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HAMILTON – The offense came alive for the Colgate women's lacrosse team in the second half Wednesday night as the Raiders scored eight goals, including five straight late, to cap off a 12-8 victory over the Boston University Terriers at Beyer-Small '76 Field.

Goalkeeper Samantha Croston (Mount Sinai, New York) made a career-high 15 saves while three different players recorded hat tricks on the offensive side of the field.

Haley O'Hanlon (Garden City, New York) and Kristen Brigagliano (Brightwaters, New York) each had four-goal performances and Danielle Van Calcar (Wyckoff, New Jersey) tallied four points on three goals and an assist. Alissa Masini (Gillette, New Jersey) also tallied a late goal.

Colgate and Boston University traded goals through the first 16 minutes of the first half where Colgate took an early 3-2 lead. O'Hanlon tallied two of Colgate's first three goals before Brigagliano made it 4-2 with 11:25 to go in the half on her second of the game.

The Terriers scored the final two goals of the first half to tie the game 4-4, including the final goal of the half with just under six seconds to go when Kailey Conry tallied her second straight goal. Boston University also tallied the first goal of the second half to take a 5-4 lead, their only of the game.

Trailing for the first time, O'Hanlon and Brigagliano each completed hat tricks and answered the Terriers quickly to pull back ahead, 6-5, with 19:48 to go in the half. The Raiders held that lead until the Terriers tied the game once again with 10:36 left in the second half on Lexi Lewis' only goal of the game.

Colgate heated up late in the game as it scored the next five goals to take the largest lead of the game, 11-6. Four of the Raiders' five goals, including all three from Van Calcar, came with Colgate a player-up after an un-releasable penalty from the Terriers.

Van Calcar scored a pair of goals within 15 seconds of each other to make it 8-6 Colgate with 7:07 to go in the second half. Brigagliano scored her fourth of the game just over a minute later and Van Calcar completed her hat trick just 19 seconds after Brigagliano's goal.

O'Hanlon added her fourth of the game with 2:50 to go in the second half but Boston University scored a pair of goals in the final 2:11 to pull back within three. With less than nine seconds on the clock, Masini capped off the scoring in the game on her second goal of the season.

BOTTOM LINE
Colgate 12, Boston University 8

WIN/LOSS RECORDS
The Raiders won their second straight league game to improve to 7-3 (2-1 Patriot League) while the Terriers dropped to 3-5 (1-2 Patriot League) with the loss

KEY RAIDER INFO
-Head coach Heather Young recorded her 100th career win at Colgate and now has 117 wins in her career
-The Raiders won for the first time against the Terriers since 2015 and first win in Hamilton since 2014
-Croston had one of the best games of her career with a career-high 15 saves to earn her seventh win of the season
-Croston also tied her career-high with six groundballs and caused a career-high three turnovers
-She remains first in the Patriot League with an 8.83 GAA, .534 save percentage and 10.30 saves per game average
-O'Hanlon recorded her eighth hat trick of the season and now has 31 goals
-She also caused three turnovers, scooped up five groundballs and had five draw controls
-O'Hanlon is second in program history with 194 draw controls, tied for ninth with 124 goals and 62 caused turnovers, and 10th with 178 points
-O'Hanlon also has recorded a point in 19 straight games dating back to last season
-Brigagliano scored a career-high four goals against the Terriers
-Van Calcar tied career-highs with her third career hat trick and second four-point game to go along with three groundballs and a caused turnover
-Masini's goal was her second of the season
-Madeline Barcia (Manhasset, New York) tied her career-high with four caused turnovers and scooped up three groundballs

FACTS AND FIGURES
-Boston University outshot Colgate 36-33 but both teams were tied 23-23 in shots on goal
-Each team recorded 24 turnovers
-The Raiders were 26 for 29 on clears while Boston University was 24 for 27
-Colgate rallied with nine draw controls in the second half to hold a 12-9 advantage

FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Heather Young
On Colgate's half time adjustements
"We were playing well defensively in the first half but offensively we were creating too many turnovers. So at halftime we talked about cleaning that up and continuing to get good opportunities. That was the biggest thing we were looking to change in the second half."

On Beating BU
"It's always a good game against BU. Before the game, we spoke about our foundation and how well we have been doing this year. We were really ready for the Terriers to come out and be the well-coached and aggressive team they are. I'm really proud of the team for rising to the occasion and get ready to for Bucknell on Saturday."

On Sam Croston's performance
"Sam stood on her head today, she was phenomenal. Kudos goes to the entire defense in front of her. Ingrid and Chelsea did a great job on their matchups. Mads came up huge and Haley had some great caused turnovers in crucial moments. She's got a really great core in front of her and they're giving her the shots we want her to see."

On Colgate's Offense
"We set up our offense so that if you're in the spot where the drive is coming from, it's your take so we expect everyone to be going to cage. It's phenomenal when you have two of your senior leaders get hat tricks and a freshman follow suit with them. I'm just really happy with them creating that ball movement but having the confidence to continue going to cage."

Senior captain Haley O'Hanlon
On Second Half Adjustments
"We definitely came together in the second half. We knew that, offensively, we weren't connecting as much and we knew we needed to come together. We flipped the switch and were connecting much better. We played the way we should have the whole game.

On Colgate's Offense This Season
"This year has been awesome having all seven players on the offensive side being a threat so that opens up a little space for myself and everyone else. Having that makes it so much easier on anyone who has the ball on their stick at that moment.

On Getting Ready for Bucknell
"This wins puts us in a great spot. We have two days to prepare and we're going to ride off the energy from this win and keep it going. We hope to come out with another W on Saturday, continue to build our energy and get better each game."

Sophomore goalkeeper Samantha Croston
On the Team
"I have to credit so much of my performance to the defense and the energy of the entire team. The defense has been doing such a good job making sure that I'm getting the easiest shots possible. We have a lot of energy on the field this year and that's been carried throughout the team."

On Colgate's Second Half
"Going into the second half, there were a lot of good things going on but we were a little frustrated. Everyone turned it around in the second half. That's the best thing about this year, whenever anything goes wrong we always know how to fix it and no one gets mental about it. We all just come in together and make sure everyone is on the same page."

UP NEXT
Colgate heads on the road for its next two games, starting Saturday with a trip to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, to take on the Bucknell Bison at 1 p.m.