FRESNO, Calif. – Colgate women's lacrosse senior attack Isabel Kreitler (Fairfield, Connecticut) and sophomore midfielder Charlotte Redican (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) each scored two goals Sunday afternoon as the Raiders fell to the Fresno St. Bulldogs, 14-9, at the Bulldogs' Lacrosse Stadium.
 
Kreitler led the Raiders with three points on the afternoon while Redican chipped in a pair of goals coming off the bench for the Raiders. In addition to those two, Payton Gabriel (Lakewood, Colorado) tallied a goal and an assist of the bench for Colgate while Tara Atkinson (Lloyd Harbor, New York) added a pair of assists.
 
Fresno State jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with a pair of goals in the first 3:23 of the game before Kreitler potted her first goal of the game and 15^th of the season to bring the Raiders within a goal just over a minute later.
 
The Bulldogs scored the next three goals to take a 5-1 lead in a span of 1:25 but the Raiders battled back once again to pull within a goal. Kristen Brigagliano (Brightwaters, New York) picked up her fourth of the season before Alissa Masini (Gillette, New Jersey) and Gabriel scored within 1:31 of each other to make it 5-4.
 
After scoring two goals within 2:33 of each other, the Bulldogs took a 7-4 lead and neither team scored again before closing out the half. Lindsay West (Bedford Hills, New York) opened up the scoring in the second half as the Raiders and Bulldogs traded the first four goals of the second half.
 
Kreitler netted her second goal of the game to pull the Raiders within three goals at 10-7 with 14:18 to go in the half but the Bulldogs scored three straight goals to extend their lead to six. Redican and Noelle Patterson (Vestal, New York) scored goals to put the Raiders up to nine but Fresno St. scored the final goal of the game.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Fresno State 14, Colgate 9
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Bulldogs return to the win column with the win to improve to 5-2 while the Raiders drop their second straight to fall to 3-3 this season.
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Kreitler's three points Sunday afternoon pulls her within three points of 100 with 97 points
-Kreitler has 74 goals and 23 assists in her career after recording her fourth game of three or more points this season
-Kreitler was had a solid day away from the ball with two caused turnovers and three groundballs for the Raiders
-Redican recorded the first two-goal game of her career
-Atkinson recorded her first two-assist game of the season and of her career
-Gabriel netted a goal and an assist for her third two-point game and has now scored in five of Colgate's six games to open up her career
-Haley O'Hanlon (Garden City, New York) snagged a game-high seven draw controls to tie her career-high while adding a caused turnover
-Patterson scored her third goal of the season and caused a career-high two turnovers
-West scored a goal for the fifth consecutive game, the longest active streak on the team
-Brigagliano and West each added goals for the Raiders
-Chelsea Taylor (Manhasset, New York) caused two turnovers for the second straight game while Ingrid Backe (Fairfield, Connecticut) also caused two turnovers
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Colgate outshot Fresno St. 28-22 but the Bulldogs held a 17-16 edge in shots on goal
-The Bulldogs had a slight edge in goal controls, 13-12
-Colgate caused more turnovers than Fresno St. with a 15-11 advantage and the Raiders had fewer turnovers, 18-14
-The Bulldogs were 3 for 6 on free positions while the Raiders were 0 for 5
 
UP NEXT
The Raiders open up conference play Saturday afternoon when they begin a two-game homestand against the American Eagles at Beyer-Small '76 Field with game time set for 12 p.m.