HAMILTON, N.Y. – Loyola University rallied from two goals down with under four minutes to play and scored the game winner 2:05 into overtime to defeat Colgate 11-10 on the Raiders' Senior Day. The loss was the fifth one-goal loss of the season for the Raiders and the second time the team has lost in overtime.
 
Colgate broke an 8-8 tie with 8:07 remaining in regulation as Brendan Jordan streaking down toward the left side of the cage took an assist from Ben Trumble. The lead went to 10-8 on Brian Minicus' third goal of the contest marking the eighth time this season he has scored three or more goals in a game. Loyola crept to within one with 3:05 remaining with the shot clock expiring and scored the equalizer with only 39 seconds left. Minicus had a shot to end the game on a breakaway, but fired the shot just wide as time expired.
 
The teams traded possessions in overtime with the game winner coming with 1:55 left in the first overtime session.
 
Loyola broke out to a 2-0 lead in the first quarter before Colin Ruppenstein brought the Raiders to within a goal with 4:16 left in the quarter. Loyola answered with a goal in the first minute of the second period, but a four-goal Colgate  runover the course of 1:40 put the raiders up 5-3. First Trumble scored off an assist by Brian Minicus with 11:54 left in the half. Michael Minicus followed 43 seconds later with a helper by Brendan Jordan. Jack Turner then scored after taking a pass from Thomas Colucci, and Brian Minicus completed the string with an unassisted wrap-around tally. Loyola scored the last goal of the half leaving a 5-4 Raider halftime advantage.
 
Loyola completed a four-goal run of its own, scoring the first three goals of the third quarter. Colucci broke the Loyola string with an unassisted tally off a faceoff win. Trumble then scored off a Jordan assist and Brian Minicus ended the third quarter scoring with an unassisted goal setting up the wild fourth quarter.
 
Colgate outshot Loyola 46-31 on the day, and had a 16-8 lead in faceoffs. In addition to his goal and assist, Colucci had 16 wins in 23 attempts at the faceoff dot and scooped a dozen ground balls. Raider goalie Matt LaCombe made nine saves, while Donny Gayhardt had a ground ball and two caused turnovers.  
 
Prior to the game the Raiders honored the Class of '22 on Senior Day. In addition to Brian Minicus and Jordan, the Colgate seniors are John Gunnin, Marshall Terres, Ryan Decker, Thor Adamec, Peter Mullen, Aidan Toomey, Luke Hunziker, Will Sidari, and Sean Collins.

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Colgate (3-9, 2-5 Patriot) will travel to Worcester, Massachusetts, on Friday, April 29, to face The College of the Holy Cross in a 7:00PM Patriot League contest face off.