BOSTON, Mass.— Jack Turner recorded a five-point performance, but the Raiders fell 14-8 at Boston University in their Patriot League opener Saturday.
Turner logged three goals and two assists to lead Colgate's offensive efforts. The Raiders also had three-point performances from
Rory Connor (2G, 1A) and
Ryan Favaro (1G, 2A).
After a quiet start to the game,
Michael Kiely opened the scoring with just over three minutes remaining, netting one off a pass from Favaro. Less than two minutes later, Favaro assisted Turner on his first goal of the game to make it 2-0 Raiders.
Sophomore goalie
Matt LaCombe stopped eight shots in the opening 15 minutes to prevent the Terriers from getting ahead early.
After BU tied it up at the beginning of the second, Colgate went on a three-goal run. The streak began just over two minutes into the quarter when Connor fired one in.
Turner then scored back-to-back goals for the Raiders, including one on a man-up situation with 6:28 remaining after the Terriers got called for too many players on the field. The sophomore found the back of the net again a minute and 50 seconds later to push the lead to 5-2.
BU ended the first half with three goals in the final four minutes, knotting the score at 5-5.
Favaro opened the second half with a goal at the 13:38 mark to make it 6-5. The remainder of the third quarter scoring came from Boston University as the Terriers notched four more goals to take a 9-6 lead. BU then recorded a pair of goals at the beginning of the fourth to make it a five-goal game.
Connor halted the Terriers' scoring run when he converted on a man-up chance, ripping one in off a pass from
Alex Pistorius. Boston University then tallied three straight before
Vin Maxwell notched the game's final goal with 3:43 remaining.
Colgate fired 29 shots in the game, including 16 on goal. The Raiders also scooped up 41 ground balls. On the defensive side,
Will Rosenblatt had three caused turnovers, while
Donny Gayhardt logged two.
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Matt Karweck
"Lacrosse is a game of runs. You have to string together the simple and effective plays as best you can in each phase of the game, and each quarter of the game. Great teams figure out ways to sustain runs by complementing each other in the phases. Tonight we did a lot of great things on the field, but we didn't string them together very well. I'm proud of the effort and heart we showed on the field out there…but now, we have to put it all together."
UP NEXT
Colgate returns home to host Navy next Saturday for a 1 p.m. contest inside Andy Kerr Stadium.
