Box Score ANNAPOLIS – Despite a career afternoon from Sophia Diehl, Colgate's season came to an end on Saturday.

The ninth-seeded Raiders (6-24) fell to No. 8 seed Navy (9-20), 60-55, in the first round of the 2022 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Women's Basketball Championship at Navy's Alumni Hall. 

Diehl poured in 22 points and pulled down 12 rebounds for Colgate, but the Raiders were unable to close out the game in the final minutes. Her totals marked Diehl's second career double double. 

Colgate held a 54-53 lead with 2:24 remaining in the fourth quarter, but Navy strung together six straight points with two jump shots and a pair of free throws. 

Overall the game was tied 12 times and saw seven lead changes. Five of those ties came in the final quarter of play and four lead changes occurred in the last 10 minutes after the score was knotted up 41-41 at the end of the third quarter. 

Colgate led for all but 1:07 of the first half and held a 26-23 lead at the break. The Raiders shot 38.5 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes (10-26), while Navy hit just 8-of-28 from the floor in the first half (28.6%).

Navy scored the first seven points of the second half and took a 30-26 lead. The Mids then built as much as a 35-29 lead before Colgate rattled off a 8-0 run of their own to reclaim the lead. 

For the game, Colgate shot 44.7 percent from the floor (21-47) and connected on five three-pointers. Navy shot 36.2 percent (21-58) from the field with six three pointers made. 

Both teams pulled down 35 rebounds, but Navy converted 17 offensive rebounds into 12 second chance points. 

Taylor Golembiewski added 11 points for Colgate, while Taylor Langan chipped in with eight points.  

Navy was led by Jennifer Coleman's 29 points. 

FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Ganiyat Adeduntan

"I'm disappointed in the loss today but proud of the fight that we showed! My players competed but came up short. Congrats to Navy. They are a well coached team and Jennifer Coleman is a great player. We will remember how this one felt when the buzzer sounded as we work to get better for next season! I am optimistic that the feedback/lessons we received all season long will propel our program forward."