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Lafayette LAF (2-2-2, 0-1-0)
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Winner Colgate COL (3-2-1, 1-0-0)
Lafayette LAF
(2-2-2, 0-1-0)
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Final
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Colgate COL
(3-2-1, 1-0-0)
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Lafayette LAF 1 0 1
Colgate COL 0 2 2
Jacob Blackwin
Olivia Hokanson

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Connor Griffin

Raiders Score Twice in Second to Earn First PL Win

Blake Pipkin and Jacob Blackwin net first career goals eight minutes apart

HAMILTON — Colgate scored twice in the second half to take a 2-1 victory over Lafayette in its Patriot League opener Saturday afternoon at Beyer-Small '76 Field.

"I'm proud of the group for our resilience. It's an important step for us to start conference play with three points. It is also a positive sign for the team to have two more players notch their first career goal. It takes a full squad to get results in this league, and lots of people stepped up for us today," said head coach Erik Ronning.

After trailing 1-0 for the first 63 minutes of the game, Blake Pipkin and Jacob Blackwin scored their first career goals eight minutes apart to give the Raiders the lead.

Blackwin netted the game-winner in the 71st minute. Pipkin played a corner perfectly to the senior's head, and Blackwin placed it in the bottom left corner.

Pipkin knotted the game at 1-1 in the 63rd minute. Cason Stafford picked the ball up in the box and passed to the first-year, who finished it from right in front.

The Leopards struck first, finding the back of the net in the 38th minute. Nikolas Hadjimitsi played a ball into the box, and Max Fujimori volleyed into the top left corner to make it 1-0.

Playing in his first career game and making his first career start, Eric Widrick stopped four shots to earn the win. He made a big save with 34 seconds left to deny the Leopards an equalizer.

Pipkin had a chance for a second goal shortly after his first when he fired a shot in the 71st minute.

During the first half, Timmy Donovan got free on a breakaway in the 35th minute, but his shot went just wide of the left post. With 16 seconds remaining, Alejandro Coury ripped one that got saved by the keeper.

Widrick made a save in the 26th minute when a Lafayette player broke free and fired a shot that he stopped on a dive. Colgate had three corners in the opening 15 minutes, with the first coming just over a minute in. The Raiders could not get a shot off from any of them.

UP NEXT
Colgate hits the road for a Tuesday showdown against Princeton. Opening kickoff is slated for 7 p.m.

 
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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring Team Scoring Play
38:11
LAF Max Fujimori (1)
Assisted By: Nikolas Hadjimitsis
GOAL by LAF Fujimori, Max Assist by Hadjimitsis, Nikolas.
63:50
COL Blake Pipkin (1)
Assisted By: Cason Stafford
GOAL by COL Pipkin, Blake Assist by Stafford, Cason.
71:54
COL Jacob Blackwin (1)
Assisted By: Blake Pipkin
GOAL by COL Blackwin, Jacob Assist by Pipkin, Blake.

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