HAMILTON – Colgate's Marshall Terres scored his first, second and third career goals here Tuesday afternoon but it wasn't enough in a 12-6 loss to Hobart.
 
The game was the 1,000th in Colgate Men's Lacrosse program history.
 
Colgate limited the No. 2 scoring team in the country to 5½ goals below its average. But a 5-2 halftime deficit ballooned when the Statesmen put five more on the board in the third quarter.
 
The first collegiate goal for Terres came just past the midway point of the first quarter and handed Colgate a 2-1 lead. Mike Hawkins had the assist, and then Terres was greeted with high-fives and a mini dogpile upon his return to the bench.
 
Hobart then scored the next six, blanking the Raiders for 30 minutes on the scoreboard clock. Bobby Goggin ended the drought with 5:14 showing in the third quarter to make it a 7-3 game.
 
Hobart responded with five more until Colgate posted with the last three. Two of those were from Terres, with Ryan Decker and Lewis Langford each picking up their first assists of the year.
 
Griffin Brown with his ninth and James Caddigan with his sixth scored the other Colgate goals.
 
The Statesmen picked up four goals from Eric Holden and four assists – all in a row in the second half – from Chris Aslanian. Holden now has 22 goals and Aslanian 24 assists.
 
Bottom Line
• Hobart 12, Colgate 6
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate is now 3-4.
• Hobart improved to 6-1.
 
Raider Facts & Figures
• Tuesday's task became tougher for Colgate before the opening faceoff with offensive stalwarts Nicky Petkevich and Brian Minicus missing the game because of minor injuries.
• This was Hobart's lowest-scoring game of the season. Their previous low was a 13-7 win Saturday against Wagner.
• Colgate, meanwhile, has scored exactly six goals in three of its last five games, with single digits in all five.
 
From the Source
• Colgate head coach Matt Karweck: (On the game) "We need to more than six goals a game. We are a better team than that. I don't know if we are taking competitive shots. And what I mean by that is when you catch the ball, you've got to be thinking about attacking the net. It's not an all-the-time thing, but the way you catch it and the way your body-language looks, the way that you're thinking is, 'Can I make one move on this guy and score, or is the right play to bang the ball to the outside.'
 
"We are in the middle of that right now. We are thinking about what set we are in and what we are doing. And when you're thinking in the game of lacrosse, you're late. And when you're late, defenses can catch up. So we're thinking too much out there. We need to start playing and we need to react. At a higher level, we need to start pushing the ball in transition a little more. We're a little bit stagnant and we are depending on our 6-on-6. At the beginning of the year, we were just playing and we were having fun. The energy has just died down – in a natural form.
 
"Think about all of the highs we've had this year. New coaching staff, we beat Syracuse and get on a roll. But maybe it's the juice that carries you, and we've got to find it again. Our guys in the locker room after the game, we're talking about finding that juice, finding that swag a little bit. How can we get to the next level energy-wise? How do we stop thinking and start playing, particularly on the offensive end.
 
(On Terres' hat trick) "That's fantastic; I'm not sure I scored three goals in a game. I'm so proud of what he did and the way he handled the ball. And he got a few passes delivered to him by our scout team offense, which has been working their tails off. It showed. They were playing fast and dodging hard. Really proud of the way they played and happy for Marshall.
 
"But we need to score more than six goals in a game."
 
(On Hobart) "Hats off to Coach Raymond and his staff. They had a great game plan and played with great energy. We gave up a little too much in transition. We knew they were a transition team and we took some chances that didn't pan out. But credit Hobart, no question about it."
 
(On Army) "Our goals are to win the Patriot League, win the tournament and win the national championship. As much as today's game feels bad, and nobody like to lose, we are training ourselves to get to the next level. If we can keep training ourselves to be great in the Patriot League, then this game was worth it for us moving forward."
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance inside Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium was 239.
 
Up Next
• Colgate returns to Patriot League action Saturday at No. 18 Army.
• The Black Knights are 6-2 overall and 2-1 in conference after Saturday's 7-6 victory at Holy Cross.
• Faceoff from Michie Stadium is noon.