own destiny entering the contest, needing a win to earn their postseason berth. Goals from sophomore Christian Clarke and juniors Steven DeLeo and Freddy Jonsson gave Colgate a 3-0 lead 23 minutes into the game before junior Aram Ouligian added another goal early in the second half. Sophomore keeper Jacob Harris made a career-high seven saves in goal to secure Colgate fifth shutout of the season. Senior Jared Stroud tallied his ninth assist of the season in the game to set Colgate's single-season assists record.
 
Colgate will control the No. 6 seed in the Patriot League Tournament and travel to No. 3 Bucknell Tuesday for the quarterfinal round. The winner advances to Friday's Patriot League Semifinals. Both semifinal matches and the championship match will be hosted by Loyola, the 2017 regular-season champion. 
 
The Raiders came out strong in the first few minutes before Clarke got Colgate on the board in the fourth minute. A Raider throw-in was tapped around inside the box before Clarke booted the ball into the far post to give Colgate the early 1-0 lead.
 
The Terriers tallied their first shot of the game in the 21st minute, but Harris was there to make the save. Colgate answered quickly as DeLeo and Jonsson netted back-to-back goals at the 21:50 and 22:59 marks. DeLeo sent in a low strike off a Stroud cross to make it 2-0 as Stroud tallied his record-setting ninth assist of the season. Jonsson followed with a shot that deflected off a BU defender into the upper right-hand corner of the net to work the Raider lead to 3-0 with over 20 minutes left on the first-half clock.
 
Facing a 3-0 deficit, the Terriers picked up the pressure in the second half of the opening term as BU rattled off five shots and three corner kicks in the closing 20 minutes. Harris stopped two while the other attempts skirted out of harm's way to keep Colgate's 3-0 lead in tact heading into halftime.
 
Ouligian put the Terriers in an even bigger hole less than three minutes into the second half as he headed in his team-best seventh goal of the season at the 47:15 mark to make it 4-0 Colgate.
 
Harris and the Raider defense took care of the rest as Colgate kept the Terriers off the board the rest of the way to secure the 4-0 victory.
 
 
BOTTOM LINE
  • Colgate 4, Boston University 0
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
  • The Raiders wrap up the regular season with a 7-10-1 overall record and 4-4-1 mark in Patriot League play.
  • BU suffers just its second Patriot League loss of the season as the Terriers are now 6-2-1 in league play and 7-8-3 overall.
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
  • Colgate will be making its third-straight trip to the Patriot League Tournament.
  • The Raiders earned their largest-ever win over BU. Colgate's only previous victory over the Terriers came last season in the form of a 2-1 win in Boston.
  • Stroud's assist marked his ninth of the season, a Colgate single-season assists record. He (2016) and Sean O'Sullivan (2004) shared the previous record of eight. Stroud also holds Colgate's career assists record, which is currently at 26.
  • Clarke finished the game with three points after scoring the game's first goal and adding an assist on the Raiders' final goal.
  • DeLeo scored his second goal of the season, while Jonsson tallied his fifth.
 
FACTS & FIGURES
  • The Terriers finished the game with a 15-11 shot advantage, while BU also led corner kicks 7-5.
  • Harris' seven saves were against BU's two stops.
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Erik Ronning
  • "Terrific performance tonight against a very good BU team. It is so hard to win on the road in this league, particularly at Boston. The players deserve all the credit for executing our plan for 90 minutes, and we are excited to be in the playoffs."
  • "So proud of this group's resilience as they stuck together and responded after facing adversity. For now, we will recover and start to prepare for whomever we face in the quarterfinals."

UP NEXT
  • The Raiders have punched their ticket to the Patriot League Tournament and will be the No. 6 seed. Colgate will travel to No. 3 Bucknell for the quarterfinals Tuesday.
  • The winner of Tuesday's quarterfinal game advances to next Friday's Patriot League Semifinals.

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