LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Colgate women's lacrosse team scored eight goals in the second half but Bucknell scored the game-winning goal with 23 seconds left in regulation as the Bison edged the Raiders, 12-11, at Graham Field.
 
Attack Isabel Kreitler (Fairfield, Connecticut) recorded four goals Saturday afternoon, her third consecutive game with at least four goals and sixth time this season. Kreitler led the Raiders in goals scored for the fourth consecutive game with her four-goal lead.
 
Colgate trailed 11-6 with 6:48 to play in the second half before netting five goals to tie the game with just 49 seconds left. Haley O'Hanlon (Garden City, New York) netted her second goal of the game before Kreitler scored back-to-back goals to bring the Raiders within two goals.
 
Just 13 seconds after Kreitler's fourth goal of the game, Charlotte Redican (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) netted her second goal of the game to bring the Raiders within one. With 49 seconds left, Bucknell threw the ball into their own goal as the game-tying goal but Morgan Steinhacker scored the game-winning goal for the Bison with 23 seconds left, just 26 seconds after Bucknell's game-tying, own goal.
 
O'Hanlon and Redican each scored a pair of goals in the loss for the Raiders while Noelle Patterson (Vestal, New York) and Kristen Brigagliano (Brightwaters, New York) each added goals.
 
The Raiders staked themselves out to a 3-1 lead with 20:40 left in the first half as they netted three goals in a span of 3:14. Brigagliano scored the Raiders first goal of the game followed by a man-up goal from O'Hanlon with 21:40 left in the first half. Just one minute later, Kreitler gave the Raiders their 3-1 lead with her first of four goals in the game.
 
Bucknell score six consecutive goals to close out the first half, claiming a 7-3 halftime lead.
 
Colgate scored three of the first four goals in the first half to pull within two goals but Bucknell reclaimed a five-goal lead before the Raiders furious comeback late in the second half.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Bucknell 12, Colgate 11
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Bison won their third consecutive game to improve to 9-4 (4-2 Patriot League) while the Raiders dropped their fifth consecutive game to fall to 4-8 (1-5 Patriot League).
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Kreitler has now scored four goals in three straight games and six times this season to extend her goal and point streak to nine games, recording 29 goals and 39 points over that span
-O'Hanlon extended her point streak to six game with two goals and an assist for three points
-O'Hanlon also added three groundballs and two caused turnovers
-Redican tied her career-high with two goals and extended her point streak to five games at Bucknell
-Sarah Bowles (Cicero, New York) had one of the best defensive games of her career with a career-high five caused turnovers and also added two groundballs
-Patterson netted her fifth goal of the season and tied her career-high with two points in addition to tying her career-high with two groundballs
-Brigagliano added her 12^th goal of the season, adding to the best season of her career
-Asil Asfour (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) recorded eight saves for the third consecutive game and fifth time in the last six games
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Bucknell outshot Colgate, 24-21, and 20-13 in shots on goal
-The Bison tallied 27 turnovers compared to Colgate's 24 while both teams had 18 groundballs
-Bucknell had command of the draw controls with a 19-6 advantage.
 
UP NEXT
The Raiders host the Army West Point Black Knights in a mid-week Patriot League game on Wednesday at 5 p.m. Colgate is collecting black or neutral-colored shoes, or donations, leading up to the game for the Salvation Army of Syracuse as part of their partnership with Lace Up With LAX.