WASHINGTON D.C. – Olivia Lynch made her career-best 19th and final save with 16 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to secure Colgate's third straight victory. 

The Raiders (5-11, 4-4 PL) outlasted host American (8-7,3-4 PL), 16-15, on Saturday afternoon at Jacobs Recreational Complex. 

Colgate trailed American 14-13 with just under 10 minutes remaining in the game before the Raiders rattled off three straight goals that gave them the lead for good. 

Lauren Marandett, Devon Maillet and Eliza Soutter contributed those three goals. For Maillet hers was her fourth that equalled her career-high that she set in Wednesday's win over Holy Cross. 

Soutter's goal was also her fourth and set her career-high. The junior also assisted on a pair of Raiders' goals on Saturday. 

Lynch who has started the last three games in goal for Colgate improved to 3-0. 

Lucy Licata had three goals and one assist for Colgate and Cara O'Reilly added a pair of scores and collected 12 draw controls to give her 110 for the season. 

The score was even 4-4 at the end of the first quarter and America held an 8-7 advantage at the half. Colgate outscored the Eagles 5-4 in the third quarter. 
 

Colgate dominated the draw controls once again behind O'Reilly. The Raiders claimed 27 of the 35 draws for the afternoon. 

American outshot Colgate, 34-25. 

FROM THE SOURCE

Head Coach Kathy Taylor

"I am so proud of this team. It has been a season of challenges but they have stayed true to each other and their passion to get better everyday."

"Olivia Lynch earned the start in goal three games ago and has been a big reason for our current success. Today she was unbelievable."

"Our draw team led by Cara O'Reilly continues to dominate, giving us opportunities to score and our attack is sharing the ball well. Our young defense is coming together at an exciting time of year. All in all we couldn't pick a better time of the year to be coming together."
 

UP NEXT

Colgate returns home to close out the regular season on Thursday when they welcome Lehigh to Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium. Opening draw is set for 4 p.m.