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HAMILTON – Colgate women's lacrosse junior attacker Tara Atkinson (Lloyd Harbor, New York) tied her career-high with four goals Saturday afternoon but the Raiders fell to the No. 10/8 Loyola Greyhounds 20-8 at Beyer-Small '76 Field.
 
Atkinson netted three of her four goals in the first half to complete the hat trick before adding her fourth in the early stages of the second half.
 
Goalkeeper Samantha Croston (Mount Sinai, New York) faced a barrage of shots in the cage and tied her career-high with 15 saves despite the loss.
 
Danielle Van Calcar (Wyckoff, New Jersey) was superb for the Raiders as she snagged eight draw controls and scored a goal while Haley O'Hanlon (Garden City, New York) reached 40 goals this season with a pair of tallies in Saturday's game. Payton Gabriel (Lakewood, Colorado) also scored for Colgate.
 
O'Hanlon struck first with the game's opening goal 3:24 into the first half before Loyola scored six consecutive goals in a span of 13:18 to take a commanding 6-1 lead.
 
The Raiders responded by scoring three goals in a minute, including two within 23 seconds from Atkinson, to pull within two goals and ultimately trailed 7-5 after Bridget Ballard and O'Hanlon traded goals by the 7:34 mark of the half.
 
Loyola closed the first half by scoring four of the final five goals.
 
The Greyhounds took control in the second half, outscoring Colgate 9-2. Loyola was led offensively by Livy Rosenzweig's nine points on a goal and eight assists as well as four goals from Hannah Powers and three from Sabrina Tabasso. A total of 11 players scored at least a goal for Loyola and 13 players recorded a point.
 
BOTTOM LINE
No. 10/8 Loyola 20, Colgate 8
 
WIN/LOSS RECORDS
The Greyhounds clinched at least a share of the Patriot League Regular Season title and improved to 12-3 (8-0 Patriot League) with their fourth straight win while the Raiders fell to 9-6 (4-4 Patriot League) with the loss
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Atkinson tied her career-high with four goals in Saturday's loss and became the fourth 30-point scorer for the Raiders this season
-O'Hanlon recorded a pair of goals to give her 40 goals in a season for the first time in her career
-She also set a new career-high with 53 points
-O'Hanlon is now ninth in program history with 133 goals, 193 points, sixth with 60 assists, fifth with 70 caused turnovers and remains the program record holder with 213 draw controls
-Van Calcar's eight draw controls are her second-most in a game this season and now has three games with at least seven draw controls
-She has 66 draw controls this season, three away from tying O'Hanlon's program record for draw controls in a single-season.
-Van Calcar also scored a goal for the Raiders Saturday
-Croston tied her career-high with 15 saves despite the loss and recorded four groundballs
-Gabriel scored her 26th goal of the season, good for second on the team
-Defender Chelsea Taylor (Manhasset, New York) caused a team-high two turnovers and had three groundballs

FACTS AND FIGURES
-Loyola outshot Colgate 46-26 and had a 35-16 advantage in shots on goal
-The Greyhounds also had the advantage in draw controls at 17-12
-Colgate had 13 turnovers compared to Loyola's 11
-The Raiders were 12 for 17 in clears but were a perfect 6 for 6 in the second half while the Greyhounds were 15 for 18 in the game
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Heather Young
Thoughts on Saturday's game
"I'm really proud of the team today. We stuck to the game plan and scouting report that Coach Bernie put together. Obviously one thing that's huge for us is not giving up, regardless of the score. I'm really proud of the fight that the girls had, the heart they had and remaining disciplined throughout the game."
 
Thoughts on Tara Atkinson's performance
"Tara did really well today. She worked pretty hard during the week leading up to today. I did some individual work with her and she just really focused in on a couple of the things she needed to tweak to bring her game to the next level. It's so amazing that she was able to do in just a few days coming off the Army game and taking that confidence into the game today."
 
Thoughts on Lafayette next week
"A lot will be on us and what we bring to the table. We'll need to make sure we stick to our game plan but also sticking to what Colgate needs to do in running our offense and following our matchups just like today. We have to make sure we give our entire heart and hustle, and leave everything on the line."
 
UP NEXT
The Raiders close out the regular season next Saturday as they host the Lafayette Leopards for senior day at 1 p.m. at Beyer-Small '76 Field. Saturday also marks Colgate's annual breast cancer awareness game with more information available in the coming week.