BOSTON – Haley O'Hanlon (Garden City, New York) filled the stat sheet Wednesday evening but it wasn't enough as the Colgate women's lacrosse team fell 18-8 to the Boston University Terriers at Nickerson Field.
 
O'Hanlon scored the Raiders' final goal of the game in addition to tying her career-highs with three caused turnovers and five groundballs.
 
The Raiders took a 6-3 lead midway through the first half, highlighted by two goals from Isabel Kreitler (Fairfield, Connecticut) to give her 24 goals this season. Tara Atkinson (Lloyd Harbor, New York), Sarah Bowles (Cicero, New York), Kristen Brigagliano (Brightwaters, New York) and Natalie Washuta (Chatham, New Jersey) each scored for the Raiders in the early going.
 
Bowles' goal was her first of the season with 17:53 left in the first half. After picking off a Boston University pass, Bowles created a fast break, passed the ball to Kreitler who fed it back to Bowles for the easy goal.
 
Following Washuta's goal, Boston University scored 14 straight goals until there was 6:27 left in the second half when Atkinson scored a man-down goal for her second of the game and 10^th of the season.
 
O'Hanlon scored her only goal of the game with 3:50 left in the second half before the Terriers added one more goal to close out the mid-week contest.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Boston University 18, Colgate 8
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Terriers have won three of their last four games to improve to 4-5 (2-1 Patriot League) on the season while the Raiders fell to 4-5 (1-2 Patriot League)
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-O'Hanlon recorded three caused turnovers in a game for the fourth time in her career and five groundballs for the second time
-She also scored a goal for the third straight game and has a goal in eight of nine games this season
-Kreitler led the Raiders with three points and tied for the team lead with two goals, giving her a team-leading 24 goals and 31 points this season
-Atkinson recorded two goals to give her eight goals in the last three games
-Bowles had one of her greatest games of the season, scoring her first goal of the season and adding two groundballs and two caused turnovers
-Washuta had a goal and two draw controls
-Brigagliano has scored at least one goal in four consecutive games and has eight goals over that stretch
-Samantha Croston (Mount Sinai, New York) came off the bench to recorded five saves on eight shots over the final 22:13 of the game, tying her career-high for saves in a game and playing her second most minutes.
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Boston University outshot Colgate 36-26 and 27-17 in shots on goal
-The Raiders caused 11 turnovers compared to the Terriers five and scooped up more groundballs, 18-10
-The Terriers held an edge in draw controls, 19-9
 
UP NEXT
Colgate has a quick turnaround when they will take on the Loyola Greyhounds in Baltimore on Saturday at 12 p.m. with the game airing on the American Sports Network.