HAMILTON – Haley O'Hanlon (Garden City, New York) scored a season-high five goals and added another assist to lead Colgate to a rain-soaked blowout of Siena, 16-8, Saturday afternoon at Beyer-Small '76 Field.
 
The Raiders put up 16 goals to tie their most goals in a game since putting up 18 at Longwood on March 18, 2015. Colgate has scored 16 goals in four separate games including Saturday since that 18-goal output.
 
Lindsay West (Bedford Hills, New York) had her first career hat trick in just her third game, tallying three-second half goals to continue the sustained pressure from the Raiders' offensive attack.
 
O'Hanlon dominated early on the game, scoring four of Colgate's first five goals including her first three on the free position. Tara Atkinson (Lloyd Harbor, New York) scored her first goal of the season and second of her career 5:34 into the game.
 
After Colgate took a 5-3 lead with 19:28 left in the first half on Tyler Sherper's (Mercer Island, Washington) first goal of the game, Siena's Maggie Cifarelli and Briana Sirianni each scored a goal to tie the game with 8:38 to go in the first half.
 
The Saints' late first half tie was as close they would get for the rest of the way as the Raiders scored five consecutive goals and eight of the next nine to extend their lead to seven.
 
After Kristen Brigagliano (Brightwaters, New York) scored her third goal of the season, the game entered a lightning delay for one hour and five minutes before resuming play. Much of the second half was played a torrential downpour but that did not stop the Raiders from outscoring the Saints 9-3 in the second half.
 
Payton Gabriel (Lakewood, Colorado) scored her first career two-goal game in the second half of play while Atkinson and Noelle Patterson (Vestal, New York) also added second half goals.
 
Colgate scored three consecutive goals on two occasions in the second half as the Raiders dominated the play.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Colgate 16, Siena 8
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Raiders picked up their second win of the season, improving to 2-1 while the Saints drop their third consecutive game to fall to 0-3 to open the season.
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-O'Hanlon led Colgate in scoring for the second consecutive game with her season-high five goals and six points
-O'Hanlon is now averaging four goals and five points per game through the first three games of the season
-O'Hanlon also nabbed four draw controls, a groundball and caused a turnover in the victory
-West became the third different player with a hat trick for the Raiders, netting the first one of her career
-West now has five points in her last two games
-Gabriel has scored a goal in three consecutive games, joining O'Hanlon as the only two players to score in all three games this season
-Atkinson scored her first two goals of the seasons, outscoring her one-goal freshman season in one game.
-Patterson and Brigagliano also scored for the Raiders in the game.
-Isabel Kreitler (Fairfield, Connecticut) won a career-high nine draw controls in the victory
-Natalie Washuta (Chatham, New Jersey) picked up her second assist and fifth point of the season in addition to a team-high three groundballs, two caused turnovers and one draw control
-Asil Asfour (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) was solid in goal, making seven saves for the Raiders before Samantha Croston (Mount Sinai, New York) made her first career appearance and tallied a save
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Colgate handily outshot Siena, 41-19, and 26-16 in shots on goal
-The Raiders also held the advantage in draw controls at 18-8 while the two teams each had 10 ground balls and six caused turnovers
-The Saints recorded 17 turnovers compared to the Raiders' 15.
 
UP NEXT
Colgate hits the road for the first time this season when they travel to Niagara to face the Purple Eagles at 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.