EASTON, Pa. – The Colgate field hockey team scored two goals in an impressive second half effort but ultimately fell to the Lafayette Leopards, 3-2, in overtime Saturday afternoon at Rappolt Field.
 
Lafayette scored the game-winning goal 1:15 into overtime on Anna Steps' first career goal.
 
Goalkeeper Maria Krull (Leicester, Massachusetts) once again had a phenomenal game with 16 saves to give her 446 in her career and move her into sixth place all-time in program history. Krull was particularly dominant in the second half, stopping all 12 shots she faced to give the Raiders a chance to tie the game.
 
Throughout the game, goals came in bunches for both teams as Lafayette scored a pair of goals within two minutes of each other late in the first half to make it 2-0. Sam Di Maio collected a rebound after one of Krull's first half saves before putting home the loose ball for a 1-0 lead before Rosie Shanks scored on a penalty corner to double the Leopards goal total.
 
The Raiders bounced back with an incredible second half effort, scoring a pair of goals to tie the game in the first 12 minutes of the second half.
 
Michaela Corvi (Newburyport, Massachusetts) got things started offensively for the Raiders on her second goal of the season. She received a long pass down the middle of the field before cutting in towards goal and shooting the ball just past Lafayette goalkeeper Sarah Park's right.
 
Nearly six minutes later, Molly Klare (Wilmette, Illinois) picked up her first goal of the season and fifth of her career to tie the game. After a Colgate penalty corner, the Raiders were awarded a penalty stroke that Klare took and buried past Park.
 
Neither team could break the deadlocked as Krull continued to turn away shots before the Leopards managed to score the game-winning goal in overtime.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Lafayette 3, Colgate 2 (OT)
 
WIN/LOSS RECORDS
The Leopards improve to 5-1 (1-0 Patriot League) with their third consecutive win while the Raiders drop the league opener and fall to 2-5 (0-1 Patriot League).
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Krull recorded 16 saves for her second most in a game this season and third game this season with at least 15 saves in a game.
-Krull moved past Sara Corcoran '03 into sixth place in program history with 446 career saves. She is now nine saves from passing Julie Clark '91 for fifth all-time.
-Corvi's goal was her second of the season to tie Iona MacKillop (Glasgow, Scotland) and Meghan Minturn (Winnetka, Illinois) for the most on the team
-Klare scored her first goal of the season and fifth of her career on the penalty stroke
-With the Raiders' two goals Saturday afternoon, they surpassed the 2016 season's total of six goals through just the first seven games of the season.
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Lafayette outshot Colgate 27-6, including 16-4 in the second half and 6-0 in overtime
-The Leopards also held a 19-5 advantage in shots on goal
-Lafayette also held a 13-3 edge in penalty corners at 13-3
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach April Cornell
"I am extremely proud of our effort and tenacity today. Lafayette is a very fast and skilled team, and we stuck to our game plan. We had two great goals from Michaela and Molly, which was a culmination of our total team attack."
 
"Maria Krull had a tremendous game and did an outstanding job steadying our defense. Every game play, we get stronger and stronger and I know if we continue to compete like we did today we will be successful."
 
UP NEXT
The Raiders are off for the next week before traveling to Holy Cross on Saturday, Sept. 23 to take on the Crusaders at 12:05 p.m. in a Patriot League matchup.