LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell scored three goals in the first half as the Bison defeated Colgate 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.
Bucknell got on the board in the 13th minute when Abby Gearheart connected on a header off a corner to put the Bison ahead.
Ally Giovino had the Raiders first shot on goal in the 19th minute, which got saved by the Bison's goalie. Giovino had all three of the Raiders' shots in the first half, recording two others that both landed off target.
In the 29th minute, Rylee Donaldson played a cross in that Andican Heena headed into the goal to double Bucknell's lead. Seven minutes later, Kelley Francis played a low cross that Renee Evans finished on a one-time shot, as the Bison took a 3-0 lead into the halftime break.
Grace Poncsak recorded six saves in the first half and a total of eight in the game. She made four stops in the first 10 minutes, including back-to-back saves on shots in the eighth minute.
Colgate's offense started to click in the second half. In the first minute of play, the Raiders earned their first corner kick, but they could not get anything going.
In the 64th minute,
Nikki DiCaprio had a chance on a header but she placed it wide right.
Giovino fired a pair of shots in the 67th minute. On her first attempt, she dribbled into the box and lost the ball before recollecting it and ripping a shot that got saved. Six seconds later, Giovino released another shot that forced the goalie to make a diving save.
The Raiders had two corners less than two minutes apart from each other beginning in the 67th minute. On Colgate's second attempt,
Maggie Cotter ripped a shot that got stopped by the goalie.
In the 75th minute,
Ellie Stokes picked up the ball in the box and fired a shot, but it hit off the post and bounced out.
Colgate had a pair of corners in the final 10 minutes of the contest but once again could not convert on them.
The Raiders outshot the Bison 10-9 in the second half as they finished with 13 shots in the game, seven of which landed on target. Colgate also had eight corners in the game.
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Lyndse Hokanson
"Today we met the reigning champions playing on their home field and on the road for the first time in a few weeks and they were shot out of a cannon in the first half. We didn't manage what they were doing well and saw the result after 45 minutes. Fair play to our group, we responded well and had a much better second half, but a reminder that you can't give teams in our league a half before matching physicality and effort and expect to come away with a result. It's been a long, tough stretch of games for us over the last two weeks, and I think we've learned a lot through it and have come out the other side better for it. We'll welcome a full week of training to prepare for another tough matchup on the road at Navy on Friday."
UP NEXT
Colgate heads to Navy on Friday for a 7 p.m. game.
