BUENA VISTA, Va. – The Colgate women's lacrosse team exploded for 16 goals Tuesday afternoon as the Raiders stormed past the Radford Highlanders 16-4 with the game played at The Fields at Southern Virginia University.
 
Haley O'Hanlon (Garden City, New York) tallied a team-high four goals and five points as she picked up her sixth consecutive hat trick in the victory. Lindsay West (Bedford Hills, New York) also scored three goals for her third career hat trick.
 
Nine different players scored goals for the Raiders Tuesday afternoon, including first career goals from Olivia Duarte (Middletown, Delaware) and Anna DiSibio (Summit, New Jersey). Kate Kelly (Summit, New Jersey) Noelle Patterson (Vestal, New York) also scored their first goals of the season.
 
Kyra Weiner (Rumson, New Jersey) picked up an assist for her first career point in the win.
 
Goalkeeper Samantha Croston (Mount Sinai, New York) played one of her best games of the season as she picked up 10 saves on the 14 shots she faced, including six saves in the first half.
 
O'Hanlon got the Raiders on the board 5:23 into the game with her first of four goals before the Highlanders tied the game less than two minutes later, 1-1.
 
The Raiders really got going after the Highlanders goal as they scored six goals in 4:20 to take a 7-1 lead in the game. Payton Gabriel (Lakewood, Colorado) and Duarte scored goals 19 seconds apart from one another to take a 3-1 lead.
 
Colgate scored the next four goals within a minute of the last, including the final two goals of that stretch from West.
 
Juliette Ruland snapped Colgate's consecutive goals streak with 15:47 to go in the first half but West capped off her hat trick 8:37 later with her third of the game. Kelly rounded out Colgate's first half with a free-position goal to make it 9-2 at halftime.
 
Including West and Kelly's goals at the end of the first half, Colgate scored eight consecutive goals to take a 15-2 lead over Radford for it's largest lead of the season. Kristen Brigagliano (Brightwaters, New York) opened the half with a goal before O'Hanlon netted back-to-back goals to complete the hat trick.
 
Natalie Gwynn (Canandaigua, New York) netted a goal to give her a point in a third straight game before DiSibio capped off Colgate's scoring with her first career goal.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Colgate 16, Radford 4
 
WIN/LOSS RECORDS
The Raiders improved to 5-2 with their second straight win while the Highlanders fell to 3-3 on the season
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-O'Hanlon recorded her sixth straight hat trick with four goals and five points
-She is now 11th in program history with 117 career goals and nearing the top 10 with her 169 career points
-West came off the bench to record her third career hat trick
-Gabriel scored a pair of goals for a second straight game and keeps pace with O'Hanlon as the only two players on the team with at least one goal in every game this season
-Duarte recorded her first career multi-point performance, and scored her first career goal, Tuesday
-She also scooped up two groundballs and had three draw controls
-Croston's 10-save performance is her third straight and had three groundballs
-Croston upped her save percentage to .534 this season and lowered her GAA to 8.60
-Tara Atkinson (Lloyd Harbor, New York) and Brigagliano each had a goal and an assist for two points as well as a caused turnover and groundball
-Kelly and Patterson each had their first goals of the season while Kelly added three groundballs and a caused turnover
-Gwynn recorded a point for a third straight game with a goal and had two groundballs
-DiSibio became the sixth different player to record their first career goal and 15th player to score this season
-Every midfielder and attack on the roster has now recorded at least one point.
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Colgate had a 25-19 advantage in shots with a 23-14 lead in shots
-The Raiders were dominant in free-position shots as they went 7 for 10 while Radford was 0 for 6
-Colgate also had a 16 for 18 day on clears while Radford was 14 for 17
-The Raiders also held a 13-9 edge in draw controls
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Heather Young
"The team did well with our change of game time and venue. They were able to roll with it, adapt and still be focused on the job at hand. I'm proud of the entire team effort put forth today."
 
UP NEXT
Colgate women's lacrosse closes out its road trip with the Patriot League opener Saturday morning against the No. 10/8 Navy Midshipman at 11 a.m. at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Saturday's game will air live on CBS Sports Network.