HAMILTON – Kristen Brigagliano (Brightwaters, New York) and Lindsay West (Bedford Hills, New York) each recorded hat tricks for the Colgate women's lacrosse team as they powered the Raiders to an 11-8 victory against the Holy Cross Crusaders Saturday afternoon and close out the careers for the seniors on a high note.
 
The Raiders honored the careers of Isabel Kreitler (Fairfield, Connecticut) and Sarah Bowles (Cicero, New York) with a pre-game ceremony before the game. Each senior continued the celebrations on the field throughout the game as Kreitler recorded a pair of goals and five draw controls while Bowles tallied four caused turnovers and three groundballs in a solid defensive effort.
 
Brigagliano netted all three of her goals in the first half to help jump-start the Raiders offense. The three-goal output also ties her career-high for the third time this season.
 
West's hat trick was the second of her career after scoring three goals against Siena back on February 25.
 
Haley O'Hanlon (Garden City, New York) joined Kreitler with a pair of goals in the game with both coming in the second half. O'Hanlon also led the team with four groundballs and added two draw controls in the winning effort.
 
Scoring her second goal of the season, Kate Kelly (Summit, New Jersey) provided an important goal for the Raiders off the bench.
 
Holy Cross scored two of the first three goals of the game, leading 2-1 with 20:08 left in the first half with a West goal sandwich between a pair of goals from the Crusaders.
 
The Raiders scored three goals in a span of 3:53, including two from Brigagliano, to take a 4-2 lead and the Raiders never trailed for the remainder of the game.
 
After Holy Cross' Mary Patalita scored with 12:04 left in the first half, Brigagliano scored once again to complete her hat trick. Brigagliano scored all three of her goals in a span of 5:20 in the first half.
 
Kelly scored her goal with 9:14 left in the first half to give the Raiders a three-goal lead, tied for their largest of the game, before Patalita recorded a hat trick of her own to bring the Crusaders back within two goals before halftime.
 
West opened up the second half with a goal for the Raiders but the Crusaders scored the next two to pull within one goal with 15:21 left in the second half for the first time since there was 12:04 left in the first.
 
Just two minutes later, West notched her hat trick with a free position goal followed by O'Hanlon's first goal of the game 25 seconds after West's tally.
 
Colgate and Holy Cross traded the final four goals of the game with Kreitler and O'Hanlon tallying goals for the Raiders to wrap up the 11-8 victory.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Colgate 11, Lehigh 8
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Raiders closed out the season with back-to-back wins to finish 6-9 (3-6 Patriot League) while Holy Cross finishes its season with a record of 7-10 (2-7 Patriot League).
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Brigagliano tied her career-high with three goals for the third time in her career
-West's hat trick was the second of her career and she also caused a turnover for the Raiders
-Kreitler scored two goals, closing out her career with an 11-game point streak netting 38 goals and 49 points in that span
-Kreitler also had five draw controls to finish her career with 114, good for fifth in program history
-Kreitler finished the season with 46 goals and 58 points, the most goals by a Raider since Megan Ark in 2014 and the most points since Courtney Miller's 76 in 2012
-O'Hanlon tallied two goals, four groundballs and two draw controls Saturday afternoon in another all-around effort.
-O'Hanlon tied her career-high with 34 goals this season, closing out 2017 with a nine-game point streak
-Kelly's goal was her second of the season and first since netting a goal against American on March 18
-Asil Asfour (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) capped off a strong close to the season with another nine-save performance in the win, tallying eight or more saves in six straight games to finish the season
-Bowles recorded four caused turnovers for the second most in her career and added three groundballs for the Raiders
-Bowles finishes her career with 28 goals, 34 points, 71 groundballs, 40 caused turnovers and 88 draw controls
-Tara Atkinson (Lloyd Harbor, New York) tied her career-high with two assists in the game
-Natalie Washuta (Chatham, New Jersey) caused two turnovers and had an assist while Charlotte Redican (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) also tallied an assist
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Colgate outshot Holy Cross 29-28 and 20-17 in shots on goal
-The Raiders also had the advantage with 21 groundballs compared to the Crusaders' nine while Colgate also had the edge in caused turnovers, 8-5
-Holy Cross came on strong in draw controls for a 12-9 edge while both teams had 16 turnovers
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Heather Young
"I'm extremely proud with how the team has really bounced back the last couple of games and really played as one. The hustle and heart we've had out there has been really fun to watch and they had a lot of fun doing it. Sarah Bowles crushed it defensively and Zee crushed it on the draw controls and offense so it couldn't have been a better game or better day to send them out on their senior day."
 
On Isabel and Sarah
"It's been amazing, these two girls have played in the majority of their games over four years. They have been so consistent and steadfast in their determination and hard work. Their output on the field has led to a lot of our success and wins. I'm extremely proud of them and I'm going to miss them terribly next year."
 
"Offensively, all season people have been eyeing in on Haley and Isabel for many good reasons, but to have Lindsay West put up three goals today and [Brigagliano] put up three goals today just shows how balanced and hard working our offense is, and how we can cycle other people in. That's what our offense is based around; we want seven people who can go to cage and score.

Isabel Kreitler
"It's been awesome, we had a lot of fun today. Across the board, people just played within their heart and played all out. You can't ask anything else of your teammates for your last day. We definitely have some great memories."
 
Sarah Bowles
"We're a small team but that honestly just brought us closer. Everyone chipped in everything they had today. It was really great to see, it was so much fun that you couldn't have asked for anything better."