HAMILTON – A late second half push was not enough as the Colgate women's lacrosse team fell to the Army West Point Black Knights, 11-9, Wednesday night at Beyer-Small '76 Field.
 
Army West Point's victory was its first in conference play since joining the Patriot League prior to the 2016 season. With the loss, the Raiders are eliminated from Patriot League playoff contention.
 
Isabel Kreitler (Fairfield, Connecticut) and Haley O'Hanlon (Garden City, New York) had matching hat tricks for the Raiders while O'Hanlon tied for a game-high four points on the evening. Kreitler's hat trick was her eighth of the season and fourth straight while O'Hanlon's hat trick was her fifth.
 
Kreitler's hat trick also gives her 40 goals this season and 98 in her career, just two shy of joining the exclusive 100-goal club.
 
On the defensive side, goalkeeper Asil Asfour (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) tied her career-high for saves with 10 in the loss for the Raiders.
 
Army West Point staked itself out to a 4-1 lead midway through the first half with a Payton Gabriel (Lakewood, Colorado) goal sandwich in between the pair of Black Knights' goals.
 
Colgate and Army traded goals for the remainder of the first half, with the Raiders outscoring the Black Knight's 3-2 to trail by just two at halftime, 6-4. Charlotte Redican (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) netted a goal while O'Hanlon scored two straight for the Raiders.
 
Kreitler turned up the heat in the second half, as the Raiders scored three of the first four goals to tie the game, 7-7, with 14:22 left in the half. Kreitler scored Colgate's first two goals before Lindsay West (Bedford Hills, New York) netted her ninth goal of the season to tie the game.
 
Just 43 seconds after West's goal, Army West Point scored four consecutive goals over 7:17 to take an 11-7 lead and would not look back. O'Hanlon and Kreitler each scored goals in the final 4:44 of the game to bring the Raiders within two, but Colgate could not break the Army West Point defense for any more goals.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Army West Point 11, Colgate 9
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Black Knights won the first Patriot League game in program history, snapping a nine-game losing streak to improve to 5-10 (1-6 Patriot League). The loss eliminated the Raiders for playoff contention and extended their losing streak to six games to fall to 4-9 (1-6 Patriot League).
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Kreitler extended her point streak to 10 games with 32 goals and 42 points in that span
-Kreitler now has 40 goals this season and she set a career-high with 51 points
-Kreitler is just two goals away from recording her 100^th career goal
-O'Hanlon's fifth hat trick of the season extended her point streak to seven games
-O'Hanlon set a career-high with 30 groundballs this season
-Gabriel's goal was her 11^th of the season and extended her point streak to three games, her second longest point streak of the season
-Redican extended her point streak to six games, tying her career-high with two points in the game and recording five goals and four assists in her point streak
-West added the Raiders other goal, her ninth of the season, and also caused a turnover for the fourth time
-Asfour tied her career-high with 10 saves, just two games after recording that mark against Navy on April 8
-Sarah Bowles (Cicero, New York) picked up four groundballs, her second most in a single game in her career
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Army West Point outshot Colgate, 30-29, but the two teams were even in shots on goal with 21 each
-The Black Knights controlled the game with a 12-10 edge in draw controls
-Colgate won the turnover battle with just 14 compared to Army West Point's 15 while also recording more groundballs, 19-16
-Both teams recorded 14 clears, with the Raiders going 14 for 16 and the Black Knights going 14 for 17
 
UP NEXT
Colgate hits the road for the penultimate game of the season at Lehigh on Saturday afternoon with the game time set for 1 p.m. at the Ulrich Sports Complex