WEST POINT, N.Y. – Colgate women's lacrosse senior midfielder
Haley O'Hanlon (Garden City, New York) tied her career-high for points in a season with 51 Wednesday afternoon but the Raiders fell to the Army West Point Black Knights, 15-8 at Michie Stadium.
Natalie Gwynn (Canandaigua, New York) and
Payton Gabriel (Lakewood, Colorado) led the Raiders with a pair of goals each and first-year
Danielle Van Calcar (Wyckoff, New Jersey) paced the Raiders with three points.
O'Hanlon tallied a pair of points on a goal and an assist while
Kristen Brigagliano (Brightwaters, New York) and
Natalie Washuta (Chatham, New Jersey) also buried goals for the Raiders.
O'Hanlon buried the game's first goal 4:13 into the first half to give Colgate a 1-0 lead before Army West Point scored six straight goals and claim a 6-1 lead with 14:48 left in the half.
The Raiders attempted to mount a comeback late as they scored the final three goals of the half to cut the Black Knights' lead to 6-4.
Both teams continued to trade three-goal runs in the second half as Army scored three goals to open half followed by a trio of Colgate goals, including two from Gabriel, to cut Army's lead to 9-7 with 13:59 left.
Army scored six of the final seven goals in Wednesday's game, split up by a Gwynn goal with 7:43 remaining in the second half.
BOTTOM LINE
Army West Point 15, Colgate 8
WIN/LOSS RECORDS
The Black Knights improved to 9-6 (3-4 Patriot League) and the Raiders fell to 9-5 (4-3 Patriot League) with the loss.
KEY RAIDER INFO
-O'Hanlon notched a goal and an assist as she tied her career-high for points in a season with 51
-She also grabbed three draw controls, three groundballs and caused two turnovers
-Gwynn scored two goals in the second half for the Raiders to record her third career two-goal game
-Gabriel matched Gwynn with two goals to lead the Raiders and now has 25 goals and 31 points this season
-Van Calcar led Colgate with three points on a goal and two assists and also had three draw controls
-Washuta scored a goal and grabbed three groundballs with two draw controls while Brigagliano added her 21st goal of the season
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Colgate outshot Army 39-30 but the Black Knights had a 24-23 edge in shots on goal
-Both teams went 15 for 20 in clear attempts but the Raiders were a perfect 8 for 8 in the second half
-The Black Knights had 18 turnovers compared to Colgate's 13
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach
Heather Young
On Wednesday's game
"Army did a really great job on the draw, it was really hard for us to get a possession off the draw and they came up with some really big opportunities down on offense. When we were able to clear it and bring it back down to our end, our shooting percentage was really low. Between them getting more possessions off the draw and us not being able to connect offensively were two things that really hindered us today."
On Colgate's attempted second half comeback
"In that stretch, our shots were on cage. We were hinging and were not shooting directly at the goalie so that was a big reason we got it flowing with where our shots should be placed."
On Haley O'Hanlon
"Haley's obviously a well-known player to every team that we play so the fact that she's able to still put up points and get draw controls is huge. It's a testament to her work ethic, when we step on the field in practice she's one of the hardest working people. You wouldn't know that it's actually a practice and that's how she plays, that's one of the best things about her."
UP NEXT
The Raiders return to Beyer-Small '76 Field to take on the No. 10/8 Loyola Greyhounds on Saturday at 12 p.m. in the penultimate game of the regular season
