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HAMILTON – No. 11 Loyola bolted to a fast start and never trailed in handing Colgate an 11-7 Patriot League defeat here Saturday.
 
The Raiders committed a season-high 19 turnovers, with eight of those coming in the first quarter to help Loyola grab a 3-0 lead.
 
The Greyhounds entered Saturday ranked second in the country in caused turnovers per game at 10.63, and they forced 11 Colgate miscues. Foster Huggins likely boosted his Division I individual lead in caused turnovers by forcing six. He now has 33 in nine games.
 
Griffin Brown got the Raiders on the board early in the second quarter with his 25th goal of the season. After Loyola increased the lead to 5-1, Collin Orr won another faceoff and scored the first goal of his career.
 
Trailing 7-2 early in the third quarter, Sam Cleveland connected on back-to-back goals for Colgate. Chase Wittich scored unassisted in the fourth – just after he had a goal wiped off because of a crease violation – and then Mike Hawkins scored twice in the last five minutes to complete the Raider offense.
 
Jay Drapeau was the goal leader for Loyola with four, while Pat Spencer added a pair of goals and four assists.
 
Connor Mullen took the loss in goal despite a career-high 14 saves, pulling his season save percentage to the .500 mark in the process. Orr finished with 17 faceoff wins in 22 tries to increase his season rate to .636.
 
Bottom Line
Loyola 11, Colgate 7
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate is now 6-4 overall and 2-3 in the Patriot League.
• Loyola improved to 6-3 and 4-1.
 
Raider Facts & Figures
• Cleveland added two assists to lead the Raiders with four points.
• He is second on the team with 28 points on seven goals and 21 assists.
• Hawkins leapfrogged in front of Brown for the goals lead, 26 to 25.
• Orr and Co. won all six faceoffs in the second quarter and 6-of-7 in the fourth quarter.
• The Raiders as a team are at .647 on faceoff wins for the season.
• Colgate finished 2-of-4 on man-up situations, while Loyola was 0-of-2.
• Both teams were solid in the clearing game. Colgate was 14-of-16 to Loyola's 15-of-17.
• The teams combined for 13 turnovers in the first quarter and 29 for the game.
• Spencer assisted on four of Loyola's first eight goals and now has 32 helpers for the season.
 
From the Source
• Colgate head coach Mike Murphy: (On the game) "We knew going in that they were a team that liked to start fast. They are a very good caused-turnover team, and we had 12 turnovers in the first half. Give them all the credit, but it never allowed us to play offense the way that we wanted.
 
"We were very tentative offensively because we were thinking about trail-checks. And when thinking about it, you start to slow down. They took full advantage of our inability to play offense the way we are capable of playing.
 
"Our defense held up fairly well. You just can't play that much defense against a quality opponent like that and expect any other outcome."
 
(On the faceoff and goalie success) "Orrsie was terrific. We got the faceoff play we needed to tilt the field in our direction, but we were not able to capitalize on those extra possessions. Connor after settling down gave us some goaltending we needed and the goaltending we are going to need moving forward."
 
Up Next
• Colgate is back on the road for a visit to Navy.
• The Midshipmen are 6-4 overall and 5-1 in the Patriot League after Saturday's 5-4 home victory over Holy Cross.
• Faceoff from Annapolis is 5:30 p.m. to conclude a CBS Sports Patriot League men's lacrosse tripleheader.