BALTIMORE – Colgate wrapped up a recent scheduling run against the Patriot League's first division by taking on perhaps the cream of the crop here Saturday in No. 6 Loyola.
The Greyhounds were sharp from the onset in posting a 21-7 decision over Colgate.
The Raiders are 1-3 in Patriot League play but have games remaining against Navy (2-3), Holy Cross (1-3), Lafayette (0-4) and Bucknell (1-4). The Navy and Lafayette contests are at home.
Colgate is tied for sixth place with Holy Cross. The top six teams qualify for the Patriot League tournament.
Greyhounds Pat Spencer and Kevin Lindley lived up to their billing. Lindley scored eight goals and assisted on two others, while Spencer posted two goals to go with eight assists.
In the first half, Loyola opened both quarters with healthy scoring runs. The Greyhounds began with a 5-0 lead to start, and then they scored six consecutive to christen the second quarter and grab a 12-3 lead.
Colgate responded both times by cutting into the margins. The Raiders scored three of the final four goals to end the first quarter, making it 6-3, and then three of the last five of the half before going to the locker room down 14-6.
Duncan Hoskinson scored two of those first-half goals for his second multigoal game of the season.
James Caddigan and
Bobby Goggin added first-quarter scores, while
Griffin Brown and
Matt Donovan connected in the second quarter.
Caddigan contributed two assists in that opening 30 minutes.
Colgate's lone second-half tally belong to
Ryan Decker, who closed the scoring in the fourth with his first collegiate goal.
Sean Collins earned his first collegiate start in goal, and the rookie made nine saves before giving way to
Cyrus Scott over the last 11:31.
Bottom Line
• No. 6 Loyola 21, Colgate 7
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate is now 3-6 overall and 1-3 in the Patriot League.
• Loyola improved to 7-2 and 4-0.
Raider Facts & Figures
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Malcolm Feeney won a career-high 16 faceoffs in 29 tries.
• His nine ground balls also were a career high.
• Colgate's seven goals marked their seventh straight game in single digits.
• The Raiders are averaging 7.1 during that stretch after scoring 12 and 16 goals in season-opening wins over Syracuse and Binghamton.
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Jack Donaghue and
John Donohue both had a pair of caused turnovers.
• Caddigan was on the spot for four ground balls, while
Cooper Belanger came off the bench to grab three. Both were career highs.
From the Source
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Colgate head coach Matt Karweck: (On the game) "I've been coaching a long time, and that's one of the best teams I've seen. I've never watched a more efficient offense. Coach Toomey and his staff are phenomenal coaches and they looked good.
"Their goalie made a few saves at the other end and we took some shots that maybe were out of range. When there's not a lot of opportunity to put the ball in the back of the net, you can't do that. I'm impressed with Loyola, but we're going to continue to get better. We've got Navy coming to our place next Saturday and we've still got a shot to make the Patriot League tournament. We're going to do what we can to put ourselves in position to make the tournament.
(On the schedule) "We've played the top three teams in Lehigh, Army and now Loyola, in addition to Boston University. We know we've got to be top six in the Patriot League – at that point, anything can happen. We learned a lot about ourselves in this game and we saw Pat Spencer and how he dishes the ball. It's impressive.
"We're going to go back to work this week and get better, and then we've got a good Navy team coming to town."
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance on a beautiful day at Ridley Athletic Complex was 1,431.
Up Next
• Colgate returns to Crown Field next Saturday to host Navy.
• The Midshipmen are 4-5 overall and 2-3 in conference after Saturday's 12-9 defeat at Holy Cross.
• Faceoff is 2 p.m., with the Patriot League Network carrying all the action.
