VESTAL, N.Y. – Senior captain Haley O'Hanlon (Garden City, New York) scored the 100th goal of her career as part of her four-goal afternoon Wednesday but the Colgate women's lacrosse team couldn't hold off the Binghamton Bearcats in a 13-9 loss at the Bearcats Sports Complex.
 
In addition to scoring her 100th career goal, O'Hanlon also recorded five draw controls and passed Colleen Bubnack '11 for second in program history with 171. O'Hanlon is 30 away from tying Courtney Miller '12 for the most in program history with 201.
 
Kristen Brigagliano (Brightwaters, New York) recorded her fourth career hat trick and added an assist for four points. She now has three straight games with at least three points to open up the season.
 
Payton Gabriel (Lakewood, Colorado) tallied a goal and an assist in a two-point performance and Tara Atkinson (Lloyd Harbor, New York) scored a goal for the Raiders.
 
Goalkeeper Samantha Croston (Mount Sinai, New York) tallied a career-high 13 saves, including eight in the first half, despite taking her first loss.
 
It was a tale of two halves Wednesday afternoon as the Raiders got off to a hot start in the first half before the Bearcats took over in the second half.
 
Gabriel got the Raiders on the board 1:37 into the game followed by back-to-back goals from O'Hanlon within 3:38 of each other later in the half to stake the Raiders out to a 3-0 lead.
 
Binghamton answered 41 seconds later and scored the next two goals to get back within a goal with 13:50 left in the first half but Colgate scored three of the final four goals to close out the half. Atkinson tallied her sixth of the season while Brigagliano scored a pair of goals in the final 1:41 of the first half to extend their lead to 6-3.
 
The Bearcats took over in the second half as they scored the first six goals of the half before O'Hanlon got the Raiders first goal of the half with 13:20 to play in the frame. O'Hanlon scored her fourth of the game 38 seconds later to pull the Raiders back within a goal.
 
After O'Hanlon's pair of goals, the Bearcats responded 18 seconds later with their first of two goals within 20 seconds of each other to re-gain a three-goal lead. Stephanie Frolo added a third consecutive Binghamton goal with 4:11 to go in the half to make it a four-goal game.
 
Brigagliano completed the hat trick with 2:03 left in the game but Binghamton ended any chance of a comeback as the Bearcats scored with 33 seconds to go in the game.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Binghamton 13, Colgate 9
 
WIN/LOSS RECORDS
The Bearcats won their second straight game to improve to 3-1 on the season while the Raiders lost for the first time and fell to 2-1.
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-O'Hanlon scored her 100th career goal and finished the game with 102 in her career, putting her 14 goals back of 10th in program history
-She also moved into second in program history with 171 draw controls, passing Colleen Bubnack '11
-O'Hanlon stuffed the stat sheet with four goals, five points, five draw controls, four groundballs and three caused turnovers
-Wednesday marked her fifth career game with at least three caused turnovers and three groundballs and ninth game with at least four groundballs
-Croston recorded a career-high 13 saves and had eight in the first-half
-Brigagliano netted her fourth career hat trick and added an assist for a four-point game
-Atkinson scored a goal and equaled Chelsea Taylor (Manhasset, New York) with a pair of groundballs and caused turnovers
-Gabriel scored a goal and added an assist for two points in the loss
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Binghamton outshot Colgate 32-24 Wednesday, including 17-10 in the second half
-Both teams were nearly even on clears as the Raiders were 21 for 25 and the Bearcats were 22 for 25
-The Bearcats also had an advantage with 15 draw control wins despite the Raiders' 7-3 edge in the first half, and had a 22-19 edge in groundballs
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Heather Young
"Binghamton always plays well against us, they are relentless. We started to fall apart with some mental errors in the second half. I'm glad we have a quick turnaround to prepare and refocus for Saturday."

UP NEXT
Colgate women's lacrosse returns home for its home-opener Saturday afternoon as the Raiders host the UMass Lowell River Hawks at Beyer-Small '76 Field with the first draw set for 1 p.m.