Saturday, April 7
Bethlehem, Pa.
4 p.m.
Lehigh University
vs
Colgate
Lehigh set to host Colgate Saturday in big Patriot League matchup
4/5/2018 3:23:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Following an impressive road victory, the Lehigh women's lacrosse team returns home Saturday for a big Patriot League matchup against Colgate. Opening draw is set for 4 p.m. as the second game of a Lehigh Lacrosse doubleheader. Most recently, the Mountain Hawks improved to 2-2 in league play with a 15-8 win at Army West Point.
Last Saturday marked Lehigh's second 15-8 victory of the Patriot League slate, also winning at Boston University in the league opener on Mar. 11. Saturday's win snapped a mini two-game losing skid, both to nationally-ranked opponents Loyola and Navy. At Army, the Mountain Hawks jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead, including two of her eventual career-high four goals, from sophomore Autumn Ryan. The Black Knights pulled within 4-2, but that's as close as they would come. Lehigh opened a 9-4 halftime lead and eventually led 13-6 in the second half, on the way to the seven-goal victory.
Sophomore Sondra Dickey continued to lead the offense, scoring a career-high five goals while tying a career-high seven points. She has now recorded a hat trick in 10-of-12 games this season after two hat tricks her entire freshman campaign. Dickey has impressed offensively while continuing to fill up the stat sheet with groundballs (24), caused turnovers (12) and draw controls (51). Meanwhile, Ryan's four goals marked her first-career hat trick while junior Kaitlyn Quinn also tallied two goals and two assists. Senior Kayleen Kelly posted a career-high four caused turnovers along with five draw controls, shutting down Army's leading scorer Rachel Hornick. Hornick entered the game with 38 points (19 goals, 19 assists) in 11 games, but was held point-less by Kelly.
Lehigh has won five of its last seven games overall and is currently tied for fourth in the Patriot League standings despite already facing the two undefeated teams Loyola and Navy who are tied for first at 4-0. Colgate stands 3-1 overall with its lone loss coming at Navy.
The Raiders stand 8-3 overall, which includes one-goal losses to nationally-ranked opponents Cornell (11-10) and Navy (13-12). Colgate has won three straight, topping Holy Cross (9-8), Boston University (12-8) and Bucknell (13-10). Haley O'Hanlon leads the team offensively with 32 goals and 42 points. Danielle Van Calcar comes in at 26 points (15 goals, 11 assists), Kristen Brigagliano owns 23 (17 goals, six assists), Payton Gabriel has tallied 22 (17 goals, five assists) and Tara Atkinson owns 21 (13 goals, eight assists). O'Hanlon also leads the team in draw controls (43) and caused turnovers (15) while goalkeeper Samantha Croston has collected a team-leading 37 groundballs. Between the pipes, Croston has tallied an 8.94 goals against average and 0.524 save percentage.
Colgate has won seven of the last eight matchups against Lehigh to take a 25-12 lead in the all-time series. The Mountain Hawks' victory came in the 2016 Patriot League Quarterfinals by a dominant 13-6 final. Last year, the Raiders picked up a 13-8 win as they used a 6-1 run to turn a 3-2 Lehigh lead into a 8-4 Colgate advantage. The sides first met in 1981, a 6-5 Lehigh won. Lehigh won eight of the first 13 meetings before Colgate responded with a 10-game winning streak from 1998-2006.
Following Saturday's game, the Mountain Hawks return to action next Saturday (Apr. 14) at 2 p.m. at Holy Cross.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Following an impressive road victory, the Lehigh women's lacrosse team returns home Saturday for a big Patriot League matchup against Colgate. Opening draw is set for 4 p.m. as the second game of a Lehigh Lacrosse doubleheader. Most recently, the Mountain Hawks improved to 2-2 in league play with a 15-8 win at Army West Point.
Last Saturday marked Lehigh's second 15-8 victory of the Patriot League slate, also winning at Boston University in the league opener on Mar. 11. Saturday's win snapped a mini two-game losing skid, both to nationally-ranked opponents Loyola and Navy. At Army, the Mountain Hawks jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead, including two of her eventual career-high four goals, from sophomore Autumn Ryan. The Black Knights pulled within 4-2, but that's as close as they would come. Lehigh opened a 9-4 halftime lead and eventually led 13-6 in the second half, on the way to the seven-goal victory.
Sophomore Sondra Dickey continued to lead the offense, scoring a career-high five goals while tying a career-high seven points. She has now recorded a hat trick in 10-of-12 games this season after two hat tricks her entire freshman campaign. Dickey has impressed offensively while continuing to fill up the stat sheet with groundballs (24), caused turnovers (12) and draw controls (51). Meanwhile, Ryan's four goals marked her first-career hat trick while junior Kaitlyn Quinn also tallied two goals and two assists. Senior Kayleen Kelly posted a career-high four caused turnovers along with five draw controls, shutting down Army's leading scorer Rachel Hornick. Hornick entered the game with 38 points (19 goals, 19 assists) in 11 games, but was held point-less by Kelly.
Lehigh has won five of its last seven games overall and is currently tied for fourth in the Patriot League standings despite already facing the two undefeated teams Loyola and Navy who are tied for first at 4-0. Colgate stands 3-1 overall with its lone loss coming at Navy.
The Raiders stand 8-3 overall, which includes one-goal losses to nationally-ranked opponents Cornell (11-10) and Navy (13-12). Colgate has won three straight, topping Holy Cross (9-8), Boston University (12-8) and Bucknell (13-10). Haley O'Hanlon leads the team offensively with 32 goals and 42 points. Danielle Van Calcar comes in at 26 points (15 goals, 11 assists), Kristen Brigagliano owns 23 (17 goals, six assists), Payton Gabriel has tallied 22 (17 goals, five assists) and Tara Atkinson owns 21 (13 goals, eight assists). O'Hanlon also leads the team in draw controls (43) and caused turnovers (15) while goalkeeper Samantha Croston has collected a team-leading 37 groundballs. Between the pipes, Croston has tallied an 8.94 goals against average and 0.524 save percentage.
Colgate has won seven of the last eight matchups against Lehigh to take a 25-12 lead in the all-time series. The Mountain Hawks' victory came in the 2016 Patriot League Quarterfinals by a dominant 13-6 final. Last year, the Raiders picked up a 13-8 win as they used a 6-1 run to turn a 3-2 Lehigh lead into a 8-4 Colgate advantage. The sides first met in 1981, a 6-5 Lehigh won. Lehigh won eight of the first 13 meetings before Colgate responded with a 10-game winning streak from 1998-2006.
Following Saturday's game, the Mountain Hawks return to action next Saturday (Apr. 14) at 2 p.m. at Holy Cross.
Like Lehigh Women's Lacrosse on Facebook and follow on Twitter and Instagram for exclusive content, team updates and more.
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