BOSTON – Colgate fought off elimination with a 1-0 victory over Army before the season came to an end with a 5-1 loss to Lehigh in a second-round doubleheader Friday at BU Softball Field. 

Game 1 | Colgate 1, Army 0

Colgate rode another dominant pitching performance from Bailey Misken to stave off elimination in the first game of the day. The junior pitcher scattered seven hits over seven scoreless frames for her second career Patriot League tournament win and seventh complete game of the season. 

The Raiders scratched an early run to play with the lead. Elizabeth Nitka popped a double to left field, advanced to third on a groundout by Rebecca Johnson, and scored on an opposite-field RBI single by Jillian Herbst in the top of the third. 

Misken stranded two runners in scoring position in the third and then set down the next six Black Knights to carry the lead to the sixth. Army threatened with two more in scoring position in the sixth, but back-to-back infield popouts kept it a one-run lead. 

Misken bounced back from a leadoff single in the seventh and worked back-to-back shallow fly ball outs to cap off the 1-0 shutout victory.

NItka paced Colgate offensively with two hits.

Game 2 | Lehigh 5, Colgate 1

Lehigh plated two runs in each of the first two innings to build an early lead. Jaelynn Chesson got the Mountain Hawks on the board with a two-run home run in the top of the first and Rory Dudley added an RBI single in the second to pull in front 4-1 after two innings. 

Colgate's run came off the bat of Steph Jacoby who cranked an RBI double to straightaway center in the home half of the first. Herbst scored on the double but unfortunately that would be Colgate's final scoring production. 

Misken gave the Raiders three innings in the circle and allowed four runs on five hits. Kaitlyn Borruso kept Colgate in the game, scattering one run on five hits in four strong innings of relief. An RBI single in the fifth stretched Lehigh's lead to 5-1 and that proved to be the final score. 

Jacoby, Johnson, and Quinn Livesay had Colgate's hits in the nightcap. 

FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Marissa Lamison-Myers

"I am so incredibly proud of how our team battled this week. I have so much love for this group and our senior class. They gave everything they had to this program and I am forever grateful. The future is extremely bright for this program and there is no doubt we will be back."

Season Highlights

• Colgate reached the Patriot League tournament for the third consecutive year under fifth-year head coach Marissa Lamison-Myers. The Raiders won a postseason game for the second straight season – both were elimination victories over Army. 
• Bailey Misken and Kara Fusco were named to the Patriot League All-Tournament Team.
• Senior Morgan Farrah capped her career with 22 home runs, good for fifth all-time. 
• Misken moved into fifth all-time in strikeouts with 266 for her career. 
• Jillian Herbst became Colgate's first Patriot League major award honoree since 2011 with this season's Rookie of the Year honor. 
• Steph Jacoby garnered Academic All-Patriot League designation for the second consecutive season. 
• Adrienne Nardone was named Second Team All-League for the second straight year.
• The Raiders reached 20 wins on the strength of conference series wins over Lafayette, Bucknell, and Holy Cross.